As a daughter of Indian immigrants, and as a licensed therapist, I understand how complex setting boundaries can be for those of us who grew up in collectivist or non-Western households. In ...

As an empathetic person, I often sense the feelings that others bring to conversations. Those emotions can be intense to the point of being overpowering. You may have experienced something similar. If ...

Boundaries are hardest to set with the people you’ve known the longest—your parents—and it’s natural to stress about how they’ll go over. “People worry that by asserting this preference, they’re ...

As a psychiatrist and empath, I've found that one of the biggest blocks many of my patients have to accessing their empathy is a fear of being overwhelmed. It either seems too painful or unsafe to ...