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Digital Seminar

Boundaries and Perfectionism

Clinical Tools to Embrace “Good Enough” and Promote Healthy Reliance on Supportive Relationships
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Speaker:
Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW
Duration:
1 Hour 03 Minutes
Copyright:
01 May, 2026
Product Code:
POS150786
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

Women often overextend themselves when they try to do it all alone. 

And for them, setting better boundaries isn’t just about saying no. It’s also about learning when to say yes to help. 

In this session, Nedra Glover Tawwab – sought-after relationship expert and New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace – invites you to help your clients embrace interdependence – because healthier boundaries don’t isolate us, they help us to belong more fully. You’ll learn:

  • Strategies for letting go of unrealistic expectations and embracing “good enough” 
  • How to help clients recognize the strength that comes from connection and community
  • Tools to practice accepting support from safe partners, friends, family, and neighbors

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Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Analyze the relationship between perfectionism, and boundary challenges in women in terms of stress and burnout.
  2. Utilize evidence-informed interventions to reduce perfectionism and improve boundary-setting.
  3. Integrate boundary-setting strategies to help clients reframe independence as interdependence, promoting healthier reliance on supportive relationships.

Outline

Perfectionism and Boundary Challenges in Women

  • When asking for help is seen as a sign of weakness
  • The drive to meet unrealistic expectations leading to overextension 
  • Interdependence as the antidote – a healthy marker of relational well-being

Practical Boundary-Setting Tools 

  • Identify and challenge perfectionistic thought patterns that sustain overextension
  • Encourage clients to accept “good enough”
  • Explore discomfort with accepting help from others
  • Evaluate beliefs that equate asking for help with incompetence
  • Tools to increase understanding of interdependence as a marker of relational health
  • Identify safe, reciprocal relationships for support
  • Practice accepting support and building trust
  • Boundary adjustments to allow autonomy and connection 
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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