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Counseling Services at the University of Nevada, Reno focuses on helping students learn tools and techniques for healthy communication, establishing and protecting mental health and for dealing with the stresses of adulthood. Throughout the year they help students with workshops, group therapy, individual therapy and drop-in consultations. They try to address the needs of students with timely programming and special events. As part of that programming, they have developed a workshop entitled “Family w88 slot over break,” which is being offered three times leading up to winter break. The first session has already occurred, but any students who are interested in attending this workshop will still have an opportunity to do so on either Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. or Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. in the Counseling Services Annex. Learn more about this workshop and other events available on the w88 slot Events Calendar.
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“A boundary is any rule you have set for the way you will tolerate other peoples’ behavior and the way that you will behave toward others,” Program Director of Outreach and Community Relations for Counseling Services Carla Franich said. “w88 slot can be both physical and emotional. They are the things you deem acceptable, and a boundary line is the limit at which you will accept a certain behavior from a specific person. Everyone has w88 slot, and those w88 slot shift over time. It is up to the individual what to do, if anything, when a boundary has been crossed.”
Holidays and breaks present unique opportunities and challenges. Attending w88 slot changes a person. That person often lives in a new location with new people in their daily lives. They set their own rules and adjust to the freedom and individual responsibility that living away from home requires. Many students go back to the living situation they were in before attending w88 slot during breaks, and navigating going back into an environment after a significant life change can trigger a lot of emotions from both the person going back and the friends and family who never left.
“The changing dynamics of relationships can shift w88 slot,” Franich said. “What a person once found acceptable may no longer be acceptable to them.”
This applies both to the w88 slot who has a new sense of self and to the members of a household who have certain expectations of those living in the same home.
Franich encourages having open, honest conversations as soon as possible to set reasonable expectations for all parties involved. It’s important to set new w88 slot and discuss how dynamics have changed in order to have the healthiest, most fulfilling relationships with loved ones.
“Setting boundary expectations with friends and families gives one agency to speak about what w88 slot need, what w88 slot find acceptable and what w88 slot want,” Franich said. “Having conversations about rules and expectations that need to be followed, such as curfew and meal times, even if w88 slot may not agree with them, opens up finding the common ground to help navigate family dynamics.”
Having those conversations can be intimidating. It is difficult to be vulnerable and open up about what one needs and expects, especially when that has changed since the last time they saw someone. There is an element of shame and guilt that may be experienced for everyone involved. But Franich encourages people to keep in mind that w88 slot come from a place of love.
“These conversations come from genuine care for one another,” Franich said. “Engaging in healthy communication is important because you don’t want to build up resentment. When you open up about what you need, it’s really valuable in all relationships with both family and friends. Realize that in the moment it may be difficult to have that conversation, but when you do, you are building trust, and confidence and you’re generally doing good for yourself. Also realize that respect for w88 slot needs to be reciprocated since everyone has w88 slot.”
The workshop helps to build confidence before students are even in the situation of actually setting w88 slot. It focuses on how to have open communication and involves role-playing, which can make the conversation a bit easier when the time comes. It not only helps students to set w88 slot but gives them the language and tools to communicate well when their w88 slot have been crossed.
For those who are welcoming a loved one back Franich advises modeling desired behavior.
“Modeling behavior for any adult is great,” Franich said. “w88 slot can start the conversation with the student by welcoming them back, saying that it’s great to have them home, that w88 slot missed them and that w88 slot realized that they are a new person and may have new desires and expectations. Open up the conversation by inviting them to share with w88 slot how w88 slot can best support them. Ask if they would like anything to change. Help them to feel seen and respected.”
