The authors wish to thank Ernest Hartmann, first and foremost, for supporting our desire to apply his boundaries concept to chronic illness and to complementary and alternative therapies. We also gratefully acknowledge Deane Juhan for his embrace of the book’s content and his outstanding foreword; Larry Dossey, Gabor Maté, Ken Pelletier, and Ilene Serlin for their enthusiastic endorsement of the material; and Joel Isaacs of Bodynamic Institute USA for his permission to reprint the bodymap used in figure 1 at the back of the book.
Michael Jawer would like to thank his cherished wife, Bonnie, whose enthusiasm and on-point critiques throughout the book’s development were highly welcomed; their kids, Gabrielle and Bradley, who insisted on completing the short-form Boundary Questionnaire themselves; and his parents, Helene and Robert Jawer, for teaching him (though he didn’t know it at the time) all about boundaries. Their example, as human beings, parents, and unique (yet compatible) individuals, continues to be an inspiration.
Marc Micozzi would like to acknowledge with gratitude his many colleagues who have reviewed the CAM therapies addressed in this book and whose published work provided a basis for our analysis. He also thanks professors Adi Haramati and Hakima Amri of the CAM program at Georgetown University’s School of Medicine, where we lectured on boundaries and administered the short-form Boundary Questionnaire. And thanks to his daughter, Alicia, for completing the questionnaire and making helpful suggestions.
At Inner Traditions/Healing Arts Press we acknowledge Jon Graham, acquisitions editor, and John Hays, director of marketing, for their early recognition of the promise of this project; and Chanc VanWinkle Orzell, project editor. We also wish to thank Marilyn Allen for her constructive questions that helped flesh out the application of boundaries to personality and CAM treatment type.