CREATING BOUNDARIES
WELL BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Support Activities Developed by:
Michael C. Irving, Ph.D. and Cheryl Irving, B.A., Psychotherapists


Psychotherapy
& Clinical Work

 

Self Help Program
- Overview/Introduction

Coping Strategies
- Grounding
- Containment
- Self Nurture
- Personal Support
- Art as Healing

Creating Coping Lists
- Coping Lists
- Activities
- Boundaries
- Stress
- Crisis

Meditations
-Meditation Gallery
-Progressive Relaxatiton

Publications

 

 

 


Survivor Monument Project

-Monument Home Page
-Monument StoryProject
-A Healing Monument

 

What to do to Create Boundaries

The following are some ideas for the kinds of things that may go on a "What to do to Create Boundaries" list. These are not presented as comprehensive lists and they are not the right list for any one particular person. It is important for you to come up with you own personalized coping strategy lists.

Boundary Problems Flare Up During Hard Times

Many times when you are overstressed or in a crisis, problems with boundaries are part of the issue. Identify what the boundary problems are and what can be done to shore up your boundaries. This can help you to feel more comfortable.

LIST #2 Make Yourself a List of "What to do to Create Boundaries"

    • Tighten my belly
    • Identify how I am feeling.
    • Say what I think, at least to myself.
    • Imagine a barrier around me.
    • Cross my arms.
    • Wear my shield pin.
    • Etc... Make your own personalized list.
GO TO: WHAT TO DO TO RELIEVE STRESS

 

Michael C. Irving, Ph.D. and Cheryl Irving, B.A.
have a private practice serving
as psychotherapists with individuals and groups.

For more than 25 years our practice has encompassed individual clients, psychotherapy workshops, trainings on - healing emotional trauma through regressive therapies, mind/body integration, positive psychology, dissociative disorders, ego state therapy, art therapy, prenatal parenting and working with pre and prenatal issues through art.
To book an appointment call
(416)469-4764

michael@irvingstudios.com
cheryl@irvingstudios.com

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