Brief Report: Psychotherapeutic Outcomes Reported by Therapists Trained in Induced After-Death Communication

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Abstract: Induced after-death communication (IADC) is a new psychotherapeutic procedure based on a variation of eye-movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR). Psychologist Allan Botkin discovered it accidentally in 1995 while he was conducting therapy with combat veterans suffering from grief and post-traumatic stress disorder. During the course of the IADC treatment, Botkin's patients reported experiencing what they believed to be communications from a deceased person. The psychological healing associated with these experiences seemed remarkable. The following report presents the results of a survey Botkin conducted with other therapists he personally trained to conduct IADC. The results indicate that other IADC therapists … continued below

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Botkin, Allan L. & Hannah, Mo Therese Summer 2013.

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Abstract: Induced after-death communication (IADC) is a new psychotherapeutic procedure based on a variation of eye-movement desensitization and re-processing (EMDR). Psychologist Allan Botkin discovered it accidentally in 1995 while he was conducting therapy with combat veterans suffering from grief and post-traumatic stress disorder. During the course of the IADC treatment, Botkin's patients reported experiencing what they believed to be communications from a deceased person. The psychological healing associated with these experiences seemed remarkable. The following report presents the results of a survey Botkin conducted with other therapists he personally trained to conduct IADC. The results indicate that other IADC therapists achieved successful results nearly identical to those of Botkin and that the results were consistent across trained therapists.

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"[The Journal of Near-Death Studies] is the only peer-reviewed scholarly journal (ISSN 0891-4494) devoted exclusively to the field of near-death studies. It is cross-disciplinary and published quarterly."

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  • Journal of Near-Death Studies, 31(4), International Association for Near-Death Studies, Summer 2013, pp. 221-224

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  • Publication Title: Journal of Near-Death Studies
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 4
  • Page Start: 221
  • Page End: 224
  • Pages: 4

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The Journal of Near-Death Studies is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal devoted to the field of near-death studies. It is published on a quarterly basis by the International Association for Near-Death Studies. The Journal began publication in 1982 under the name Anabiosis which was changed to its current title in 1986 with the start of Volume 6.

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Botkin, Allan L. & Hannah, Mo Therese. Brief Report: Psychotherapeutic Outcomes Reported by Therapists Trained in Induced After-Death Communication, article, Summer 2013; Durham, North Carolina. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc938043/: accessed October 12, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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