Post-Test: Anger, Aggression, and Boundaries in Play Therapy

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Emotional and sensory blocks lead to a child’s “diminished sense of ____”

A child’s “problematic” behavior is often an effort to regulate and feel homeostasis. 

As a child feels safe, the child lowers their _____.

Play therapy helps children emotionally regulate because it helps them to ____.

In general, society gives children the same permission to feel and express anger. In other words, despite gender and multicultural background, children will experience the same consequences for the same behavior. 

When clients are creating art, it is important to pay attention to: 

Irritability has an emotional component of ____ and a behavioral component of _______. 

Childhood irritability may predict: 

The following emotion is useful because it helps us know when a boundary has been violated and it gives us the energy to use our resources to renegotiate the boundaries. 

Aggressive energy and aggressive behavior are the same thing. 

Oaklander said that taking action to meet our needs requires _____ energy.

Anger is linked to _____. 

Aggressive energy is never developmentally appropriate. 

Children get into trouble when they _____ aggressive energy. 

The Gestalt play therapist’s goal is to _____ emotions in order to _____ a child’s contact with self. 

Health contact involves

“No” always implies blocked contact.

“Inappropriate behaviors” are often ways in which children are expressing ____.