In 2004, Tommy Jones and Bobby Schauerhamer began a support group called Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries. The purpose of the group was to help men who were struggling with selecting and maintaining good boundaries. From the success of that support group comes this handbook. The book is a compilation of tools and strategies that can help establish strong boundaries, as well as a description of group organization and function for anyone interested in forming a similar group. It includes positive choices and changes that can help inspire healthier and safer ways to meet needs. Most of the suggested strategies come from group members who have used them and found them to be effective. <br><br>This handbook could be used by therapists as an adjunct to therapy or for suggested supplementary reading, by Probation and Parole Officers, Reintegration Agents, program staff associated with Prison-to-Community Transition services and by individuals looking for help making better and safer choices concerning their own sexuality. <br><br>Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries is written in a positive and upbeat style that encourages men to take responsibility for their own behavior, and promotes development of strong well-defined boundaries as a path to meet personal needs in a safe and legal way that also helps keep our communities and individuals safe.
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Tommy Jones. Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries: The Handbook
Introduction. Acknowledgments
Preface. Mission Statements
Intended Audience
About the Authors
What this Handbook is and is not
The Handbook. Why Boundaries?
What Are Safe Healthy Boundaries?
What Are Unhealthy Boundaries?
Ways to Choose Healthy Boundaries
Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries: The Group
Leadership and Twin Cities Men’s Center Facilitator Training
When Behavior Becomes A Problem
25 Positives: Choosing a Healthy Path
Tool Chest
In Conclusion: Honor Lost, Honor Regained
Final Note on the Essence of Support Groups..
And Finally... Pulling it Together
References
Resources
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First, Tommy would like to thank his wife, Gail, and his son, Matt, for their loyalty and support at a time of overwhelming crisis in his life. I love you both.
Thanks, also, to the entire staff, clinical and administrative, at Project Pathfinder, Inc., (projectpathfinder.org), St. Paul, Minnesota, with special gratitude to Jannine Hebert, for fixing me when I was seriously broken, and to Warren Maas for helping to restore honor and trust to my life. The healing power of this treatment program, its staff and support people, continues to contribute immensely to the health and safety of its community.
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He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two very special cats. This is his first book.
He had the opportunity to work in research throughout his college education starting with surgical research at the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate. Four professional publications resulted from that research with his first article as primary author, which was published in The American Journal of Surgery in 1972 (1972, Schauerhamer, R., et al).
