Are you the stressed-out parent of a challenging child?

Do you struggle to keep your cool in the midst of defiant, angry, and even aggressive behaviors from your child with anxiety, autism, ADHD, attachment, trauma, or other difficult conditions even when you know your child needs you to remain calm?

Is your child especially good at pushing your buttons and getting you triggered?

Are you tired of feeling like your emotions are out of your control?

If so, you're not alone, and this book will help you understand that there's a reason your desire to do better isn't enough--by itself--to change you from reactive to responsive. And there's a reason you get triggered in the first place that has very little to do with your child and very much to do with your own childhood.

This book introduces parents of challenging children to an easy-to-learn but transformational tool called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) or tapping. Written by a parent who has faced the same challenges, you'll be guided through the basics of this powerful tool that every parent should have available. Attachment therapist Bryan Post calls this book "a light in the dark for parents of challenging children." Connective Parenting's Bonnie Harris calls it "wise, practical, clear, and extremely helpful." And a parent writes: "Finally - a parent in the trenches has written practical instructions (with gritty honesty) we can all use to reclaim ourselves, our calm, and our families."

There are a lot of books out there about EFT tapping, but this may be the first to be written from the perspective of another parent of a challenging child. Alison Morris of Full Potential Parenting brings her own experience, insight, and knowledge as a parent of a challenging child in helping parents with too much on their plates and sky-high stress levels instantly grasp how this self-help technique can be applied to bring some relief to their lives -- not in a month, not next week, but right now.