Dignity Therapy
Maintaining dignity for people facing serious illness or death is a major objective in palliative care. Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, an international leader in palliative care, has developed the therapeutic process of Dignity Therapy. This intervention is designed to help people discuss issues that matter most to them or that they would most want remembered. It addresses psychosocial and existential issues people may be facing during a serious illness or at end of life. Dignity Therapy prompts a sense of meaning and purpose. Dignity Therapy usually is a four-session intervention, which produces a document to share with loved ones.
Hollie Davlin has been working with hospice and palliative care patients for over 16 years. She has been working with individuals and families in a therapeutic setting since 1992 and was fortunate enough to study with Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov who developed Dignity Therapy. Hollie has been using this process with patients for three years.”
