ABSTRACT

This chapter demonstrates the importance of the issue and reflects the storm that takes place in the interior and exterior, real and phantasmal, boundary zone of the individual and the group in the therapy room. Boundaries have two functions: one function is identification, which distinguishes the boundary and indicates its essence. The other function is regulation, which protects, restrains inwardly, and wears armour outwardly. The boundary is a product of interaction and differentiation processes. According to D. W. Winnicott, the boundary is dynamic, constantly re-forming, creating and enabling a sense of life, permeability, and openness. The term "boundary" in psychoanalysis and group analysis is central and critical to understanding of intra- and interpersonal processes. It turns out that the group's boundaries were breached after the first meeting. Anat accepts a lift with Keren. The boundaries in Anat's mind are thin and fluid. Leaving its boundaries perforated, the group makes a damaged therapist, who fails to create and hold a safe space.