ABSTRACT
This chapter considers only a small number of the variety of anomalous experiences that have been reported, and in doing so the authors have focused mainly on their effects on the person. It demonstrates that the times and opinions to some extent have changed, and that it is the duty of any health care professional or social scientist to put client well-being first – while trying to learn more about the experiences they report rather than dismissing them out of hand. The chapter highlights practice recommendations for sense-of-presence experiences and practice implications for out-of-body experiences before introducing the reader to the growing specialities of clinical parapsychology and parapsychological counselling. Several over-arching themes emerged that highlighted positive, life-affirming responses to having an out-of-body. Public awareness for anomalous experiences surrounding death, and particularly bereavement, has drastically increased in the Western world. Many perceivers are reluctant about disclosing their sense of presence experiences to others and expect negative reactions from people around them.
