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What Your Therapist Thinks

How Do I Set Boundaries With Family? A Guide To Surviving The Holidays

Dec 10, 2025 · 47 min · Season 1 · Episode 13 · 91.5 MBExplicitBonus
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In this special holiday episode, Katrina Mautner, a queer trauma-informed therapist, joins Kristie and Felicia to talk everything on setting boundaries with family. Drawing from Katrina’s anti-oppressive and harm reduction framework, they break down boundaries as a tool for connection—defining them as the distance at which you can love both yourself and the other person.

Some takeaways:

  • How boundaries actually allow us to deepen relationships and say "yes" more freely
  • Surviving difficult moments with "strategic avoidance" and internal boundaries
  • Applying a harm reduction lens to deescalate family conflict, even imperfectly

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