Boundary Issues
Subtitle: Using Boundary Intelligence to Get the Intimacy You Want and the Independence You Need in Life, Love, and Work
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780471741732
Subjects: Interpersonal relations
Description: How to heal and strengthen our boundaries to improve our relationshipsIn this groundbreaking, fascinating, and solidly researched book, bestselling author and social psychologist Jane Adams explains the concept of boundary intelligence, which is key in balancing intimacy and autonomy in any relationship.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Boundary Issues; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Boundary Basics: A Primer; Chapter 2: Emotional Trespass and Other Crimes of the Heart; Chapter 3: What's Your Boundary Style?; Chapter 4: Where Do Our Boundaries Come From?; Chapter 5: Family Whether We Like It or Not; Chapter 6: The We of Me and Vice Versa; Chapter 7: Where You End and He (or She) Begins; Chapter 8: Social Bonds and Boundaries; Chapter 9: Who Can You Call at Three in the Morning?; Chapter 10: In and Out of Bounds at the Office; Chapter 11: When Boundary Styles Collide; Afterword; Notes; Index.