After-Death Communication for Grieving PTSD Patients

It may seem a little 'hokey and new age', but induced after-death communication (IADC) is showing a high percentage of positive results for many patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops due to traumatic life experiences such as violence, rape, death, physical injury or extreme psychological trauma. It has also been recognized in the past as shell shock, traumatic war neurosis, railway spine or post-traumatic stress syndrome.

It is a quite severe emotional reaction to trauma and results in the patient not only remembering an event, but constantly reliving it to the degree that they have nightmares, flashbacks, fight or flight response, anger, rage, sadness, fear and extreme anxiety. Those with the disorder will oftentimes go to great lengths to avoid any life experiences that will trigger PTSD.

PTSD also shows biological changes in the brain and body, such as a low secretion of cortisol and high secretion of catecholamine in urine. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a serious disease that causes significant impairment in functioning in social or occupational settings and affects all areas of life.

Before 1987, exposure therapy (talk therapy) was the standard therapy used to help those with PTSD, but after 1987 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) was introduced. EMDR was coined by psychologist Francine Shapiro and has changed the face of PTSD therapy. It involves putting the brain into the REM (rapid eye movement) state that happens during deep sleep and dreaming. Somehow, through rapid eye movements back and forth, patients are able to process and integrate their experiences while fully awake. EMDR has been used successfully since 1987.

So, what about after-death communication?

Dr. Allan Botkin had been using EMDR in his practice when he decided to make a few technical changes to the therapy. When he did, his patients begin seeing amazing results in their healing – and reporting that they were seeing and communicating positively with those who had 'passed on'. They reported healing conversations and seemed to drop most, if not all, of their PTSD symptoms.

At first Dr. Botkin was skeptical and wondered if his patients were hallucinating or perhaps getting worse, but over the years he has found that his therapy 'Induced After-Death Communication' (IADC) is a very successful therapy for those that need grief and trauma healing. He has collected years of data proving the success of his therapy and has written a book on the subject. He has also reported a statistic of 70 percent recovery for his patients using the technique.

While some people may not believe in 'after-death communication' (ADC), Dr. Botkin himself has decided not to take a stand on the issue. Whether or not one believes in ADC seems to be irrelevant during therapy and Dr. Botkin has said that he does not think his patients are dreaming, hallucinating, fantasizing or imagining…though he will not say whether he thinks they are actually in touch with the spirit world. He feels his neutral position allows him to help his patients without influencing their experience of the therapy.




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