Paranormal Psychology (Parapsychology) is also commonly called Anomalous Psychology.
3 Foundations of Parapsychology:
- Parapsychology
- Transpersonal Psychology
- Culturally and Spiritually Informed Psychology
A Paranormal Therapist has to distinguish between cultural/religious belief and psychosis or mental illness.
Examples of Anomalous Experiences:
- Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)
- Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs)
- Apparitions (example: crisis apparitions)
- Hauntings
- Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
- Past-Life Memories
- Synchronicities and Meaningful Coincidences
- Alien Contact and Abduction
- Poltergeists
- Mystical and Spiritual Experiences
Why would someone see a Paranormal Therapist?
- Supportive, judgment-free space
- Focus on processing, not pathologizing
- Distress or anxiety caused by paranormal experience
- Processing grief or other emotions tied to the experience
- Work on processing after leaving a high-control belief system
- Processing anomalous childhood experiences
