Karen Herrick, Ph.D.

How Visits to Mediums can Remove Fear and Doubt, Bringing Spirit Back into Healing
Website:
karenherrick.com

Bio

Rev. Karen E. Herrick, PhD, LCSW, LMSW, CADC, ACMHP has shared her clinical expertise for 27 years in her private practice by lecturing throughout the United States on dysfunctional and addictive homes, dissociation, grief, and loss from a Jungian perspective. Karen is the first female president of the ASCS in 37 years. Karen was ordained in 1995. Her ministry is to be actively involved in Spiritual Psychology, specifically in naming spiritual experiences. She uses Jungian psychology to teach the differences between mental illness and having spiritual and paranormal experiences. Her book, You're Not Finished Yet, is available through Amazon.com, Authorhouse.com, and on Kindle. She is available for private therapy in her office, on Skype, and Face Time. Karen can be reached at karen@karenherrick.com and at (732) 530-8513.

Education and Licensure

  • Ph.D. in Philosophy with specialization in Spiritual Psychology, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, OH

  • Masters Degree, Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work, New Brunswick, NJ. Specialization: Alcohol & Drug Studies

  • Bachelors Degree, Magna Cum Laude, Art with specialization in Art Therapy, Jersey City State College

  • Ordained, New York City, Interfaith Ministry. Interfaith is for people who want something above and beyond what normal religion gave them.

  • LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of New Jersey (#44SC01378800). Also Licensed State of New York (#033174-1).

  • ACMHP, ACISTE Certified Mental Health Professional (American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences)

Conference Presentation

The Making of a Medium
 

Karen learned through Jungian and Transpersonal Psychology that psychological problems can be understood when the person discovers his or her soul purpose in life. For this presentation, Karen wrote, “A woman called my office one day. She said she was a single mom, came from an alcoholic home, was having parenting problems and was also seeing spirits under her bed in the middle of the night. Some of these spirits were not friendly. She said she knew I would understand because her positive spirits had told her that if I became her therapist I was going to be instrumental in developing this aspect of her life.”

It’s important as a therapist not to diagnose this woman with a mental illness due to ignorance. Mediumship is a natural ability inherent in the human condition; it has many stages of development. A medium has psychic abilities and blends two energy fields for the purpose of speaking to the dead. It is important to help a beginning medium be able to distinguish the quality of spirits who are appearing and to be able to get rid of any negative entities that come to them.