What if healing begins not by proving an experience happened—but by understanding what it meant?

In this fascinating conversation, I sit down with renowned trauma therapist, EMDR trainer, author, and founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, Dr. Jamie Marich, to explore the intersection of psychology, spirituality, trauma, mysticism, and lived experience.

Together we discuss phenomenology, adaptive spirituality, dissociation, dreams, Jungian psychology, expressive arts, trauma recovery, and why curiosity may be one of our greatest healing tools.

✨ Phenomenology & lived experience
🧠 EMDR, trauma & dissociation
🙏 Mysticism, spirituality & the paranormal
🌑 Jung's shadow & symbolic healing
💃 Dancing Mindfulness & expressive arts
👻 Dreams, ancestors & visitation experiences
❤️ Why healing is an active process

Whether you're a therapist, paranormal enthusiast, or simply someone searching for meaning, this conversation invites you to explore the mystery with curiosity rather than certainty.

👻 We explore:

What happens when a paranormal investigator is also a longtime paramedic?

In this episode, I sit down with author, investigator, television personality, and clinical educator Richard Estep to explore the surprising overlap between emergency medicine, trauma, haunted hospitals, and the psychology of paranormal experiences.

Instead of asking whether ghosts are real, we ask a different question: What does curiosity do for us?

👻 Haunted hospitals & emotional energy
🩺 Life as a paramedic and healthy coping strategies
🧠 Trauma, storytelling & meaning-making
📚 Why Richard stopped chasing paranormal "proof"
✨ What curiosity teaches us about ourselves
🌌 Thoughts on life after death

This conversation is thoughtful, funny, deeply human, and one of my favorite explorations of why people continue searching for answers in the unknown.

Follow Richard Estep: https://richardestep.net

What if the paranormal isn't just about ghosts...

What if it's also about healing?

This week I'm joined by evidential psychic medium, paranormal investigator, grief coach, and spiritual companion Kim Sage for one of my favorite conversations yet.

Together we explore how paranormal experiences can become invitations to heal ourselves through grief, intuition, shadow work, ancestral healing, and community.

Along the way we discuss:

• ​ Growing up seeing spirit• Developing intuition and mediumship• Why shadow work matters• Ancestral healing and generational trauma• Past life regression through a therapeutic lens• The emotional side of paranormal investigation• Supporting people through grief and end-of-life care• Why community is essential for healing

This episode isn't just about the paranormal.

It's about what the paranormal can teach us about being human.

What if the most important paranormal investigation isn't happening in a haunted house—but within ourselves?

In this episode of The Haunted Therapist, I sit down with author and spiritual teacher Kaedrich Olsen for a thought-provoking conversation about shadow work, spirit communication, trauma, consciousness, intuition, and the psychology behind extraordinary experiences.

Rather than debating whether ghosts are "real," we explore what these experiences can teach us about fear, healing, meaning-making, and personal transformation.

✨ We discuss:

🧠 Shadow work & personal transformation
👻 Spirit communication & intuition
⚡ Somatic calibration & nervous system awareness
🌑 Shadow people & the shadow self
💙 Trauma, psychology & paranormal experiences
🪶 Norse mysticism & runes
✨ Why insight alone doesn't create change
🌌 The deeper meaning behind extraordinary experiences

Whether you're fascinated by the paranormal, interested in psychology, or somewhere in between, this episode offers a fresh perspective on what it truly means to become haunted—and ultimately, healed.

What do hundreds of paranormal investigations teach you about fear, intuition, and even death?

This week I'm joined by Denise DeMattei and Selma Hunga of 3-C Paranormal Investigations, one of the country's pioneering all-female paranormal teams.

From haunted Gold Rush towns in California and Virginia City to unexplained voices, disappearing objects, haunted hotels, and the importance of trusting your intuition, this conversation is equal parts fascinating, insightful, and hilarious.

