Qualifications:

Bachelor of Psychology (Hons)
Master of Psychology (Clinical)
PhD (Psychology)
Certified IADC Therapist

Professional Affiliations:

Member, Australian Psychological Society
Fellow, APS College of Clinical Psychologists
Visiting Research Fellow, Adelaide University - School of Psychology (Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences)
Assistant Director of Research - The IADC International Institute

Recent Conference Presentations:

International Association of Near Death Studies (IANDS) Annual Conference: Chicago, Illinois, USA (August 2025):
Induced After-Death Communication for Grief: A Clinical and Research Update - Janice Miner Holden, EdD, LPC-S, ACMHP, Graham Maxey, MDiv, MA, LPC, Tom Nehmy, PhD, Noelle St. Germain-Sehr, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, ACMHP
Australian Psychological Society 'Festival of Psychology' - Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (May 2025)
Advancing grief treatment: Results from a wait-list controlled trial of IADC Therapy - Tom Nehmy PhD, John Daniels MPsych(Clin) & Paul Williamson PhD

Biography

Dr Tom Nehmy is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience and a passion for healing grief with Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) Therapy. Having had his own spontaneous after-death communications, Tom is now a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide where he has conducted a controlled evaluation of IADC Therapy. He also runs a virtual private practice with a mission to make this extraordinary therapy available to anyone, anywhere in the world, from the comfort of their own home.

Tom is author of the new book Inspired Life, Beautiful Death: Healing grief, overcoming fear of death & living a spiritual life in which he details his personal spiritual awakening and journey from being a therapist helpless in the face of grief to being able to profoundly help people with IADC. He has previously been awarded the 2015 Flinders University Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence and has delivered workshops and keynote addresses to over 50,000 people worldwide.

Publications (Books, Book Chapter, Journal Articles)

Nehmy, T. J., Daniels, J., Williamson, P., Stegall-Rodriguez, S. E., & St Germain-Sehr, N. R. (2026). Efficacy of Induced After Death Communication Therapy for Grief: A Single-Group Wait-List Controlled Trial. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 00302228261418413.
Nehmy, T. (2025). Inspired Life, Beautiful Death: Healing Grief, Overcoming Fear of Death & living a Spiritual Life. Formidable Press.
Nehmy, T. (2019). Apples for the Mind: Creating emotional balance, peak performance & lifelong wellbeing. Formidable Press.
Nehmy, T. (2017). Transdiagnostic Prevention of Eating Disorders. In Wade, T. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore.
Nehmy, T. J., & Wade, T. D. (2015). Reducing the onset of negative affect in adolescents: Evaluation of a perfectionism program in a universal prevention setting. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 67, 55-63.
Nehmy, T. J., & Wade, T. D. (2014). Reduction in the prospective incidence of adolescent psychopathology: A review of school-based prevention approaches. Mental Health & Prevention, 2(3-4), 66-79.
Nehmy, T. J. (2010). School‐based prevention of depression and anxiety in Australia: Current state and future directions. Clinical Psychologist, 14(3), 74-83.
Nixon, R. D., Ellis, A. A., Nehmy, T. J., & Ball, S. A. (2010). Screening and predicting posttraumatic stress and depression in children following single incident trauma. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 39(4), 588-
596.
Nixon, R. D., Nehmy, T. J., Ellis, A. A., Ball, S. A., Menne, A., & McKinnon, A. C. (2010). Predictors of posttraumatic stress in children following injury: The influence of appraisals, heart rate, and morphine use. Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 48(8), 810-815.
Nixon, R. D., Cain, N., Nehmy, T., & Seymour, M. (2009). The influence of thought suppression and cognitive load on intrusions and memory processes following an analogue stressor. Behavior Therapy, 40(4), 368-379.
Nixon, R. D., Nehmy, T., & Seymour, M. (2007). The effect of cognitive load and hyperarousal on negative intrusive memories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(11), 2652-2663.
Nixon, R. D., Cain, N., Nehmy, T., & Seymour, M. (2009). Does post-event cognitive load undermine thought suppression and increase intrusive memories after exposure to an analogue stressor?. Memory, 17(3), 245-255.
Wade, T. D., Nehmy, T., & Koczwara, B. (2005). Predicting worries about health after breast cancer surgery. Psycho‐Oncology: Journal of the Psychological, Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Cancer, 14(6), 503-509.

Awards

2015 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR'S PRIZE FOR DOCTORAL THESIS EXCELLENCE
2015 FINALIST, MENTAL HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARDS (SA)
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP (2010-2013)
2012 FINALIST, PETER BEAUMONT YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD (ANZAED)
2004 ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD (SA) FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF TRAUMA (AUSTRALIASIAN SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES)

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