<font color="purple"> Onlymedid, I hear your cry

Maybe I can give you a few ideas that my T gave to me in t.

Get one of those blow up punching bags they sell in toy stores, blow it up, and let the little hit away. Doesn't hurt anyone and certainly helps!

Get a plastic bat and a pillow. Hit the pillow with the bat for as long as you feel angry. Repeat this as often as needed. Keep hitting and you will feel the power go through your arms into the hitting. The anger leaves your mind, goes through your arms, into the bat, and onto the pillow.

Buy crayons and paper and allow your little to draw pictures of what she would like to do to the abuser. Give her permission to be as graphic as needed. By expressing what she would like to do, she gets out her anger.

If she is old enough to write, let her write letters to her abuser. Let her put down exactly what she wants to say even it involves something that is repulsive to you. By writing she is able to get the anger out of her mind onto the paper, she can see that it won't hurt anyone, and you wil have given her recognition.

These are just a few of the ways that have worked for me to release some of withheld anger. Some of the items I shared with my T, others were too personal for the little to share with the T for a long time. Some of them were burnt, others were eventually shared, some are still kept in a secret place known only to the little.

Hope this helps

Peace,
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