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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Alaina Demopoulos in New York

The counselors fusing therapy and psychic readings: ‘I knew every word my client was going to say’

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A study last year found nearly 90% of Americans hold one belief that can be described as ‘new age spiritualism’. Illustration: Marta Parszeniew

From meditation and breath work to ketamine journeys led by self-described shamans in high-end Manhattan clinics, therapies once considered alternative are increasingly being incorporated by the western mainstream – sometimes with the language and rituals of spiritualism creeping in.

A new generation of counselors is taking this further, fusing psychotherapeutic and psychic services. Mainstream psychologists are concerned that without clear boundaries between the two, clients could be taken advantage of.

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