Setting Boundaries with Self & Others

Boundaries are established when a person sets a limit that defines them as separate from others. This boundary may be     in personal or professional relationships. It may be a mental/emotional boundary or a physical boundary. Deciding how you allow another person to...

helping vs hurting

Families are important units that help us learn skills that we use in our everyday lives. However, sometimes parents or other management figures in the unit may be unhealthy in how to direct the family. Some adults may want to control the flow of communication between...

we are a unit

If I continue to behave the same old way – the other person will behave the same old way. Ask: What changes do I want? Then begin to act “as if” those changes have occurred. Act/behave the way you want things to be. Remember: I teach people how to treat me. If I go on...

friend or foe

  When you think of your family of origin, what is your first thought? Do you think of them as: friend or foe? Family of origin is the family unit in which you were raised. It is not necessarily your biological family. Family of origin is the small unit that cared for...