Boundaries in Human Relationships

Chapter I: Boundaries 1
The meaning of human boundaries, the loss of boundaries, and the inverse, walls; the experience of individuality and togetherness, isolation or loss of self
Chapter II: Internal/External Boundaries 7
The eight categories of the first level of human boundaries: Projection/Isolation, Mode, Causality, Polarity, Generalization, Threshold, Identity, and Time
Chapter III: Self/Other Boundaries 27
Some of the complexities of independence and dependence, autonomy, and intimacy in relationships with a significant other in the areas of marriage, family, friendship, and business in the second level of human boundaries
Chapter IV: Contextual Boundaries 37
The third level of human boundaries and the five associated categories that are specific to situation: Place, People, Activity, Time, and Gender
Chapter V: Patterns Necessary to Support Boundaries 49
The five psychological patterns: Ego Strength, Self as a Process, Ability to Empathize, Noticing Difference, and Observer Self; how they develop and contribute to the creation and maintenance of boundaries
Chapter VI: Doing Boundaries 63
The three fundamental skills that become the filters perceptual, physiological, and cognitive that enable a person to be separate and unique and connected to others
Chapter VII: Boundaries and Relationships 91
Personal experiences that reflect the effect of boundaries, loss of boundaries, and walls in different kinds of relationships: lovers, parents and children, friends/social, therapeutic, and business colleagues
Chapter VIII: Boundaries and Parts 123
The inner parts of a personality and how boundary distinctions, the lack of them, or walls will support or undermine the healthy functioning of the whole personality
Chapter IX: Boundaries and Identity 151
What identity is; the role boundary distinctions play in a person's sense of self and the answer to the question, who am I?
Chapter X: Boundaries and Self-Esteem 165
Self-esteem: the relationship with oneself, and how boundaries, the lack of them, or walls positively contribute or sabotage the ability to live life fully
Suggested reading 187
For further information 188