Title: Rigid, Diffuse, and Flexible: Three Types of Psychological Boundaries in the Voice Studio – Sound + Mind
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Rigid, Diffuse, and Flexible: Three Types of Psychological Boundaries in the Voice Studio
Characteristics of the Three Boundary Types
Rigid Boundaries
Diffuse Boundaries
Flexible Boundaries
Boundary Combos
Rigid Teacher + Diffuse Student
Diffuse Teacher + Rigid Student
Rigid Teacher + Rigid Student
Diffuse Teacher + Diffuse Student
Flexible Teacher + Flexible Student
What now?
Working with Diffuse Students
Working with Rigid Students
Balancing Boundaries

Content: They may change based on the person and situation. Here are characteristics of people in each boundary type. Rigid Boundaries
Wants control. Believes their ideas and techniques are superior. Believes they are the authority at all times. Forces their beliefs onto others. Often shames people for questioning their authority. Everything is either black and white. When things turn unpredictably bad, they don’t know how to take it in stride. They generally feel scared, cheated and manipulated rather than being able to accept that bad things just happen sometimes.