Who This Is For
We welcome the person everyone calls first, the one who does the organizing at work and at home and cannot remember agreeing to either. We welcome adults still managing a difficult parent, people coming out of a relationship where the line kept moving, and anyone who has noticed that resentment has started doing the talking.
What a Boundary Is
A boundary is not a rule for somebody else. It is a decision about what you will do, and it holds whether or not the other person cooperates. That is what makes it harder than an ultimatum, and more useful.
We spend most of the workshop on the two hard parts: saying it clearly the first time, and holding it when the other person pushes back. Guilt usually shows up, and we treat it as part of the process.
What We Work On
We work on sentences you can say out loud, on a way of telling the difference between being unkind and being clear, and on a short list of the places in your own week where a limit is missing.
Practical
We hold the workshop in our conference room at the office in Hale. Call (989) 728-2364 and ask us when the next one runs and what it costs. If a workshop is not the right format for you, tell us: we cover the same ground privately in one-to-one counseling, and we will help you decide which suits you.