Mediumship · $150 · 60 minutes

Psychic medium reading in Caldwell, NJ

An hour with Sophie for connection with loved ones who have passed and with your spirit guides. Messages are relayed as they come through, in their own words, in person at 97 Roseland Ave or by phone and video.

The short answer

A psychic medium reading at Caldwell Psychic is a 60-minute, $150 sitting in which Sophie works to connect with loved ones who have passed and with your spirit guides, relaying what comes through in the words it arrives in. Sessions run in person at 97 Roseland Ave in Caldwell, NJ, or by phone and video. It is offered as spiritual guidance and reflection, not as a replacement for grief support.

What a psychic medium reading is

A psychic medium reading, also called a sitting, is an hour in which Sophie works to connect with people close to you who have died, and with your spirit guides. She describes what she receives as it arrives, you confirm or set aside each piece, and messages follow. The person receiving the reading is traditionally called the sitter.

Mediums generally describe receiving information in three ways, and most work with a mix of them:

Clairvoyance, seeing images, faces, places or symbols
Clairaudience, hearing words, names or phrases
Clairsentience, feeling a physical sensation, mood or personality

None of that is offered here as proof of anything. It is a description of how the work feels from the reader's side, which is the honest limit of what anyone can tell you about it.

Psychic reading or mediumship: which you need

The difference is direction. A psychic reading looks at your life as it stands, using cards or impressions to describe situations, people and choices around you. A mediumship sitting is aimed at contact with those who have passed and with spirit guides. Book the second only if that contact is what you are actually there for.

	Psychic reading	Mediumship sitting
What it is aimed at	Your current situation, people and choices	Contact with those who have died, and spirit guides
Typical questions	A decision, a relationship, work, timing	Is my father around me? Did she know? What do I do now?
How it works	Cards, symbols and impressions about the living	Names, traits, habits and messages relayed as they come
Your part	Asking clear questions	Confirming details, and holding back what you can
At Caldwell Psychic	From $25 to $65, by service	$150 for 60 minutes

If you want both, say so when you call, because the hour goes differently depending on which you lead with. Many people start with a tarot card reading for their own situation and come back later for a sitting.

Spirit guides

Alongside loved ones, Sophie works with what she and many readers call spirit guides: presences understood to be around you rather than related to you. Guides tend to come through as a sense of direction or reassurance rather than as personalities with names and birthdays, and people often find that part of the sitting steadies them most.

What happens in your hour with Sophie

The sitting has a simple shape. Sophie explains how she works, then begins describing what comes through, piece by piece. You answer briefly, the picture fills in, and messages arrive once the connection feels settled. The last stretch of the hour belongs to your own questions.

Stage	What happens	Your part
Settling in	Sophie explains her method and what to expect	Say who you hope to hear from, and little else
First impressions	Names, ages, appearance, habits, the way someone spoke	Answer yes, no or not yet, without filling gaps
Building the picture	Details gather until a person is recognizable	Confirm what lands and let the rest go
The messages	What comes through, relayed in the words it arrives in	Listen, take notes, ask what you do not follow
Closing	Space to sit with it before you leave	Ask your remaining questions out loud

Sophie relays what she gets, including the parts that seem trivial. A brand of cigarette, a nickname nobody else used, a song on a kitchen radio: the small, specific items are usually the ones that mean something to you.

Evidential detail, and why you should say very little

Evidential detail is the specific, checkable information a medium offers before you have supplied it: a name, an illness, a habit, a room in a house. It matters because it is the only part of a sitting you can weigh for yourself. The less you say early on, the more meaningful anything accurate becomes.

That is why Sophie asks you to answer briefly. "Yes", "no" and "not yet" are enough. Long explanations feel helpful, and they quietly hand over material that then cannot count as evidence.

It also protects you. Skeptics use the term cold reading for a technique that works from broad statements and your own reactions, and the simplest defense against it is to give a reader nothing to work from. A reader who asks you to hold back is inviting that scrutiny rather than avoiding it.

