Welcome!
When we feel safe, we risk vulnerability. We are brave about showing up authentically. We stay connected to those around us and we have flexibility in our responses.
Often our clients are able to experience a sense of safety in the therapy room, but how do we help them develop a greater sense of feeling safe outside of our offices?
Our clients have often intuited this connection between needing more safety and having better boundaries. They ask us to look at "having better boundaries" and we often think about this as a moment to teach them how to say “no,” and how to set limits with others.
But this is a very limited understanding of boundary work.
Fundamentally, boundaries are what help us and our clients feel safe…and from safety, we can fully engage in relationships with a sense of self-worth and confidence.
The brain is actively processing boundaries on many different levels simultaneously: Our sense of safety comes first from our autonomic nervous system, which scans our body over 200 times a minute, for signs of physical danger. Equally important are our sense of psychological safety in relationships, our sense of being OK with ourselves, and our sense of living our lives in integrity with our values.
Each of these senses of safety is monitored and protected by specific neural patterns that we call boundaries.
In this course, we’ll cover the following topics:
Session 1: What Do We Mean When We Say Boundaries?
Session 2: Finding Interpersonal Peace Through Your Psychological Boundary
Session 3: Living in Integrity with Your Containing Boundary
Session 4: Executing Boundaries Interpersonally
Session 5: Deepening Boundary Work: Safety and Grief
In each session, we will go in-depth into the different neural network patterns that the brain uses to process boundaries. We can then utilize that knowledge to design practices that work with each type of neural network, so we can offer clients tools to take home and use to permanently change their brains.
It’s one thing for a client to feel safe while they are in session with you….but with a clear understanding of boundaries, we can help our clients build safety for themselves and feel clear, respected, and empowered even when they aren’t in the therapy room.
Working with boundaries in this way has an exponential effect: clients begin to shift their relationships with themselves and others...which ends up shifting their family system, as well as their social and professional environments. Ultimately, it ends up shifting all the systems they touch and creating positive social change.
We invite you to join us today.
Warmly,
Jules Shore and
Academy of Therapy Wisdom
Welcome!
Clients often come to us looking to work on “having good boundaries.” We usually see this as an opportunity to teach them how to say “no,” and how to set limits with others.
But this is a very limited understanding of boundary work.
Fundamentally, boundaries are what help us and our clients feel safe…and from safety, we can fully engage in relationships with a sense of self-worth and confidence.
The brain is actively processing boundaries on many different levels simultaneously: Our sense of safety comes first from our autonomic nervous system, which scans our body over 200 times a minute, for signs of physical danger. Equally important are our sense of psychological safety in relationships, our sense of being OK with ourselves, and our sense of living our lives in integrity with our values.
Each of these senses of safety is monitored and protected by specific neural patterns that we call boundaries.
In this course, we’ll cover the following topics:
Session 1: What Do We Mean When We Say Boundaries?
Session 2: Finding Interpersonal Peace Through Your Psychological Boundary
Session 3: Living in Integrity with Your Containing Boundary
Session 4: Executing Boundaries Interpersonally
Session 5: Deepening Boundary Work: Safety and Grief
In each session, we will go in-depth into the different neural network patterns that the brain uses to process boundaries. We can then utilize that knowledge to design practices that work with each type of neural network, so we can offer clients tools to take home and use to permanently change their brains.
It’s one thing for a client to feel safe while they are in session with you….but with a clear understanding of boundaries, we can help our clients build safety for themselves and feel clear, respected, and empowered even when they aren’t in the therapy room.
Working with boundaries in this way has an exponential effect: clients begin to shift their relationships with themselves and others...which ends up shifting their family system, as well as their social and professional environments. Ultimately, it ends up shifting all the systems they touch and creating positive social change.
We invite you to join us today.
Warmly,
Jules Shore and
Academy of Therapy Wisdom
"My clients have shown me that deep boundary work when done both inside and out has the power to change their lives."
—Jules Taylor Shore
The Four Boundaries:
Physical
This is the brain stem level assessment of our physical safety. If we sense danger at this level, the brain will not be able to establish any other type of safety.
Psychological
The space between me and another person that allows me to be curious about them and their feelings...without getting sucked in or overwhelmed.
Containing
This is the pause between what I feel and what I do that allows me to consider how my actions might affect my relationships.
Executed
This is a journey of defining what is and is not “OK” in our value system, and how to live in integrity with that.
The Power of Healthy Boundaries:
The Playground Experiment
A group of architects in Mississippi conducted a simple study to investigate the presence of a fence around a playground and how that fence would physically and psychologically impact preschool children.
Teachers took their children to a local playground with no fence during their normal recess hour. The kids were allowed to play as normal. The same group was later taken to a comparable playground in which there was a defined border designated by a fence.
The researchers found a striking difference in how the children interacted in the fenced-in playground and in the open playground:
The researchers concluded that the boundary of the fence provided the psychological safety for the children to explore the space with a greater sense of freedom. So it is with our clients and their boundaries.
Our courses are
At the Intersection of Psychotherapy, spirituality, and social change
WE BELIEVE LEARNING SHOULD CHALLENGE YOU AND CHANGE YOU.
Here’s What You’ll Learn Inside
The Neurobiology of Feeling Safe
Session One
What Do We Mean When We Say Boundaries?
