Bacchus, G., Charura, Divine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-9392 and Fox, T. (2022) “It’s made me reassess what I think and believe.” An Exploratory Study of Therapists’ Experiences with Their Clients’ Deathbed Visions, Deathbed Coincidences, and After-Death Communication. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 40 (2).

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Abstract

Research literature has highlighted the occurrence of deathbed vision (DBV), deathbed coincidence (DBC), and after-death communication (ADC) phenomena. To better inform the mental health profession about how psychotherapists respond to and are affected by working with these client experiences, we interviewed four therapists in private practice in the United Kingdom who reported having worked with clients who disclosed one or more of the phenomena. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), we identified three
main themes from their accounts: (a) making sense of inexplicable transpersonal experiences on a professional and personal level, (b) experiencing personal transformation, and (c) perceiving clients’ therapeutic benefits from addressing DBV, DBC, and ADC experiences. We discuss these findings in the context of the existing literature along with implications for clinical practice and possible future research directions.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.17514/JNDS-2022-40-2-p95-119
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/8867

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