Do not force a fit, either. If a detail does not land, say so and let it pass. Not every piece will be right, and a sitting that is honest about its misses is worth more than one that has been quietly corrected into shape.

Grief, and when a sitting is not the right step

A mediumship sitting can be a comfort, and it is not grief care. It can sit alongside support from a doctor, a therapist or a grief counselor, and it should never take their place. If your grief is making it hard to eat, sleep, work or stay safe, speak to a professional first. In the U.S. you can call or text 988 at any time to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

It may be worth waiting if:

The loss is very recent and everything is still raw
You are hoping a sitting will settle a family dispute or answer a legal question
Someone else is pushing you to book it
You would be devastated if a particular person did not come through

It may suit you if:

You feel steady enough to hear something unexpected
You are curious rather than desperate
You want time and quiet with the memory of someone
You have questions you never got to ask out loud

Sophie reads for adults only, and you must be 18 or older to book.

Where mediumship came from

Modern Spiritualism began at a farmhouse in Hydesville, New York, in 1848, where events reported by the Fox sisters set off a movement that spread quickly on both sides of the Atlantic. Encyclopaedia Britannica records that Kate and Maggie Fox later worked as mediums in the United States and England, and that Spiritualists seek contact with the dead through a medium.

The nineteenth-century seance, with its darkened room and table of sitters, belongs to that era and to the stage performances it inspired. A modern sitting looks nothing like it. You sit in a normal room, in normal light, with one reader and a conversation.

What has stayed constant is the reason people come. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey of 5,079 U.S. adults found that 53% say they have been visited by a dead family member in a dream or another form, and 34% had felt a dead relative's presence in the previous twelve months. Whatever you make of those experiences, they are ordinary rather than rare.

What the research actually says

Evidence for mediumship is limited and contested, and you should be suspicious of anyone who tells you otherwise. The most cited attempt to test it under controls is a 2015 study in the journal Explore, indexed on PubMed, in which 20 research mediums gave 86 readings by phone under blinded conditions and blinded sitters rated their own readings above decoy readings.

That is one line of research, not a settled finding, and it is not a claim about any individual reader. Caldwell Psychic states it plainly because the alternative, quoting an accuracy figure or promising contact, is both unverifiable and the kind of claim consumer advocates warn about.

So the practical stance is this: come with an open mind and a questioning one. Weigh the detail you are given. Take what is useful, leave what is not, and treat the hour as reflection rather than as a report from somewhere you can check.

In person, by phone or on video

All three formats run the full 60 minutes and cost $150, and Sophie treats them the same way. In person you sit with her at 97 Roseland Ave, Door 101 in Caldwell. By phone or on video you have the privacy of your own home, which many people prefer for a session this personal.

For a remote sitting, choose a room where nobody will walk in, use headphones if you have them, and keep water and tissues within reach. A phone or video session with Sophie follows the same rhythm as a visit, and same-day appointments are often available.

If you are coming to the reading room, Caldwell sits about nine miles northwest of Newark, and the shops of Bloomfield Avenue are a short walk away. From Livingston the drive is roughly 10 to 15 minutes depending on traffic, and our Caldwell page covers the neighborhood in more detail. Ask for parking directions when you book.

Price, booking and what to do afterward

A psychic medium reading with Caldwell Psychic is $150 for 60 minutes, in any format, with payment taken at the session. Call (862) 273-9586, email, or send the booking request form with two or three times that suit you, and you will get a confirmation back along with parking directions.

Caldwell Psychic is open seven days a week, including evenings. Call to confirm today's times rather than relying on a third-party listing, since those often disagree.

Afterward, keep the following hour free if you can. Read your notes back the next day rather than the same night, and expect the sitting to keep unfolding for a while. If you are not sure what to bring, our guide to five questions worth bringing to a first reading helps you turn a feeling into a question, and you can read more about Sophie and her three decades of readings before you come in.

