FAQs

 
  • I am licensed to provide mental health therapy ONLY to those residing in the State of Michigan, USA. If you live in Michigan, you can email me at senta@bloominglifeguide.com and ask about mental health services. I accept some insurances. The list can be found on my Psychology Today listing: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/senta-rose-jackson-mi/956942

  • Even though you schedule a specific time for these sessions in order to pay for them, there is no video session or phone call made.

    You are asked to complete a survey right after you schedule and include a selfie or photo.

    The agreement is that you will get your answer within five business days of the date you scheduled.

    The session is a minimum of 22 minutes long in the recording. Often, I pause the recording to remove times when I’m pulling cards, or paying attention to a message I’m getting. This keeps the recording shorter and easier for you to list to. I plan on 45 minutes at least for each of these sessions in my schedule.

    The answer will come as a Zoom recording. Only the person getting the email with the link to the Zoom recording can hear the response.
    You can access the Zoom recordings by following a link. You do not need to download the Zoom app.

    DISCLAIMER: One issue with the email readings is that I can’t do clarifications. After the reading I don’t remember enough to answer questions about the reading. But you can listen to the recording more than once.

  • Yes. Under most circumstances, I will not disclose who I am working with or specifics about a person.

    I am required by United States Child Protection report information related to American child abuse and vulnerable adult including elder abuse. I am also required to report information about murder to American police authorities. (These rules don’t apply internationally.)

  • The typical description of “life coaching” is that it addresses only the future and achieving goals.

    I use Spiritual Counseling to help you learn methods to heal from past traumas using energy healing and inner parts work.

    I can also help someone examine past patterns of behavior, obstacles to creative expressions such as writing that come from unresolved traumas.

  • There are many others who offer life coaching. I prefer to stick to my niche.

  • Most “fortune tellers” give specific predictions of the future. Many of them work psychic fairs or are entertainment for parties.

    I don’t believe the future is predetermined and therefore I only read the current energy. My work is not about prediction of future events.

    I am never available for parties. Those forms of entertainment are fun and there is nothing wrong with them. But the Spiritual Counseling sessions offered here are for personal enrichment and personal growth, not about predicting a specific outcome.

  • Even the best psychics are rarely more than 80% accurate. Sometimes the information provided was misunderstood. I see images first and foremost then sense the rightness or wrongness of my interpretation.

    Sometimes I sense words communicated. Tools such as a pendulum, tarot, or oracle card deck can be used for confirmation. But, even with these efforts to get the information correct, sometimes it just seems off, mismatched, or as if it were for someone else. The cause of this could be that the information is not yet accurate but will be accurate in due time.

  • A psychic medium may bring messages from those who have died and have crossed over to heaven or paradise. This could be a request to speak with a grandmother or a deceased Uncle. Mediums might help find clues to murders or other crimes.

    Independent Spiritualist Ministers are all mediums as that is a basic aspect of that faith.

    I don’t offer specific mediumship services because I offer Spiritual Counseling instead. I can do mediumship but prefer not to put my energy there. I’d rather help people heal from past traumas and/or improve their lives.

  • I will never tell someone that they will die or get a serious illness, or that someone else will die.

    If those messages come through, they are filtered out before they are spoken.

    Sometimes, however, a message might not be pleasant or about a positive outcome.

    Sometimes Spirit Guides want to warn someone of a possible negative outcome if you stay on your current path.

    For example, once I was told to tell a woman that if she continued on a current path, it could lead to a divorce from her husband. The Spirit Guide wanted her to decide if she wanted to be married or wanted to be divorced. Either decision could result in a positive outcome in the long-term future and Spirit reassured her of that. But she needed to think about what she really wanted.

    Being told that a career change was coming could be seen as a positive or negative.

    Spirit might be observing it positively but when the message is delivered, it could be taken as a negative.

    Sometimes the Spirit Guides see things so differently because they have a bigger picture observing point of view.

    If you get a message that feels negative, consider how that result could have a very positive outcome anyway. Alternatively, you could consider how you could change the decisions you make, the path you are on, to prevent an outcome you do not want.

    Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFvUSFFK-O0

  • Energy Vampire’s is an interesting concept. There are people who unconsciously energetically cord others either because they want to be like someone or because the would like to control them. I can see energy cords and I can gently remove them.

    Spiritual Counseling can be an effective way to gain more insight into how to deal with the toxic behavior of others, but it is not the place to find a label to put on someone.

    While I am a licensed mental health professional and am capable of diagnosing narcissistic personality disorder, I never diagnose someone that has not scheduled a mental health evaluation for that purpose.

  • Most people have a team of spirit guides and sometimes those guides come into their life for a short time and then leave again and are replaced.

    Generally, I don’t ask a Spirit Guide or Angels to give a name. Some spirit names can not be pronounced well with human tongues, some names are given to identify a spirit guide temporarily, but they also go by other names.

    I will describe them if time allows. Sometimes I see images of their messages but not the Spirit Guide or Angels themselves.

  • It might be possible to discuss, in general, how the abuse cycle plays out in families and relationships.

    However, the victim is NEVER at fault for the abuse. There is nothing you did to cause the abuse to happen.

    You did not “attract” the negative events or people into your life. The abuse is never about your karma.

    Check out this video on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdN8sOXB7Uw

  • Energy shifts need processing time. In Spiritual Counseling sessions, there are new insights about situations, there may be a skill taught about how to heal inner parts, or clear energy out of the spiritual energy field around you. These all require processing time. Processing time means, rest and a good night or two of sleep.

