Doreen Virtue

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Doreen Virtue (born 29 April 1958) is a popular author, with many books, products and workshops on angels and angel-oriented therapy, fairies, chakras, goddesses, Ascended Masters, Indigo Children, and other spiritual topics.

Virtue claims a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from California Coast University, which was not an accredited institution when Virtue attended, and has widely been considered a diploma mill.^[1]

She has produced several oracle card sets, including ones focused on angels, fairies, goddesses, dolphins, and unicorns. These oracle cards differ from traditional Tarot in that each card has a unique message from an angel, fairy, or other spiritual being. Unlike Tarot cards, they are not organized into suits, and the messages tend to be more direct and literal than symbolic. Each card represents a positive thought, concept, or suggestion; there are no negative cards.

She is among the foremost proponents of the Indigo Children concept, and has also introduced the terms Crystal Children and Rainbow Children to describe later generations of psychic children born after the Indigos.

She is also a proponent of reincarnation and the concept of walk-ins, and teaches that some people have had previous incarnations as non-human beings, including angels, fairies, merfolk, and extra-terrestrials.

Before she became involved in metaphysics, she was the founder and former director of WomanKind Psychiatric Hospital at Cumberland Hall Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, and she served as an administrator at Woodside Women's Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both all-women psychiatric hospitals specialized in treating women's psychological issues. She also directed three outpatient psychiatric centers, including an adolescent drug & alcohol abuse center.^{[citation needed]}

Her first published works were in the genre of psychological self-help and food craving, and her early media interviews and appearances were as an expert on these topics.

She left her mainstream mental health career to pursue metaphysical work following a carjacking attempt in 1995, when she was accosted by two armed men. She says a clear and distinctly male voice told her to scream at the top of her lungs, which she did. Passers-by came to her aid, and her attackers fled. In the wake of this incident, she says she rediscovered clairvoyant abilities she had possessed since childhood and dedicated herself to following and teaching about divine guidance.

She has published many books, audio programs, and oracle card decks through Hay House, one of the largest metaphysical publishing houses, created by author Louise Hay. Hay House also sponsors her internet radio show and many of her workshops and seminars worldwide.