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The importance of Boundaries
Setting boundaries can be something uncomfortable, which we might not want, but most definitely need — all of us. And paradoxically, creating healthy boundaries enables us to be more compassionate and kind, and allows us to meet others from a place of self-respect and self-care.
Presence, Contact and Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
The idea of contact is an important part of Relational Psychotherapy. According to Erskine and Trautmann (1997), contact happens at an internal and external level within an individual. This includes awareness of thoughts, feelings, needs and memories which occur within the individual.
The dance of life
When our nervous system is regulated, it’s able to safely move from dorsal (freeze, immobilization, low arousal) or from sympathetic (fight, flight, high arousal) into ventral vagal, where the brain and body work together, and safety comes from social engagement and connection.