Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 3, Issue 11, 1 May 2019 | Page 27

and with the people in the cramped camp, to the point that the family was
going to be moved outside the camp.
I met the boy, together with the family and the MSF psychologists, in one
of the MSF clinic tents. We did some drawing and acrobatics together to
build rapport since the boy showed interest in these activities.
Suddenly the boy started to destroy everything in the tent including
books and toys, fetching big stones and throwing them at everyone. He
broke the metal legs of a table and demonstrated that he could beat with
them (use them as weapons), demanding to get more pens… which he
then broke into pieces. The father did what he could to calm the boy,
trying to hold him firmly, with caring.
After things had calmed down for a while, we demonstrated the
exercises and techniques for regulating stress and trauma to the father
and the other children of the family. The psychologist and the interpreter
also participated. We had seen that the father could hold the boy and
hug him – meaning that nurturing touch was possible, and therefore it
should be possible for him to do the regulating techniques on the boy.
When we had finished, we told the father that he should try to do the
tapping and Havening as much as he could when possible.
Some days later we got the message from MSF:
“I want to give you wonderful news. The father told me that he is using
the tapping with the boy and it is going super well! The father was super
happy and the boy also super calm and lovely. He hugged us. Thank you
for the wonderful job you have done and hope to see you soon again.”
Find calm and pass it on!
Gunilla Hamne
Sweden
is cofounder of the
Peaceful Heart Network in Sweden.
She shares energy psychology techniques,
globally with those in need.
www.selfhelpfortrauma.org
www.peacefulheart.se
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