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    How Psychic Readings Can Be Therapeutic

    Most people believe that "Psychic Readings" are conducted by Scam Artists. Still, you don't have to believe in extrasensory perception, to acknowledge the Value of Psychic consultations as "exotic talk therapy".

    Psychics are everywhere these days and you probably get a lot of emails offering incentives to get you to try their services, such as money back guarantees if you are not satisfied.

    There are many people who really believe in psychics and their abilities to tell the future just by talking to you over the phone, but there are also many others who don't believe in psychics at all. Psychics use many different mediums to enable them to get their readings, including touching an object that belongs to you or touching you. They claim to be able to get readings by going to a place where an event took place or by dreams that come to them at night.

    There are also psychics who claim that they can talk to the dead and that your loved ones give them messages for you, talking to you from beyond the grave. Many times, the messages that psychics give actually bring comfort to the client. Believers get a lot of satisfaction and feelings of fulfillment by visiting psychics or calling psychic hotlines.

    Therapeutic Effects Explained

    Those who believe in the power of the psychic gain great comfort and peace, even healing from the message they receive. If you are a skeptic, you could still gain some therapeutic healing from the message.

    Psychics, in a way, can be compared to counselors who are trained to help people through problems that are holding them back in life and causing them mental anguish. If you have ever watched reality shows that feature psychics talking to the dead relatives of clients, you have probably noticed that the messages they claim to have received are sort of generic in a way.

    They report that the spirit of the dead loved one tells them to relay to the living loved one that he or she is not responsible for what happened and the spirit claims that he or she is happy and okay. The psychic reports that the deceased loved one wants the living to stop holding on to the past and to get on with life, living it fully. The spirit imparts the news that there was nothing the living loved one could have done differently. The deceased makes atonement for any wrong doing while alive by apologizing and telling the living things they never said while they were alive. For example, a father will tell a living child that he loves them and has always been proud of them,

    Think of the healing power this has for the ones left behind when their loved ones died. Whether the psychic actually spoke to the deceased or not, the messages relayed have brought comfort and healing to the living. Phone psychics give good news about relationships or careers. Think about how these messages can bring a sense of hope and encouragement to those hearing them. It is in this way that talking to a psychic can be therapeutic, even if you are an unbeliever.