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Perhaps you can help me ... I don't quite understand the process after the setup statement. I've read and seen some videos where the instructor states multiple statements when doing the tapping sequence. Maybe you can help me come up with some statements, and tell me WHERE on the tapping sequence I'd say them.

My cat Max, was jumped on by Bounder about 3 1/2 years ago when Bounder came home very late one night. I think it was a case of misplaced aggression and Max was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Max is now afraid of Bounder and since my husband woke him up from a deep sleep to pet him in the basket in our bedroom, he will no longer come into our bedroom. Up until that point, Max would come in even if Bounder was asleep on the bed. Up until this summer, Max was quite agoraphobic. But when I was out in the back yard, I made it a point to take him with me. Eventually, he began to ask to go out in the backyard but would become quite frantic if we didn't leave the door open.

He also has stopped using the catboxes in the two bathrooms (where they've always have been) and was peeing in the kitchen on a dish towel or other inappropriate places. I took a urine sample in and it was free of crystals and bacteria. I finally put a litter box in our livingroom (I don't like this and would like to end this soon) and Max happily uses that box as do the other 3 cats (sigh!!).

Max will hiss at Bounder when he looks at him or looks like he's going to walk toward him. This doesn't happen at meal time or in the morning when I get out of bed and all 4 cats are milling around outside my bedroom. Bounder has swatted at Max and jumped on him a few times in the last 3 years. Recently, I've begun taking Bounder and putting him in time out in a cat crate when it happens. Our dog Willow will run to Max when he hears hissing. She puts herself between Max and Bounder like a body guard. Max is going on 12 years old and I would like to reverse this fear and get him to stand up to Bounder like he used to. Bounder has always played rough, even as a kitten. Salem and Max eventually refused to play with him at all. When Patches finally came along he finally had a playmate. She'll play as rough and dirty as he does and adores him to boot.

I've done reiki on Max as well as dose him with Rescue Remedy but it hasn't addressed the trauma or removed it. I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on Max.