'Mental Health Matters' Establishing and communicating boundaries featuring Meghan Breedlove

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Disclaimer: Discussions about mental health are personal and unique. In this podcast, Meghan is not acting as a therapist or providing therapy in any capacity. This podcast covers broad discussions of topics related to mental health and is not intended to serve as therapy or a replacement for therapy. Views and experiences expressed by Meghan are her own and do not represent the field of counseling.
Setting boundaries is crucial for animal professionals. They are guidelines that we create to identify reasonable, safe, and permissible ways for other people to behave towards us.
In this episode, I chat with counselor Meghan Breedlove all about boundaries! Our discussion includes what boundaries are, how we define ours, how to overcome obstacles, asserting them in the workplace, and share some of my struggles with establishing boundaries in my career.

Meghan Breedlove Bio
Meghan Breedlove is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Ohio. She graduated with her Masters in Human Development and Family Science with a specialization in Sexuality Studies from The Ohio State University. She also graduated from Arizona State University with a Masters in Clinical Counseling and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at The Ohio State University. Her dissertation is focused on using restorative justice practices to repair harm and resolve conflicts among individuals in school settings.

Meghan has worked with couples, adults, teenagers, and families in various settings. She has experience empowering clients to resolve relationship issues and family conflicts, navigate major life transitions, explore values and career interests, build communication skills, and cope with anxiety and depression. She believes in the importance of creating, communicating, and maintaining healthy boundaries in all aspects in life and seeks to support clients in this process.

Meghan uses a range of interventions in therapy and is flexible in her approach depending on the needs of the client. She uses a Client-Centered approach and draws on techniques from Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Reality Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in her work with clients.

Resources mentioned in podcast:

• Self-help packet on boundaries: https://cmhawwselfhelp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/WorkbookBuilding-Better-BoundariesFeb2011.pdf
• https://www.betterhelp.com
• https://www.nomv.org/
• https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

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