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Counselling Skills
Key Fact
Creating healthy boundaries demonstrates self-respect and
encourages respect from others.
Complete the following activity to consider what your own boundaries are.
A Activity 8: Setting boundaries
Make a note of some of the relationships you may have – for
example, employer and employee, employee and employee, friend
and friend, parent and child, relationships with neighbours. Try and
identify the boundaries that you have in each case – for example,
do you invite them to your home? How much do you allow them
to know about your personal life? How much do you share your
thoughts and feelings with them?
Make notes in the space below.
Boundaries also apply in counselling or helping relationships. Explore this now in
more detail.
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