We also explore why they refuse to provoke spirits, how paranormal investigation has changed their understanding of people, and why some of life's greatest friendships are found while chasing ghosts.

✨ In this episode:

👻 Historic Gold Rush hauntings

🧠 Fear vs. intuition

⚡ Residual energy and haunted objects

❤️ How paranormal investigation changes you

😂 Aging, authenticity, and plenty of laughs

Because whether your ghosts are internal or external...they deserve to be heard and understood.

Until next time—stay curious...and stay haunted.

What makes the Hinsdale House one of America's most talked-about haunted locations—and how does owning it change a person?

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Klaes to explore his haunted childhood, the remarkable story of purchasing the Hinsdale House, paranormal investigation, grief, healing, history, and why the paranormal may offer people far more than fear.

✨ Haunted childhood
🏚️ The Hinsdale House
❤️ Hope after trauma
📚 History vs. folklore
⚡ What ghosts might actually be
🧠 Mental health & paranormal experiences

Because sometimes the greatest mystery isn't whether ghosts exist...

It's why these experiences continue to transform the people who have them.

What makes a place truly haunted?

This week I'm joined by paranormal historian, author, folklorist, and Haunted History Ghost Walks founder Mason Winfield for one of the most intellectually rich conversations we've had on the podcast.

Together we explore why ghost stories endure, how folklore preserves history, the surprising connection between sacred architecture and paranormal reports, what distinguishes poltergeist phenomena from ghost sightings, and why curiosity may be one of our greatest tools for understanding the unknown.

✨ Why mystery matters
📚 Folklore & storytelling
🏛️ Sacred architecture
⚡ Poltergeist research
👻 Haunted history
🧠 Psychology & the paranormal

If you love conversations that go beyond "Is it real?" and instead ask "Why does it matter?", this episode is for you.

Because whether your ghosts are internal or external... they deserve to be heard and understood.

For more than fifty years, Johnny Zaffis has investigated hauntings, possession cases, haunted objects, and some of the world's most famous paranormal claims.

But this conversation goes in a different direction.

We explore the surprising overlap between psychology and the paranormal—from trauma and psychokinetic energy to consciousness, curiosity, addiction, boundaries, and why helping someone through a haunting may not be as different from therapy as it first appears.

Topics include:

• Growing up with Ed & Lorraine Warren

• Consciousness and paranormal experiences

• Trauma, PK, and human energy

• Why some people stay haunted

• Boundaries for investigators

• Curiosity as a path to healing

Nick Groff joins The Haunted Therapist for a deep conversation about consciousness, death, intuition, trauma, psychic experiences, and the paranormal.

Rather than focusing on evidence alone, we explore bigger questions:

What happens when we die?

What is consciousness?

Can trauma make someone more sensitive to paranormal experiences?

Are some hauntings actually thoughtforms created by human intention?

Nick also shares the story behind his new documentary, The Devil's Mark, which examines generational trauma, addiction, family dysfunction, and a mysterious attachment that may have followed one family for decades.

Topics discussed:

• Consciousness and survival after death
• Near-death experiences
• Trauma and psychic sensitivity
• Thoughtforms and manifestation
• The Devil's Mark
• Intuition and paranormal investigation
• Lily Dale
• Experience vs expertise in the paranormal

Because whether your ghosts are internal or external… they deserve to be heard and understood.

Psychic medium Tessa Groff joins The Haunted Therapist for a conversation that goes far beyond ghost stories.

Tessa shares how a childhood near-death experience opened the door to mediumship, what it was like growing up with psychic abilities, and how her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling shaped the way she helps people today.

Together, Brett and Tessa explore the overlap between therapy and mediumship, intuition versus anxiety, raising sensitive children, grief, healing, and the idea that some people may be called toward helping professions and paranormal work alike.

They also discuss how Tessa met Nick Groff, the inspiration behind Groff Adventures, and why helping families remains at the heart of everything they do.

Because whether your ghosts are internal or external… they deserve to be heard and understood. 🖤