Boundaries and Relationships
Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self

Contains real and vital insights about boundaries, but often insights are so enmeshed with religious dogma that it is hard to tell which is which. According to the author I am forever stunted in my growth as a person because I do not believe in his invisible friend in the sky. A book on healthy boun......more

I was massively disappointed in this book. I thought it was going to be a self-help type of book, so I didn’t have very high expectations of it to begin with. But I did expect to learn just exactly what the author and his colleagues meant by the term ‘boundary.’ That didn’t happen. He repeated the id......more

Some interesting clarification. But overall I didn't like the writing style, I found all his references to other books he's written frustrating, and the numerous charts and tables were confusing and distracting.......more

For me this book took a little time to get rolling. The initial information had too much of a flavor of pop psychology for my taste (as is often the case with self help books). But it did eventually begin to take off and actually the information has proven very useful. Although I have been in therapy......more

I was expecting a practical book on how to set boundaries but this is far grander than that. A lot of psychological information and the practical content on boundaries is quite limited. But the content on the difference between codependence and compassion was very interesting, and I liked the questi......more