Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model (open access)

Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience: A Conceptual and Therapeutic Model

Abstract: Most mental health practitioners, and counseling psychologists in particular, possess skills for helping near-death experiencers. What is needed is a conceptual framework that is both familiar to practitioners and highly relevant to that client group. Cross-cultural counseling in general, and the consideration of world views more specifically, are suggested. Using that framework, the world view assimilated during the near-death experience (NDE) is viewed as being in contrast to that of the "old self," significant others, and the majority culture. The difficulties reported by NDErs are considered analogous to those associated with culture shock. The world views of the practitioner, NDEr, and relevant others should be taken into account in the formulation of psychoeducational and therapeutic interventions.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Book Review: Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience (open access)

Book Review: Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience

Review of a book titled "Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience" written by H.J. Irwin. The review summarizes details from Irwin's book, while providing some of the reviewer's observations about Irwin's points.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Irwin, H. J.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clinical Approaches to the Near-Death Experiencer (open access)

Clinical Approaches to the Near-Death Experiencer

This paper discusses near-death experiencers and "general guidelines and specific interventions, developed at an interdisciplinary conference, to assist NDErs in coping with psychological difficulties following their experiences" (abstract).
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Greyson, Bruce & Harris, Barbara
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comments on Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience" (open access)

Comments on Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"

The author of the article critiques Bette Furn's paper in an effort to provide better strategies for helping people that have had near-death experiences (NDEs), and presents an alternative perspective from someone who has experienced an NDE.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Geraci, Joseph B.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Counseling Approach to Assist Near-Death Experiencers: A Response to Bette Furn's Paper (open access)

A Counseling Approach to Assist Near-Death Experiencers: A Response to Bette Furn's Paper

This paper by Judith S. Miller critiques Bette Furn's paper titled "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience." Miller doesn't believe Furn's method is effective for people that have had near-death experiences (NDEs). Miller provides alternative strategies.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Miller, Judith S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-Cultural Counseling and the Near-Death Experience: Some Elaborations (open access)

Cross-Cultural Counseling and the Near-Death Experience: Some Elaborations

This paper proposes "cross-cultural counseling and world views" as an effort to improve therapeutic models for aiding near-death experiencers (NDErs). The parameters of the cross-cultural counseling method are established, and potential counterarguments are addressed.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Furn, Bette G.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 1987 (open access)

Journal of Near-Death Studies, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 1987

Quarterly journal publishing papers related to near-death experiences, including research reports; theoretical or conceptual statements; expressions of a scientific, philosophic, religious, or historical perspective on the study of near-death experiences; cross-cultural studies; individual case histories; and personal accounts of experiences or related phenomena.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Greyson, Bruce
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind (open access)

Out-of-Body Experiences in the Blind

"The theoretical significance of out-of-body experiences in blind people is explored. In this context I report results of a survey of a small sample of blind adults. It is concluded that we have yet to locate a case of an out-of-body experience in the blind that has critical implications for the interpretation of the experience among the general population" (abstract).
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Irwin, Harvey J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response to "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience" (open access)

Response to "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"

This paper addresses Bette Furn's article "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience" from two perspectives that the author possesses. The author is a social worker and a near-death experiencer. The author points out some limitations of Furn's argument.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Clark, Kimberly
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience" (open access)

Review of Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience"

This paper reviews Bette Furn's "Adjustment and the Near-Death Experience." McDonagh commends Furn's paper for eliciting conversation within the subject of near-death experiences (NDEs), and then McDonagh points out some of the limitations of Furn's ideas. He then proceeds to give his own perspective on how NDE counseling could be potentially improved.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: McDonagh, John
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library