#5: Boundaries
Why boundaries are such an important part of family lawyer’s work.
Introductions
The challenges of setting health boundaries in legal practice
Common difficulties experienced by family lawyers
What are boundaries? Common difficulties experienced by family lawyers
Why setting and maintaining boundaries can be difficult
Why setting and maintaining boundaries can be difficult
Exercise 1
What are boundaries and why are they are important?
Ways that boundaries are enacted between people
Three helpful ideas to conceptualise boundaries
Using boundary ideas to understand problems
The difficulty with spotting boundary issues
The difficulty with spotting boundary issues
Reflective exercise 2
Key boundary struggles
Key boundary struggles
Boundaries and use of self
Boundaries and use of self
Emotion and power
Reflective exercise 3
Polarities
Polarities
Reflective exercise 4
Breaches of boundaries
Reflective exercise 5
Reflexivity and boundaries
Noticing and naming problems – a decisional balance tool
Boundaries and the drama triangle
Authoritative doubt
Authoritative doubt
Safe uncertainty
Safe uncertainty
Reflective exercise 6
The impact of good boundary setting
The impact of good boundary setting
Practice wisdoms and changes to practice
Top Tips
Concluding video
Overview
Resources
References