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Anger

The emotion that says a boundary has been crossed or a need threatened — energy, not a fault.

Term

How it shows up

Unexpressed anger turns inwards and becomes self-criticism, bodily tension or numbness. Expressed without shape, it becomes an outburst. Both are the same problem: anger with no address and no words.

What we do with it in therapy

We don’t learn to hold anger back, but to recognise it early and give it a shape. For many people the first task is allowing themselves to feel it at all.

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See also

Trust The willingness to be vulnerable without checking all the time. A child's anger A normal part of development that needs a boundary for the behaviour and acceptance for the feeling. Peer consultation Consultation between colleagues of equal standing about demanding cases — a complement to supervision.

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