The authors investigate the meaning and purpose of boundaries within and around the therapeutic experience.

The term boundary is borrowed from geography; as in geography, boundaries can function as barriers or delineators. They can -keep in- or -keep out-; they can hinder or enable safe passage from one place to another. A boundary is more than a simple line delineating one space from another; it is an entity with properties that demand a response if they are to be negotiated. Boundaries circumscribe a space that can be viewed objectively, or experienced subjectively, as a...