Mickey: "I would recommend a counselor or a psychologist before I'd recommend any 'psychic' intervention'"

why? --Based on the fact that she believes she has been spiritually "attacked" or the fact that she had bruises on her back that couldn't be substantiated or verified thru "legitimate" explaination or means??

Yes, exactly. Epilepsy might possibly explain everything.

i didn't read all the responses, but i applaud you for taking your friend seriously. i have the bipolar tag, have the western medicine women in my life, the ones in the little white coats and all, and manage my mental illness as best as possible.

yet, i also know that i have an energy that draws beings to it .. and they are mainly energies that are screaming and writhing in pain, the bloodied, the hurt, the grieving, the dead ...

put salt in each corner of the bedroom and in all corners of the house. burn some sage, or even just have some fresh in the house ... it doesn't have to be all ritualistic or anything, just let your intuition guide you into where to put it, whether to burn it or nowt. i actually feel that having a growing little pot of sage might be really beneficial for your friend in her house, rather than burning it.

have people that you and your friend trust to the nth degree ... naysayers, people who will say "this is crazy" need not apply. i saw a reiki master and dear friend who walked me through, literally and spiritually, the path that i had to take ... the scariest one where what i saw wont ever be revealed to other humans because they do not need to know it. he had me describe what i was seeing, and kept urging me to walk further, all the time reminding me gently that he was there to protect me while i ... and fuckit, im gonna say it, while i retrieved my friends father's soul (who had died in extremely gruesome and so so so sad a way) and that of his mother (her grandmother who she had never met, and who noone would or could tell her anything about), and reunited them in the after since they'd never had a chance to know each other in the here. i grasped both of their hands, we were all covered in blood, then i put his hand in hers and sent them on their way together.
before i did this with my guy, i was being extremely ... well, attacked, but it wasnt in a vengeful way, it was more in a "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" way. many bad bad things had happened in the past, but with my friends dad, the blood that covered his body from his self inflicted wound filled my eyes ... it was terrifying, everything that is white in your eyeball, mine was a deeeeep blood red for abt 10 days. it was not conjuctivitis, or pinkeye as u guys call it, the best explanation the doctor cld come up with was that i had coughed so hard that ALL the blood vessels in my eyes popped at once. mm hmmm ... yah. but i know what it was, and i know that it is only through accepting that there are realities beyond this realm (THANK GOD!), some good some scary but all real, that your friend can begin to start healing herself. tell her also to say some kind of lil prayer or even just a general loving good night to the world before she sleeps ... asking your guides for help is one of the best ways to do the work it seems she has been called upon to do ... they will come to her in her need and protect her to the extent they can.

i wish you guys allll the best ... just by writing this as a response i feel better. this is not something i talk about with very many people precisely because of the nay sayers who disbelieve. to them, i say 'whatevs. walk a mile in my shoes and you'll give them back with great haste!!!'

namaste,
eury