🚧 Professional Boundaries

How to protect your energy, time, and integrity in workplaces that constantly test them. These books help therapists, caregivers, managers, and anyone in demanding roles draw lines that sustain rather than deplete.

Ask a Manager

by Alison Green • 2018

Every workplace problem is a conversation you are avoiding. Here is exactly what to say.

3.91

2k+

💬 Workplace Communication 📋 Management Advice 🧭 Career Guidance 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📝 Direct Feedback

Ask a Manager

Every workplace problem is a conversation you are avoiding. Here is exactly what to say.

by Alison Green 2018

3.91

2k+ ratings

💬 Workplace Communication 📋 Management Advice 🧭 Career Guidance 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📝 Direct Feedback

Help for the Helper

by Babette Rothschild • 2006

Compassion fatigue lives in the body. A physiology-based toolkit for helpers who feel too much.

4.17

286

🩺 Compassion Fatigue 🧬 Somatic Psychology 🦠 Emotional Contagion ⚡ Psychophysiology 🔥 Burnout Prevention

Help for the Helper

Compassion fatigue lives in the body. A physiology-based toolkit for helpers who feel too much.

by Babette Rothschild 2006

4.17

286 ratings

🩺 Compassion Fatigue 🧬 Somatic Psychology 🦠 Emotional Contagion ⚡ Psychophysiology 🔥 Burnout Prevention

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Just Another Kid

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes

by Bill Eddy • 2005

The personality disorders that turn simple disputes into litigation wars, and how to handle them.

4.39

124

🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 😤 Difficult People 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

High Conflict People in Legal Disputes

The personality disorders that turn simple disputes into litigation wars, and how to handle them.

by Bill Eddy 2005

4.39

124 ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🤝 Conflict Resolution 😤 Difficult People 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Becoming a Life Coach

by Tom Chiarella • 2019

No license. No rules. Two billion dollars a year. What are life coaches actually selling?

3.43

118

🏢 Coaching Industry 🤝 Helping Professions 👤 Solopreneurship 🌱 Human Potential Movement 🔧 Coaching Techniques

Becoming a Life Coach

No license. No rules. Two billion dollars a year. What are life coaches actually selling?

by Tom Chiarella 2019

3.43

118 ratings

🏢 Coaching Industry 🤝 Helping Professions 👤 Solopreneurship 🌱 Human Potential Movement 🔧 Coaching Techniques

Confessions of an Event Planner

by Judy Allen • 2009

Behind the elegant table settings: what an event planner really does when the guests run wild.

3.27

🎪 Event Planning 🏨 Hospitality Industry ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🚨 Crisis Management 🤝 Client Relationships

Confessions of an Event Planner

Behind the elegant table settings: what an event planner really does when the guests run wild.

by Judy Allen 2009

3.27

33 ratings

🎪 Event Planning 🏨 Hospitality Industry ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas 🚨 Crisis Management 🤝 Client Relationships

Working with High-Risk Youth

by Peter Smyth • 2017

The framework that replaces punishment with trust, and why it works when nothing else does.

🏛️ Child Welfare 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🩺 Harm Reduction 🔗 Attachment Theory 💪 Strength-Based Practice

Working with High-Risk Youth

The framework that replaces punishment with trust, and why it works when nothing else does.

by Peter Smyth 2017

🏛️ Child Welfare 🩹 Trauma-Informed Care 🩺 Harm Reduction 🔗 Attachment Theory 💪 Strength-Based Practice

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