Readings, session lengths and prices
Reading	Length	Price
Psychic Medium Reading	60 minutes	$150

Pairing a sitting with other work

A mediumship sitting often stirs a lot at once, and some people like to pair it with a quieter session rather than book a second sitting straight away. Sophie can suggest an order when you call, and she will say if she thinks you should simply wait.

Crystal reiki with Sophie is a mostly wordless session that gives you space to rest after a sitting.
A psychic candle reading looks at past lives and karmic debts, with results within 72 hours.
A love and soulmate reading is the better choice when your question is about a relationship among the living.

Every reading, length and price is listed together on our services and pricing page.

Pairs well with

Questions people ask

What is the difference between a psychic and a medium?

A psychic reads information about you and the living situation around you, often through cards, symbols or impressions. A medium works to connect with people who have died and with spirit guides, and relays messages from them. Every medium is working psychically, but not every psychic works as a medium. Sophie offers both, and you choose which session you book.

What happens during a psychic medium reading?

You sit down, Sophie explains how she works, and then she describes what comes through: names, appearances, habits, phrases and small details you can confirm or set aside. You respond simply, with yes, no or not yet. As the picture settles, messages tend to follow, and the last part of the hour is left for your own questions.

How should I prepare for a medium reading?

Bring the people you hope to hear from in mind, and tell Sophie as little as possible about them at the start. Holding back is not a test, it is what lets you recognize a detail as evidential rather than something you supplied. Write your questions down, bring a photo if you want one nearby, and expect to feel more than you planned to.

Are psychic mediums real?

That question has no settled answer, and anyone claiming one is overselling. Research exists but is limited and contested: one 2015 study indexed on PubMed had 20 research mediums give 86 readings by phone under blinded conditions, and blinded sitters rated their own readings above decoys. Caldwell Psychic offers mediumship as a spiritual practice, so come with an open and questioning mind.

Can a medium contact a specific person?

You can name who you hope to reach, and often that person is who comes through. Sophie cannot promise it, because a sitting is not a telephone with a number you dial. Sometimes a different family member arrives first, or the detail that lands is not the one you were braced for. Come with a hope rather than a requirement.

How soon after a loss should I see a medium?

There is no correct interval, and no rule that waiting longer produces a better sitting. What matters more is how you are coping day to day. Early grief is raw, and a reading can stir it rather than settle it. If you are struggling to function, speak to a doctor or a grief counselor first, and treat a sitting as something you add later.

Can a medium reading be done over the phone?

Yes, and many are. Sophie’s view is that energy is not bound by physical location, and a phone or video sitting runs the same 60 minutes with the same approach. You get more privacy at home, which some people prefer for a session this personal. Choose a quiet room, use headphones if you have them, and have tissues nearby.

How do I find a legitimate psychic medium?

Look for a real name, a real address and a total price agreed before you start. Walk away from anyone who promises contact with a specific person, warns you of consequences, or finds new problems that need paid solutions. Caldwell Psychic is at 97 Roseland Ave, Door 101 in Caldwell, NJ, and a mediumship sitting is $150 for 60 minutes.

Sources and further reading

Spiritualism Encyclopaedia Britannica
Many Americans report interacting with dead relatives in dreams or other ways Pew Research Center (Patricia Tevington and Manolo Corichi, 23 Aug 2023)
Anomalous information reception by research mediums under blinded conditions II: replication and extension Explore (NY) 2015;11(2):136-42, Beischel, Boccuzzi, Biuso and Rock, indexed in PubMed

Readings and energy work are offered for spiritual guidance and personal reflection. They are not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, legal or financial advice. You must be 18 or older to book.

When you are ready

Book a sitting with Sophie

Call (862) 273-9586 or send a booking request with two or three times that suit you. Sittings run in Caldwell, by phone or on video.