For 20 years, Dr. Allan Botkin treated patients at a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Chicago. He utilized EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing) which is a widely used and proven method of treating PTSD.

While Botkin was using EMDR with a patient in 1995, he added some extra eye movements to the process. He was surprised that this caused the patient to be able to see and talk to a little girl he loved who had been killed in gunfire in Vietnam. From that day forward, the patient, a veteran who had suffered PTSD, found his way back to mental health. For his remaining 8 years at the Vet Hospital, Botkin continued refining and using this new therapy that he called Induced After-Death Communication, in secret.

Dr. Botkin moved into private practice and successfully treated over 3,000 patients, many of whom reported that their intense grieving subsided in one or two sessions and the fear of death no longer existed. Most clients felt they were in the presence of the person who had died and could talk directly to them. Some people saw the person, heard their voice, felt their touch, or could smell them. At first, Allan Botkin thought that these experiences were "all in the mind", but then he discovered that a psychologist who was watching could also see the meeting (Botkin 2005, pp.91-99).

Botkin has since trained psychotherapists around the world, written a book with Dr. Craig Hogan entitled “Induced After Death Communication: A New Therapy for Healing Grief & Trauma”, participated in speaking tours, and created a comprehensive website. He has also set up an Institute for trained therapists. Yet many people suffering from prolonged grief are unaware that such a wonderful treatment exists.

ALLAN L. BOTKIN PSY.D. ON EMDR AND IADC
Lilu Mace interviews Dr. Botkin who explains the crucial difference between EMDR and Induced After-Death Communication. He claims that many elements of an IADC experience are identical to those of an NDE with experiencers even having life reviews. He suggests that IADCs can be used to study aspects of the NDE.

A video of people who experienced connection with loved ones using IADC