Healthy Boundaries are essential in building a resilient and fulfilling relationships-
Examples of Healthy vs. Unhealthy Boundaries:
Healthy Boundaries:
- Feeling like your own person.
- Responsibility for your own happiness.
- Balanced togetherness and separateness.
- Maintaining friendships outside the relationship.
- Open, honest communication fostering intimacy.
- Commitment and respect for differences.
Unhealthy Boundaries:
- Feeling incomplete without your partner.
- Relying on your partner for happiness.
- Overly attached or detached dynamic.
- Difficulty establishing external friendships.
- Focusing on a partner’s worst qualities.
- Using substances for false intimacy.
- Jealousy, manipulation, or lack of commitment.
Dr.Baya Mebarek, Psy.D.,LMFT
Baya Mebarek, Psy.D., LMFT
Baya Mebarek, Psy.D., LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 20 years of experience helping couples strengthen their relationships. Based in San Diego and providing online therapy throughout California, she specializes in couples therapy, marriage counseling, premarital counseling, affair recovery, communication and conflict, emotional disconnection, and rebuilding trust. Her integrative approach draws on research-based relationship strategies, attachment-informed therapy, and a deep understanding of the emotional patterns that can leave couples feeling hurt, misunderstood, or disconnected.
