Building Boundaries

A supportive group for women interested in setting healthy boundaries.

 

If you are a nurturer, a perfectionist, a workaholic, or a peacemaker, this group may be for you!

You might be thinking, I’ve heard that word before. But, what really IS a boundary?!

“A boundary is anything that helps to differentiate you from someone else or shows where you begin and end”  (Cloud & Townsend, p. 35).

 

In this group, we will explore our personalities, and learn basic boundary skills.

This group is part support group, part psycho-education, and part book club. In my experience, most of the women I know have difficulty setting boundaries in one way or another. Together, we will learn what boundaries are, as well as when, where, and how they can happen, and the importance of setting boundaries. We will also explore our own needs and feelings around boundaries, supporting each other along the way.

We will use the book “Boundaries” by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend. Group sessions will follow this book in a purposeful manner, and will also include:

Supportive & experiential group activities

Accepting support & requesting feedback from your peers

Meditation & relaxation exercises

Healthy communication strategies

 

SPRING 2019 Schedule:    

We will begin in February 2019 and end in November 2019.

Groups will meet once a month, on Wednesday afternoons

Group will meet for 10 months (10 sessions total)

We will begin in February 2019 and end in November 2019.

The cost is $50 per 2 hour session ($500 for all 10 months)

Moms of New Braunfels discount accepted for all new/first-time members.

 

To sign up or ask questions,

please contact Gillian Amaro, M.Ed, LPC: 512-501-2597

 

Still unsure? Here are a few more excerpts from the book, regarding how boundaries affect us:

• “Each of us has different desires and wants, dreams and wishes, goals and plans, hungers and thirsts- but few of us are satisfied. One reason is that we lack the internal structure that boundaries provide to enable us to define and then take the specific steps necessary to reach our goals.” (p. 48-49)

• “We need to claim our hearts as our property and work on weaknesses, whether we are weak receiving, or weak giving, love. Doing so will open up life to us.” (p. 49-50)

• “Feelings, attitudes and beliefs, behaviors, choices, values, limits, talents, thoughts, desires, and love – all of these lie within our boundaries. We therefore need to take responsibility for all of these areas of our souls.”