Yes you read that right. I’m known as being a psychic (and a pretty expensive one too) so why am I saying I hate them?

Well I don’t hate all psychics, just the ones who behave like this….

In the past few months I have been asked to get involved in several cases where a psychic has disempowered a client. The client has contacted me in a state of anxiety or near panic desperate for help.

The cases have ranged from a minor negative prediction that was completely at odds with what the client would choose to a full blown psychic and psychological manipulation that cost the client over £300k.

One person was told that their husband had “a wandering eye”, would have an affair in the next month and they would be divorced within a 18 months. The only good news from this reading was that she would “come into some money” but that it would probably be as a result of the divorce settlement.

Another woman contacted me in a dreadful panic as a psychic had called her up to tell her that she was in danger, needed to book a reading (for $500) in order to find out what the danger was. When she did so apparently her husband was trying to kill her and she was advised to get her life insurance in order.

It’s as much psychology as psychic

The worst kinds of cases are where a psychic completely takes control over the client’s life. They become involved in all major decisions and “guiding” them to make choices determined by the psychic. Every decision, from choice of partners, whether to get divorced where to invest their money. I have known of several psychics who have told clients to file for divorce, where to invest their money and some have ended up being shareholders or on the board in return for their “advice”

Now why would someone so this? How can this happen? Surely people have more sense?

Well actually they do, that’s why they eventually “wake up”, reject the psychic and seek outside help.

The technique for gaining this level of trust and control over the client is subtle, a slow seduction if you like. It starts with the psychic finding the sore spots, the problems, fears, dreams and anxieties of the client. The psychic then plays on these and uses this to psychologically manipulate the client. The process is a form of drip, drip, drip brainwashing. It is as much psychology as it is psychic.

Eventually the client’s free will is completely enslaved by the psychic to the extent that they can’t decide whether to have marmite or jam on their toast without a consultation.

Hope

Is there hope? Of course there is. At some point the psychic crosses a line. Their own greed, ego and hunger for power takes over and they over step the mark. The psychic will just push that bit too far. At this point the client wakes up. It’s as if they step out of trance.

This is often a time of great turmoil for the victim as the person they had put in complete trust suddenly becomes their betrayer. They feel at foolish, betrayed, traumatised, embarrassed and often don’t know where to turn.

My recent experiences with such psychics have saddened and angered me, but they have renewed my love for my own work.

I set up my business, Psycademy, to offer a professional standard training for psychics. So that they could command more respect, and would only ever empower and never disempower their clients. My programme covers psychology as well as spiritual principles and particularly the laws of karma, and the free will.

Is it now time to insist that psychics be registered, and trained properly. You can’t practice as a doctor unless you’re registered. Should we be able to have abusive psychics “struck off”?

A final note. I do appreciate that the vast majority of psychics are very well intentioned and compassionate people. They a completely dedicated to helping others.

Most never intentionally behave in a way that is disempowering for their clients. Some psychics disempower their clients, not through malice but through lack of understanding of psychological and spiritual principles.

Fortunately it is the rare few psychics who behave in ways that are pure evil, but unfortunately they do exist.

By Dr Lisa Turner