Tapping for the Gifted Child: Using the Emotional Freedom Techniques to Address the Unique Challenges of Giftedness

Your family is not supposed to be in pain because your children are gifted but for far too many families pain is the secret reality of gifted life. Gifted children are often bored and frustrated in school where they may feel lonely and different from their classmates. They may be unusually sensitive to everything around them or they may suffer from imposter syndrome perfectionism or crippling anxiety.Parents suffer too when nothing they do helps. The parenting books dont talk about children like yours parent-teacher conferences dont make school more tolerable and everyone seems to think your family is high maintenance when youre only trying to protect your child from one more unintentional hurt caused by a world that doesnt understand their needs.But it doesnt have to be this way.The Emotional Freedom Techniques also called EFT or tapping are simple tools parents can use with their children to help them release painful feelings become calmer and more confident and find greater self-acceptance. This book teaches parents how to perform EFT then shows them how to apply it to a variety of common experiences faced by gifted children. Each chapter discusses a common gifted experience including how it appears to parents when their child is confronting this issue offers a variety of strategies that may help alleviate the problem and includes a detailed tapping script that parents can use to begin helping their children right away.Wendy Chamberlin opens a doorway that leads parents to an alternative path for guiding their sensitive intense and perfectionistic gifted children. Busy families are often in search of strategies that are portable no-cost and that deliver results. With careful thought and gentle persuasion Wendy presents a practical and effective tool for returning the Self to calm and peace. The modifications described are specifically crafted to address the unique challenges found in gifted families and move well beyond traditional EFT scripts. While the book centers on assisting parents of gifted it also belongs in the hands of any teacher administrator or mental health professional who interacts with gifted families looking for a new approach towards well-being. Take a chance and walk through that open door! - Michele Kane Ed.D. Professor of Special Education Northeastern Illinois University