ABSTRACT
Those seeking to reconnect with the deceased, to “finish business” with the loved one and to do reparative work on the psychic connection with the deceased. The technique should be used with great caution, if at all, with clients who are suicidal, are traumatized, or have dissociative or psychotic experiences. Likewise, clients who are very recently bereaved or who are likely to be overwhelmed by the emotional intensity evoked by the technique may need to wait until they feel more in control, and the therapeutic relationship has developed to function as a “holding environment” for strong affect.
