Dignity Therapy+: A Brief Psychological and Existential Intervention for Dying Patients and Their Families.

Dignity Therapy (DT) is a brief psychotherapeutic intervention developed by Chochinov (2012) which has been shown to enhance the end of life experience in people with life-limiting conditions. DT focuses on helping patients with terminal illnesses to go over things that are most meaningful to them and document their legacy. Dignity Therapy+ (DT+) involves patient and partner/family asking questions about their most important achievements, roles and other important aspects of life. DT+ encourages patients saying things to loved ones that have remained unsaid. DT+ consists of 3 sessions (1. introduction (30'); 2. main session (60'), 3. final session (30')) and will be conducted by a trained therapist. All therapy session will be audio-taped, transcribed verbatim by the study coordinator, edited by the therapist and returned to the patient or the patient and partner/family as a 'generativity document'.