Setting boundaries in a relationship

How to Establish and Sustain Healthy Boundaries

In a rapidly changing world, personal boundaries are your anchor, providing safety and self-assurance in the midst of chaos. They are your allies, clarifying your desires and limits, and empowering you to confidently navigate life's challenges. Understanding the two facets of boundaries – protective and containing – is the first step towards achieving balance and harmony in your relationships and within yourself.

5 Types of Relationships

Understanding the different types of relationships - egoistic, self-sacrificing, miserable, trans-actional, and cooperative - helps us navigate our connections.
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Things My Polyamorous Therapist Friends Say

For the sixth episode of the It’s Complicated podcast, Reece Cox ventures into the realm of multilove. The episode is captivating and only left me curious for more brain pickings, so I wrote not just one of the interviewed psychotherapist, Mathias Funke, but also two other counsellors specialised in polyamory, Rosanna Wendel and Phil Sheldon. This is what came out of my probing.
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Friendship and Therapy

Throughout my time as a therapist, I've had one main objection against therapy. It's an objection that can best be understood – and potentially solved – through the lens of friendship and witnessing.