What is psychic protection and how does it actually work?

Psychic protection refers to a set of practices, mental, energetic, and sometimes physical, aimed at keeping your own mood, thoughts, and wellbeing separate from outside influences you haven't consciously invited in. In Andrews's framework it works less like a wall and more like a filter: you learn to recognize what's genuinely coming from outside yourself, then use visualization, grounding, or ritual tools to keep that influence from settling into your energy. The goal isn't to become unreachable or numb, but to stay clear enough that you can tell your own feelings apart from what you've picked up from a person, place, or situation.

Can psychic protection techniques help empaths and highly sensitive people?

Yes, and it's one of the more common reasons people pick up a book like this one. Empaths and highly sensitive people tend to absorb the emotional states of others without meaning to, which can feel exhausting or confusing without a framework for sorting out what belongs to you. Andrews's grounding and shielding techniques give you a repeatable way to notice when you've taken on someone else's mood or tension and to release it deliberately instead of carrying it around. The discernment chapters are especially useful here, since they help you separate genuine empathic pickup from your own anxiety, which is often the harder skill to build.

Do I need prior psychic experience to use this book?

You don't need prior experience. Andrews wrote Psychic Protection to be usable by someone who has never done any energy work as well as by someone who already reads professionally, which is a common approach in this genre of book. The early chapters clear up misconceptions rather than assuming background knowledge, so you're not expected to already believe in or understand psychic phenomena before the techniques make sense. That said, the discernment material does ask you to pay close attention to your own reactions, so it rewards patience more than it rewards prior training.

Is this book about protecting against psychic attacks specifically, or general energy hygiene too?

Both. Psychic Protection covers acute situations, like a specific psychic attack or an unsettling encounter with someone else's negative intention, and it also covers the ongoing, everyday maintenance of your own energy. Andrews treats the two as connected rather than separate problems, since a person with weak everyday habits tends to be more affected by a sudden attack than someone who already has a stable practice. So while the book walks you through what to do if you suspect something specific happened, most of its twenty techniques are just as useful as a regular Tuesday-night practice as they are in a crisis.