Grief and Experiences of After-Death Communication (ADCs)
Synopsis
Between Freud and the 1980s, society and most psychologists believed that to get past grief, the bereaved needed to accept the permanence of their loss: to let go and move on. In the 80s, the concept of ‘continuing bonds’ was introduced in which recognizing a continuing relationship with the deceased is viewed as normal and healthy. This is now well (though perhaps not completely) established within the clinical community and encounters with the deceased are seen as a natural part of grieving.
There are four types of experiences of after-death communication (ADCs) including requested ADCs, a type not previously established in the literature, and assisted ADCs which occur during readings with mediums. Similar to the beneficial impact on grief shown to result after spontaneous and facilitated ADCs, assisted ADCs should also result in improvements for grief as anecdotal and pilot survey data demonstrate.
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