Induced After-Death Communication

Book Excerpt: Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments................................................................................. vii

Foreword by Raymond A. Moody, Jr., Ph.D., M.D..................................... xi

Notes................................................................................................... xv

Preface............................................................................................... xvii

  1. ‑An After-Death Communication Occurs
       Unexpectedly during Therapy............................................................ 1

  2. How I Learned to Induce After-Death Communications........................ 13

  3. ‑Teaching Other Psychotherapists to
      Induce After-Death Communications................................................. 20

  4. New Ideas in the Treatment of Grief.................................................. 26

  5. Common Observations in IADCs...................................................... 35

  6. Extraordinary IADC Cases............................................................... 71

  7. IADCs That Defy Known Psychological Theories................................ 82

  8. Shared IADCs and Concurrent ADCs................................................ 96

  9. Professionals and Academics Experience IADCs............................. 105

10. Forgiveness in IADCs Heals Anger and Guilt................................... 113

11. IADCs with Combat Veterans: Making Peace with War.................... 125

12. Requirements for a Successful IADC.............................................. 134

13. Striking Similarities between ADCs and NDEs................................. 149

14. The Good News: You Can Now Take a Look for Yourself.................. 165

15. The Future of IADC Therapy?Where Do We Go from Here?............. 169

16. A Personal Statement................................................................... 172

17. An Important Note on Suicide......................................................... 175

Appendix A. Glossary......................................................................... 177

Appendix B. The IADC Procedure for Psychotherapists.......................... 181

Appendix C. What I Learned from the First 84 Cases............................. 197

Appendix D. Data Update.................................................................... 199

Bibliography....................................................................................... 203

Index................................................................................................. 205

About the Authors............................................................................... 211