Description:
This program explores a technique being developed by Doug Smith and Bob Neimeyer on how to get hospice patients to talk about their serious thoughts and feelings very rapidly so caregivers can take full advantage of limited time. Although the technique is quite new, it has already been presented and tested by Doug and Bob in the US, Australia, England, Ireland, and New Zealand. This technique can be custom designed to address any issue being faced by the terminally ill and the grieving.

Objectives:

• Describe a technique (virtual dreams) to get hospice patients to quickly talk about important issues and feelings.
• Develop custom designed versions of the technique to address specific needs and concerns of the client/patient.
• Discuss how to handle client/patient resistance to the technique.

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