    It is a good idea to shower or take a bath after a session, drink water or non-caffeinated beverages (avoid alcohol or mind-altering substances.) Sometimes a soak with Epson salts can be helpful or an herbal bath. If you have a sauna, you may find that helpful as well, if your health allows you to use these techniques.

  • Memory is an amazing process in the mind and spirit of a person.

    Some memories are stored in various parts of the body outside the cranium as well.

    Blocked memory or phases of time that can not be recalled is typically a coping mechanism because recalling the details would be traumatic and not helpful.

    Some memories are lost due to physical ailments such as head injuries or strokes. Amnesia can be caused by emotional shock as well as from physical injuries or the effects of specific medications or drugs.

    One of the most frustrating things about memory is how inaccurate it can be over time.

    If someone remembers suddenly an event from the past, it very well could be an event that never happened, but was the plot of a TV show, movie, or book that the mind turned into a memory.

    Memories can be suggested in hypnosis and the person coming out of that session would swear on a stack of religious books that it was true, even when the hypnotist admitted to planting the suggestion of the memory.

    False memories being suggested by therapists has caused serious repercussions in the mental health field.

    Trauma specialists have to be very careful not to influence someone to assume that something must have happened and to plant ideas of past traumas.

    If you have had a sudden memory from the past, it is suggested that you consider that it might be a false memory.

    My work focuses on what needs healing in your emotional life rather than specific details.

  • Some people feel energized and relaxed, better than they did before a Spiritual Counseling session, some feel tired and worn out. But, it is also possible to not have any obvious reaction energy-wise to a session and still have had benefits.

    The benefit might be a deeper level of insight into a situation that helps with decision making, it could be increased self-esteem and confidence, and it could be a new skill on how to work through issues in your life with inner parts work or energy healing.

    Sometimes energy sifts are subtle as well. They happened, but the change is not felt immediately but rather over the course of time.

  • Yes, this most certainly can happen. You might also see images, or sense words during the session. Also, sometimes when discussing energy healing, you might sense something that needs clearing in your energy field. These skills can increase the more you practice them. Everyone is capable of developing spiritual talents and learning skills to help them on a spiritual level.

  • No. Spiritual Counseling sessions are not able to release a curse or negative spirit. But they can help address the topic.

    I used to think that I had a curse from my abusive mother. Energy healing was very helpful and so was inner parts work. They helped me heal the feeling of being cursed. It turned out to be a false belief.

  • If you have a health problem, learning how to cope with that health problem with greater personal insight into yourself, increased ability to self-nurture with inner parts work, and learning energy healing techniques may improve your ability to cope with the health problem.

    I can sometimes see medical issues in the energy field and suggest that you monitor symptoms to report to your physician but I am not medically trained and my work is not a substitute for professional care.

  • It can happen that a spirit hangs around a person or a location. Negative energy forms do exist, but light is stronger than the dark. Fear is the only way to give power to a dark energy. The remedy is to deal with the fear first. I don’t remove conscious beings but I can ask Angels to intervene and remove them.

  • I will call the phone number you put into the scheduler from a private phone number.

  • You can write to me and explain the situation.

    The normal policy is that cancellations of less than 24 hours are not refunded because the appointment couldn’t be used by someone else.

  • Blooming Life Guidance and Books does not guarantee satisfaction with services and does not offer a refund for that reason.

  • The primary advantage is that we don’t have to live near each other to have sessions. You don’t have to travel and find a parking spot to see me as well. I am able to offer less expensive sessions because I don’t have to rent an office and pay for insurance in case someone slips and falls.

    A disadvantage is a possibility that the session could not occur due to an internet problem, a computer or phone issue, or because you can’t find a way to get alone time to talk and people you live with do not give you any privacy. Or you have young children who must be supervised as there is no one to look after them while we meet.

    It has been my experience that video is just as effective, if sometimes even more effective than in-person sessions. During our session, you can be in a comfortable spot that you regularly relax in.

    You have access to a favorite beverage to soothe yourself if needed. Right after the session, you can take a long hot shower or soak in the tub or go for a walk outside. You have access to your journal to write while we are talking and to process after the session.

    Perhaps you might play some soothing music or burn some incense or diffuse some essential oil during the session. I love to burn beeswax candles myself when I have video appointments of my own.

  • Spiritual Counseling is not mental health treatment. It is assumed that you have coping skills and resources to deal with any emotional ups and downs.

    You can contact a local crisis hotline for support if needed. That link is to a Wiki page with international hotlines that include the USA, Canada, and most countries in the world.

    I would encourage you to consider mental health treatment instead of Spiritual Counseling if you have psychological crisis often and need that level of care. If you have insurance, look at their website for referrals. You might also talk to your primary physician.

  • Most people need several sessions to get the results they want from inner parts work and energy healing or other techniques of Spiritual Counseling.

    Sometimes results can happen in 12 sessions, but others need more. I would expect at least 12 sessions.

    But, some people get counseling for a year or more.

    When I have fee increases I usually offer a buffer of a few months at the lower fee for currently active clients.

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  • They are automatically changed to be listed in your time zone. I am living in Eastern Time zone so my appointments are based on that time of day. I encourage clients to double check the time zone when scheduling so that it is your specific time zone.

  • I can can be emailed at senta@bloominglifeguide.com