I adopted my son from birth, and he is now almost 9. I was always open about his adoption, and we have a lovely photo album including his birth mother, his birth, etc. It didn't seem to bother him. It just was. Then, about six months ago, it changed. After never hearing from his birth Mom at all...

Would you be able to help me. What do I say when tapping my adopted son who was serverly neglected and traumatize while in Russian orphanage for first 17 months of his life.

Maybe you went through your childhood without losing anyone significant, but it is not uncommon for a young person to experience bereavement at some stage. When a child loses a parent, grandparent, sibling, or a beloved pet, the adult carers left have the added responsibility of helping the child through...

If he will stand for it, I would try sitting down beside him and tapping on myself as though I were him, give some reversal statements. You might want to start out with a little humour such as ``Even though this old lady that calls herself Grannie Annie is bugging me again, I'm a good kid. Èven though...

Dear Grannie Annie, I think it is great that you are trying to help your grandson. After all he has been through in his nine years of life, I think it makes perfect sense to surrogate tap for him. While he has seen some benefits to the initial tapping you did with him, he obviously does not see its value...

Hello, All of your tapping phrases seem to be appropriate. It seems to me that his fear of abandonment might very well stem from the amount of time that he was left in the care of strangers for his medical issues. Even though, I am sure you were with him as much as was possible, the treatments were nontheless...

Hello Mal, Your daughter is fortunate to have identified her abadonment issues this early in life. Even though you are the mother she was meant to have, there is an energetic attachment that exists between a biological mother and her child. Her need to be best and first is her way of being worthy and...