Recap

Induced After-Death Communication

Clinical psychologist Dr. Allan Botkin discussed his groundbreaking method to help grief-stricken patients deal with their traumatic memories using a procedure called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The treatment induces an experience that the patients believe is actual contact with the deceased person they are grieving, he explained.

During the middle two hours of the program, retired psychotherapist Hania Stromberg joined in the discussion, speaking about how Dr. Botkin's Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) therapy has helped bring healing to her clients.

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