Trauma-Informed Resources · TI-07
Personal Boundaries and Options
Explore preferences around physical space, emotions, time, and digital contact, including exceptions and safer alternatives.
Specialist review required
Teens and adults with trauma-informed support
15-25 minutes
Guided worksheet
Complete page
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How to use it
- Choose one boundary area that feels safe enough to consider.
- Mark preferences along a continuum; ‘it depends,’ ‘not sure,’ and private answers are valid.
- If you want, add exceptions, communication options, and safety alternatives.
- Stop or seek support if the activity raises concern about retaliation or safety.
Reflection prompts
- What context changes this preference?
- What is a safer alternative if direct communication is not workable?
Facilitator guidance
Explore preferences without requiring disclosure or direct assertion. Consider culture, disability, dependence, surveillance, retaliation risk, and abuse context; validate delayed, indirect, digital, third-party, or exit-based strategies.
Adaptations & accessibility
- Use visual scales, removable markers, or private digital completion.
- Discuss fictional examples or one boundary domain only.
- Offer AAC-supported choices and a no-response option.
Review considerations
Enhanced licensed trauma-specialist and safeguarding review required before use, especially for abuse, coercive control, surveillance, developmental vulnerability, or cultural differences.
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