The
Philadelphia Area Paranormal Society
™
has another main goal which is
to keep potential clients informed. We think it is great if you
decide to use our services. You could also decide to use other
groups to help with your issues as well.
TIPS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR
AND WHAT YOU MAY RUN ACROSS
The issue becomes do you
know what to look for? That is the reason for our client advocacy
page. Client advocacy is promoting the rights and interests of the
clients which we believe is one of the most important factors in
this field.
Let us start with one of the most
often misused terms in this field "certified ghost hunter or
paranormal investigator". Well what is interesting is that
there are no national or international governing bodies that deal with
certifications for ghost hunters or paranormal investigators. Hence
there are no governing bodies to check to see if a ghost hunter or
paranormal investigator is actually trained properly. Certifications
in the paranormal are often just a quick way for unscrupulous people to
make a buck and it is a shame that it has come to this.
Now another thing
that has been seen that we believe is fine if disclosed as
such is a certification based on your groups teachings and
procedures. As long as a group that does this properly promotes the
certification as a certification to their groups standards that is
being up front and honest and the certification means something
within the group structure only. Again whether or not these
certifications to group standards are actually helpful to a client
or not is still up for debate. We would just like people to
put information out there and let the client decide.
Recently there
have been claims from groups that they are working with
what looks like an accredited state run parapsychology institute. Interesting
that the heads of the parapsychology institute just themselves
graduated from a parapsychology course from a non-accredited,
non-traditional school themselves. Is this being honest and straightforward with the client
trying to look like a state run parapsychology institute? It certainly does not appear to be.
Also something
that has been seen that is misleading is how groups or individuals
represent their experience. For instance some people will
accumulate other type of experience and
put it together with their paranormal experience and before you know
it they have many years of experience with the paranormal
but when you break it down their paranormal experience is far less
than they make it appear to be. This is misleading to clients
looking for help with their paranormal experiences. The best advice for clients is do research and educate yourself
about what groups are out there.
And, as a last
topic for now, lets just add in how some groups charge for paranormal
investigations. If a group is going to charge you run the other way
as fast as you can.
ALL INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE
Philadelphia Area Paranormal Society ™
and most other
groups are FREE OF CHARGE! NEVER, and I mean NEVER, pay for an
investigation. Again this is just unscrupulous people trying to
make/steal a buck.
As we run
across things we will continue to add to this page and we sincerely hope that
we can help educate anyone who has experienced paranormal phenomena
that there are choices out there for them and they should be fully
informed so they can make an educated decision. Lets all keep client
advocacy in mind with how we run our groups and present ourselves to
our clients.
