“Boundaries” have become a catchall term for just saying no whenever we feel like it
AS a mental health professional, I see the beauty of using therapeutic tools to enhance our lives,
and I think it’s incredible that therapy has become so accepted as a tool for growth. Yet there are times when concepts and ideas are taken out of context and misconstrued, tainting something glorious.
I don’t intend to blame therapists, clients, or members of our communities. Yet there are far too many times when therapeutic terms, phrases, and concepts are used at odds with Torah hashkafah, and sometimes even in contradiction to the very purpose of these ideas.
A client sat with me and discussed a recent story.
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