Press Release - Economic Counseling 2009
Downturn sends psychics' customers scrambling for reassurance
Until a few months ago, virtually all of Maxine Jones's clients sought insight into affairs of the heart. Dating quandaries, troubled relationships, and wayward teenage children are all frequent themes encountered by Jones, an advisor with Psychic Source.
That was before the economy began its downward spiral. More recently, Jones has been getting as many questions about purse strings as heartstrings, both from regular clients and from some who'd never imagined they would call a psychic.
“It's not as though the love life calls have stopped, but a lot more of my regular clients are looking for reassurance about their money situation,” Jones says.
Jones adds that she is also hearing some new voices at the other end of the line.
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“I can't tell you how many people have said, 'I've never done this [called a psychic] before,'” Jones says.
Other advisors at Psychic Source report similar upticks in the number of customers seeking clairvoyance on future finances.
Therese Baxter, a Psychic Source advisor who supplements her clairvoyancy with a master's degree in psychology, says it's normal for people to seek reassurance from outside sources when faced with increased uncertainty in their lives.
“It's the economy right now, but this can happen in response to any trauma. Attendance at religious services goes up. More people call psychics. Whenever the normal rhythm of life is disrupted, people feel as though chance and fate are playing a larger role in what's happening to them. The people who call [Psychic Source] want more access to that. They want certainty,” Baxter says.
Baxter takes her clients' money problems very seriously.
“When someone who has lost their job or whose husband has lost their job calls me to find out what the future holds, they're placing a lot of trust in me,” Baxter says. “I'm providing them with a kind of counseling.”
Does that mean that Psychic Source clients have begun peppering advisors with requests for investment advice or inside information about the health of their bank? No, says Jones.
“That's not how most psychic advisors' gifts work. Different psychics have different gifts, but I would wonder about a psychic who told me that she knew what my bank balance would be in six months,” Jones says.
She is frosty to the suggestion that a psychic advisor may want to refer clients' money matters to a financial professional.
“You know, everyone has tools and abilities they draw upon in their jobs. I understand how to use mine. If the Wall Street geniuses who made this mess knew how to use theirs, maybe I wouldn't be getting so many calls about whether Aunt Tillie will be able to keep her house,” Jones says.
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