Boundaries and Perfectionism
Clinical Tools to Embrace “Good Enough” and Promote Healthy Reliance on Supportive Relationships
- Speaker:
- Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 03 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
May 01, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS150786
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
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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Objectives
- Analyze the relationship between perfectionism, and boundary challenges in women in terms of stress and burnout.
- Utilize evidence-informed interventions to reduce perfectionism and improve boundary-setting.
- 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
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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