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By Lizette Torralba Rodriguez
What this project is.
What this project is.
This project is a worksheet created for counselors and therapist to work with the online community on setting boundaries. It includes five types of boundaries and classifies them as healthy online boundaries and the external pressures looks like for these boundaries along with notes and questions that counselors and therapist can ask the client and vice verse. When it comes to setting boundaries, it was a hard topic to bring up or to enforce as well as even setting up boundaries, especially being a first generation Mexican. That is why the worksheet has been translated in Spanish as well.
The article that was inspiring these online community boundary worksheets was "Boundaries, Roles and Identities in an Online Organization" by Saara Bange, Rita Jarventie- Thesleff, and Janne Tienari. While it spoke about online roles and identities, I wanted to mainly focus on the general boundaries that were presented within the lines of the article. The article highlighted how diverse the online community can be while also removing some of the barriers associated with certain social identities. It emphasizes how boundaries are constantly being shaped and adjusted to suit individual needs, which can cause conflicts among members of the online community. People may feel pressured to modify their boundaries by outside factors like family, culture, or work, which can lead to dynamic changes in relationships, family, and the workplace. Its stated that people are always questioning and redefining their boundaries based on the circumstances, which emphasizes how crucial it is to recognize and respect these boundaries.
While online boundaries are fluid they still need a general guideline that explains what is healthy and what is not healthy. Using the article, I was able to propose these two worksheets. These worksheets were designed for demonstrating boundaries within the online community. I decided to have it in Spanish and in English to further expand the knowledge of boundaries within the online community to various other individuals. Growing up in an era where sometimes there are online boundary crossing that go unnoticed and I wanted to bring into attention what is healthy and what isn't.
Important: I am a first-generation Latina who grew up in the rise of technology. As I was growing up, there was a lack of information on boundaries within my Mexican culture and my presence in the online culture because of this, it was hard to put up boundaries and to enforce them. I believe that these worksheets are important because it demonstrates a general structure for what is healthy, and it helps get a discussion going on what boundaries look like for the individual. By beginning a discussion on online boundaries, it will allow for more safer limits and fluidity of boundaries.
Sources:
Bange, S., Jӓrventie-Thesleff, R., Tienari, J. (2020). Boundaries, Roles, and Identities in an Online Organization. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492620968913
Therapist Aid. (2024). Boundary types [Worksheet]. Therapist Aid. https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/boundary-types
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