Dear Therapist, Why do I need to honor my boundaries? You need healthy boundaries to draw the line between YOU and other people. People will always try to get their needs met from other people. This does not make you obligated to be the one to meet those needs. People do not know your emotional boundaries, so you must name and defend them, sometimes repeatedly. This can be done with compassion and assertiveness. It can be scary to name your boundaries if you haven't been taug

As a Relationships Therapist I have observed that we often want the other person to change (been there, done that). When we are...