Gestalt work / GST-A04-1
Contact Boundary Map — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind contact boundary map and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Rae welcomes a conversation but does not want to share family details.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Connection includes choosing how much contact fits.
The idea
Connection includes choosing how much contact fits.
An ordinary example
Rae welcomes a conversation but does not want to share family details.
What this can look like
Map comfortable, uncertain, and unwanted contact in an ordinary interaction; identify a choice at each boundary.
Check the fit
Where would more choice improve this contact? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
Awareness is information, not a demand to explain every sensation or change immediately.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Where would more choice improve this contact?
Conceptual background
Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction — Gary Yontef
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.