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family would need the Hospice Inn for an extended period. Mrs. L. was a practicing Catholic
and a former nurse. She was also terrified of losing control. Several weeks elapsed before her
family permitted the hospice team to request a psychiatric consult. On interviewing Mrs. L. and
the other family members, it became clear that she had clinical depression and intermittent
delirium with paranoia. I suggested a mild antidepressant and a small amount of antipsychotic
medication. The latter is fast acting and was particularly helpful. The success of that
intervention led the patient, the family, and the personal physician to become more accepting
of my involvement.
Mrs. L. had a complex and ambivalent attitude toward complementary therapy and spiritual
issues. On the one hand she accepted Reiki and therapeutic touch from friends and
caregivers; on the other hand, she focused on medication as the key to her treatment. She
described herself as religious. Yet, when I asked her about her afterlife beliefs, she admitted to
being very unsure and scared. I played several of the latter Going Home tapes and performed
a mixture of subtle energy techniques as she listened. During that process, I perceived an
internal component of the self in the process of clearing and readying for transition. However,
residual parts and energies were still entangled. I left the Going Home tapes with Mrs. L.’s
family, who eagerly welcomed them. Her husband feared that she was holding on for the
anniversary of her diagnosis, a date that was more than a month away, and thus faced the
prospect of much additional suffering. The day after the healing session, the patient remained
unconscious while the tapes played. The next day (a Saturday) Mrs. L. had some periods of
wakefulness and anxiety, but she passed away early that evening—with her family in
attendance.
These and other successes inspire me to work and hope for more complete integration of
psychiatric and psychological services into the hospital system. I am negotiating with the
various services to make Hemi-Sync more readily available. Hospital television already has a
relaxation channel. Current offerings could be expanded to include Hemi-Sync presentations
and instruction in using a variety of Hemi-Sync tapes, as well as consciousness expansion
methods. Both patients and their caregivers stand to benefit from a partnership between
standard interventions and complementary resources.
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