EFT For Kids

How EFT Has Helped Children to Cope

Stories from EFT Universe of real children tapping for their problems

Successful EFT with a four year old girl who uses her own phrasing

You will enjoy this EFT story by Eleanor Hatherly from the UK. It points up many useful ideas for using EFT with children. She says, "...since that night she has asked me to do "that pat thing" every single night and it's now become part of her bedtime routine."

EFT for a child's fear of flying

Is your child afraid of flying? Read this article by Sandra Lewis from Canada to get a solid idea of EFT's effectiveness for this challenge. Sandra says, "We proceeded to investigate what it was about planes that scared Anna. She told me she didn't trust the pilots. So we tapped on that. She was worried about the noise on takeoff because a friend had told her it was very noisy. We tapped for that. We tapped for her fear of being trapped in a crowded plane, or between people."

Doing EFT with children for the fear of water

Observe how Jan Luther applies EFT to her twin grand-daughters. Working with children often requires creativity and special care and Jan's approach provides good examples.

Tapping turns NightMares into "HappyMares" for four year old girl

Irene Grozelle from Canada shows us how a simple use of EFT can shift a major experience for a child.

EFT with 11 year old students - SATs and other issues

Both parents and educators will find this step-by-step article by Margaret Loudon of the UK fascinating. Margaret says, "Working with these pupils exceeded all our expectations. We had expected more children not to participate and were impressed with their enthusiasm and the passionate way in which they tapped. We were both surprised at the maturity of their own affirmations and how they knew instinctively what to say."

Surrogate EFT helps a screaming baby on a plane

Many EFT'ers report helping crying babies on a plane. While we don't get a 100% success rate, we get the job done often enough to impress any skeptic. Hildegard Hintz from Canada shows us how she did it using surrogate mental tapping.

EFT heals 7 year old boy's trauma from a school-yard bully

Glen Dunning specialises in working with children. In this article, he illustrates how EFT helped a 7 year old boy release his anger at being bullied and enjoy going to school.

Surrogate EFT relieves baby's chest mucous and hypotonia

Ilana Weiler from Israel uses surrogate EFT to correct two important issues for her friend's 10 month old baby. Healings like these have become rather routine for EFT users, although they would be considered stunning in medical circles.

Mom doing EFT for autistic son yields enormous changes in one month

Autism is a major and growing issue and, to date, conventional methods have done little or nothing for it. EFT, however, has provided some impressive results and Sandra Lewis's article highlights the possibilities. Note how the severe Autism improves on many fronts in only one month of nightly tapping. Please consult physicians on all medical issues.

Eric no longer hears voices

Janet Gleeson helps an 11 year old boy eliminate the frightening experience of hearing voices.

EFT gives relief to a self-cutter by first finding emotional causes

Quila Rider, PhD gives us a step-by-step analysis of how she successfully applied EFT to a 15 year old self-cutter. Rather than just go for the self-cutting behavior, Quila correctly took aim at traumatic events that would likely underlie this problem. After two such traumatic events were successfully collapsed with EFT, the self-cutting behavior disappeared.

Using EFT to self-calm an intense anger tantrum.

Ann Adams gives us another look at the use of EFT inside the residential facility for Severely Emotionally Disturbed children where she works. This is a simple case-very direct and very obvious-and therein lies its importance. Often, all we have to do is get the client to tap. You will appreciate Ann's creativity in this regard.