Spirited away: Meet the psychics with an uncertain future

I was interviewed for an Independent article “Spirited away: Meet the psychics with an uncertain future”.

Extract from the article…

The Hereditary Psychic, Rosa Derriviere, 38, West London

‘I could be a gypsy fortune teller, but I’m progressive’

My grandparents were natural healers from a town called Benevento in Italy. When I was little we visited my grandmother, who was preparing a healing ritual, muttering this mantra. I just connected with the energy.

I have been doing it professionally now for 20 years and running a practice for 15. I still give private readings, but now I do work over the telephone too, on Psychic TV, where you can call in and talk to the psychic on screen. A lot of people don’t understand how you can pick it up over the phone. But once you’ve tuned into the vibration and are connected with your spirit guides, it’s the same.

The TV work is a fantastic platform to show what a modern psychic does. The thing about the psychic world is there are so many different styles. There are still gypsy fortune tellers knocking about. I could do that if I wanted, but I’ve chosen to be progressive.

So I don’t think this new law is going to affect me, but you never know. I don’t believe that my private clients are going to vanish, but sometimes the wires get crossed for everyone. So we have to be really careful.