ABOUT
pandemic, new science for addressing grief is needed now more than ever. By making this film widely available, we hope to spread the news about a ground-breaking intervention that has now been tested and proven effective as a treatment for chronically debilitating grief.
THE FILM
Science is studying ghosts? Really?
In this nine-time award-winning documentary, a widow suffering prolonged grief agrees to participate in a controversial research study where scientists facilitate sensory "reconnections" between bereaved survivors and their departed loved ones. The process is known as Induced After-Death Communication (IADC), and it is rapidly gaining recognition among psychologists, academics and bereavement professionals.
LIVING WITH GHOSTS records the first-ever publicly-funded attempt to make contact with deceased individuals to determine if such contact can be used to reduce severe grief symptoms. In an area where traditional talk therapy has been largely ineffective, IADC offers new hope for the chronically bereaved.
THE MESSAGE
Of the 270 million bereaved people in the world, up to 30% suffer either Complicated Grief or Prolonged Grief Disorder. Both labels refer to debilitating conditions that can last for years or even a lifetime.
Researchers have known for decades that survivors do better with their grief when an emotional bond is maintained with the deceased. And yet psychologists, grief counselors, and clergy routinely discourage such behavior as “denial” or even “heresy.”
With the staggering increase in deaths beginning in 2020 due to the COVID-19
