Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day

From the acclaimed author of the perennial favorite Boundaries, Where to Draw the Line is a practical guide to establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in many different situations.

With every encounter, we either demonstrate that we'll protect what we value or that we'll give ourselves away. Healthy boundaries preserve our integrity. Unlike defenses, which isolate us from our true selves and from those we love, boundaries filter out harm.

This book provides the tools and insights needed to create boundaries so that we can allow time and energy for the things that matter--and helps break down limiting defenses that stunt personal growth. Focusing on every facet of daily life--from friendships and sexual relationships to dress and appearance to money, food, and psychotherapy--Katherine presents case studies highlighting the ways in which individuals violate their own boundaries or let other people breach them. Using real-life examples, from self-sacrificing mothers to obsessive neat freaks, she offers specific advice on making choices that balance one's own needs with the needs of others.

Boundaries are the unseen structures that support healthy, productive lives. Where to Draw the Line shows readers how to strengthen them and hold them in place every day.

Author: Anne Katherine
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 08/18/2000
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.50w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780684868066
ISBN10: 0684868067
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Marriage & Long Term Relationships
- Psychology | Interpersonal Relations
- Self-Help | Personal Growth | General

About the Author
Anne Katherine, now retired from her forty years as a psychotherapist, is a screenwriter, ghost writer, and National Park ranger. She is the author of numerous titles, including Boundaries, Where to Draw the Line, The Yesterday Doctor, and Stalking Yosemite.