In this session, we will define four different kinds of boundaries, learn to assess and discern which kind of boundaries your client needs to focus on, and begin to explore pathways in the brain that support boundary work. We’ll also dissect clinical work with clients to take the ideas out of the classroom and into session.
In this module, we'll:
Session Two
Finding Interpersonal Peace Through Your Psychological Boundary
In this session, we will dive deeply into the work of increasing Psychological Boundary. We will define the brain regions involved and use this knowledge to inform clinical interventions. You will leave with the ability to differentiate between common adaptations clients deploy when they do not have Psychological Boundary and with practices your clients can execute right away to begin changing their brains now. We’ll see clinical work with clients to take the ideas out of the classroom and into session.
Learning objectives:
Session Three
Living in Integrity with Your Containing Boundary
In this session, we will dive deeply into the work of increasing Containing Boundary. We will define the brain regions involved and use this knowledge to inform clinical interventions. You will leave with the ability to identify a lack of Containing Boundary and learn how to hold clients in finding clarity about their true integrity and work with them to live with accountability and moderation. We’ll look at clinical work with clients to take the ideas out of the classroom and into session.
Learning objectives:
Session Four
Executing Boundaries Interpersonally
In this session, we will work with healthy Executed Boundaries. You will leave with the ability to guide clients through a six-step process of healthy boundary execution. We will explore issues that often stop clients from executing boundaries in healthy ways, such as fearing disappointment, longing to control outcome, and longing to have boundaries to be answered in a specific way. We’ll examine clinical work with clients to take the ideas out of the classroom and into session.
Learning objectives:
Session Five
Deepening Boundary Work: Safety and Grief
In this session, we will work with the repair of physical boundaries when they have been violated and with the grief that is an inherent part of all boundary work. You will leave with interventions to help clients shift the tone of their autonomic nervous system when there has been a boundary violation, as well as an understanding of how to help them process the grief and loneliness that almost always comes up doing this work. We’ll explore real clinical demos to take the ideas out of the classroom and into session.
Learning objectives:
“Juliane is an incredible teacher. She integrates it all--cutting-edge science and clinical mastery with grounded, practical wisdom and guidance. Juliane is an absolute treasure trove of knowledge, and her sophisticated understanding of the brain and mind are matched only by her clinical experience and intuition, not to mention her humility and humor. I quote her constantly in my own training of therapists. Under her guidance, my understanding of human development--and practical techniques for how to apply that understanding--have been profoundly enhanced. She is truly a gem in our field.”
— Tori Olds, PhD Austin, TX
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Testimonials
My work has felt less like 'work' since training with Jules. Knowing my own mind, and my own boundaries, has helped me tremendously. If you want to feel energized in this work, Jules is an incredible guide.
—Sara Miller, LPC Associate, Austin TX
It has been amazing, and I feel like it has already enhanced my practice. Throughout this course I was able to implement the concepts that I was learning with current clients, in particular around psychological boundary. It has had a positive impact on them. For me personally, it has prompted me to work with my therapist on my own boundaries, as I have a clearer understanding of where my challenges and strengths lie.
—Katie Boyle
It has greatly broadened my work with boundaries and added the neurobiological piece to my previous limited knowledge. The membership site is amazing. I intend to spend many more hours absorbing the offerings.
—Mercy Dennis
This course was astronomical in teaching me about Boundaries for my personal self and life. I have been in therapy for years and had never learned such crucial information. I also loved seeing Jules model appropriate interaction with her clients and us participants in the course. -Jeannette Perez
One of the best classes I've ever taken! Professionally and personally.
—Sara
Jules has been brilliant! She is very inspiring and has a wonderful style of relating, explaining complex neuroscience clearly and simply. Her teachings lead me to feel a greater sense of confidence to apply this advanced learning of neuroscience within practical applications of boundary work.
—Sue Weller
I am so grateful. Jules, you are inspiring and offer such wisdom.
—Dr. Madelaine Tiller, R. Psychologist
This course was an eye opener for my. I never thought about boundaries in terms of types/kinds, I just looked at them in general. I now understand why there is/was such a struggle in this area. This course provided me with a wealth of tools, interventions to not only help my clients, but greatly improved my skills as well.
—Ernestine Suggs
This was one of the best courses I've taken in changing my perspective around how to support myself and others around trauma and safety. Jules is one of the most awesome therapists I've ever heard and she is a fantastic teacher, even for those that. are not therapists (like myself). I am so impressed with her work and clear presentation of the material. Very easily understandable.
—Sara Robinson
"Learning boundary work from Jules has changed how I conceptualize my time with both individuals and couples. Jules has taught me how to identify the struggle with clear boundaries within my clients and has helped me know how to support them in having deep compassion for themselves as they work towards developing a more coherent sense of themselves. As Jules says, boundary work is self-esteem work—and this is crucial for all of us."
—Kim Schafer, LPC, TX
"The way I engage with my work and with my clients continues to evolve with each training session I have with Jules. I become more embodied, even as I also become more aware of the neuroscience behind the techniques I use. I feel more confident. What I enjoy the most about it is that each session seems to help me realize that it's easier to do this work than it appears. That I truly can be MYSELF and that's enough. And that the more I can relax and trust, the more easily and comfortably my clients find what they need to move forward."
— Miranda Jane, LPC, Vermont
"What I find most appealing about Jules’s teaching is her ability to translate vast amounts of research into tangible, effective guidance for working with my clients.”
— Nathan Reeder, Therapist Austin TX