Theresa Caputo, the star of TLC’s series Long Island Medium, says she was 28 when she was first introduced to the possibility that she was a medium. It took another five years for her to actually accept her gift.
“There’s a big difference from when I accepted it to who am I?” Caputo told us. She said she struggled with feeling, “I’m no different than anybody else. Why was I chosen to do this? Why is this my journey?”
The aftermath of 9/11 left her with clarity and a feeling of purpose for what she calls her role in the physical world. Now Caputo spends her days and nights taking her clients on an emotional and spiritual journey with the afterlife. She helps people find closure and/or reconnect some with loved ones who have passed.
UPDATE 2/1/2013 – The BEST way to contact Caputo is through her new website: www.theresacaputo.com
Her phone number that was previously listed here is no longer in service, so we removed from the post. When we last talked to Theresa (January 2012), she told us the best way to reach her is via her new website at www.theresacaputo.com. This was an update to what TLC previously provided (Longislandmedium@gmail.com). That email address we have tried and have never gotten a response. Her wait time is over two years at this point, due to the popularity of the show.
Surprisingly, Caputo has built her career on word of mouth only and has done little to no marketing. When asked if she’s ready for what a TV series will bring as far as popularity, Caputo says: “Absolutely not. I still think this is like a school project. It’s so not reality yet for me. My life is overwhelming as it is, as of right now, my waiting list to get an appointment is… I don’t have any availability until January 2013.”
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Teresa i love your show and you have a great famil
y my husband father past when he was a child he missed his father everyday his death impact him so much and i wish you ca n have the time for a consultant i know your really busy but please help me i live in new york god bless you
i watch your show all the time. My mom (my best friend) lost her dad to cancer. We often visit his grave but i would love as a gift to her for you to set up a meeting with her. we live in Wisconsin. She helps everyone but herself. she deserves the world. if she could hear from her dad one more time i know it would mean the world to her. we pray to him every night. please if you see this set something up with me! it would mean so much!
I watch your show and have seen most episodes more than once. 🙂 I really enjoy how it makes me feel and to see all the peoples lives you’ve touched. I would like to know if you get animals to come through that have passed. I know you have a long waiting list to bev seen, I was wondering if you do phone appointments for those of us on the other side of the states. Im in Mount Shasta, Ca. So it would be a long trip. Please let me know how to go about it.
Thank you so much,
Michelle M
Hi Theresa
my name is jennah and I’m 13. Me and my mom have seen every one of ur episodes. We love them!! Ok so me and my mom were watching ur show the other day and she started to cry really hardhard and when I asked her why she said that she missed her mom and dad soo much. Well u see my mom lost her mom when she was five years old and she lost her dad when she was around seven. Then she lost her brother in a car accident when she was 14. She really needs some closure. she is always talking about how much she misses her mother,father,and brother. She is always asking herself if her mom is proud of her and the way she lives her life. She is worried that she did not do anything right and that her mom is not proud of how she is as a parent and it really stresses her out. Her mom passed of heart disease and now she is having heart problems. That is also how her brother died. No body knows how her dad died. Her sister who raised her is now suffering from heart disease. Please email me back whenever u can my mom really needs the closure that I don’t think can be brought to her any other way. She believes in u and she Is very uneasy about her mom. It would help her soo much. Thank you for your time.
Hi Theresa, i doubt you will read this since you get so many of these each and everyday.. but i am 13 years old and i live in Virginia Beach Virginia. My grandpa died of various types of cancer last year and he was my best friend. It was so hard when i lost him, i cried for months. He actually died 1 year and 1 month ago exactly. I miss him terribly. My dad was an an alcoholic and his liver, kidneys, and organs failed. He just turned 46 years old October 28th. He passed away this morning at around 4:20 a.m. I stood by his side everyday he was in the hospital.. he was in the hospital about a month ago too for 9 days. At the time we thought he was going to make it, but he had a slip up. He continuously fell which caused internal bleeding. We thought his legs were swollen because of fluid.. but it was blood pooling in his body. I already miss my dad so much and its only been a matter of hours since i lost him. I lost my best friend and someone like my brother in a little over a year. I’d do ANYTHING to get my dad and grandpa back. I just miss them both so much. Im never going to be the same without them. I really just want some kind of relief. I want to know that there ok. I want to know what there final words would have been to me. Id do anything just to talk to them again. Please think about emailing me back. It really would mean the world to me. I was watching your show while my dad was on his death bed in the hospital… thinking that when he passes, i want to go see hr for my daddy and grandpa. If you saw this, thank you for taking the time to read it. I would really like a reading from you to keep me peaceful without them. Thanks so much.
-Skylar
Hello, I was just reading everyone’s story. They are heartbreaking. When I got to yours. I choked up. I’m so sorry for your lose. I know is real fresh but, time does help ease the pain. I know you don’t know me. But, if you ever need someone to talk to. I will listen. Take care.
Above comment was for Skylar Maihes
i love watching your show yuor so funny and so tender every one want a earing i would like that but i live in quebec canada but it fell so could to watche you laft and cry whit your quest my problem is that i lost so many people that i love my father my little sister my mom and finaly my baby brothei saw my father my mother my sister visite but i dind see my brother every times i thing about him i cry he wass in a coma and the doctor told me that i have to unplug him ho god i dind want to do that but the docter said there no way
i have to let him go he dy november 20 2008 ecuse me because usuly i speak french i hope you will come to montreal tank you for reading my letter
i love watching your show yuor so funny and so tender every one want a earing i would like that but i live in quebec canada but it fell so could to watche you laft and cry whit your quest my problem is that i lost so many people that i love my father my little sister my mom and finaly my baby brothei saw my father my mother my sister visite but i dind see my brother every times i thing about him i cry i wass in a coma and the doctor told me that i have to unplug him ho god i dind want to do that but the docter said there no wayi
i have to let him go he dy november 20 2008 ecuse me because usuly i speak french
Hi,Theresa
My dad passed away when I was 4 I am now 11 years old I was hoping you can come to SanJuan,Tx to visit me and mom,I also have siblings that were younger than me when he passed.I was very close to my dad I want to know if he is here when we ask for him to help us.I do feel bad for my brother cause he never had a male role model that showed him how to do anything like learn to use the bicycle,he was 1 when my dad passed,my sisters were 2.All I want to say is that if you can come to give us some closure on what has happened,my dad passed away in a trailer and crashed into a mountain kinda sounds impossible but it happened but he didnt die here at texas he died at maryland while he was working.My mom has been one of the most people to be having a hard time because she had all of us,and we were at a young age when my dad passed.Theres only one thing,my mom speaks Spanish she kinda understands English but she is not the best at it.Hope you can find a way to communicate with us.
~chelsea torres
P.S i love to watch yur episodes
I lost my dad and 2 weeks later my son lost his dad I would really love to know if they have something to tell us
Dearest Theresa i lost my husband and brother in 2009 within 2 weeks of each other i feel so responsible for my brothers death we both put our trust in a doctor and i wish i coild have done better by him i just want him to know im so sorry and i hope he forgives me and know that i will never forgive myself please help me if you can thank you you blessed lady
Hello Theresa, I love your show and think you are hysterical and at the same time an amazing human being for what you do for people still grieving the loss of their loved ones. I am writing to you in hopes to meet with you someday as I also believe our spirits continue on after we leave this physical world. I have been sober for 6 years as of Nov 4 2012, and have someone I need to reach. Please help me. I have turned my life around and will be graduating from college in July, 2013, but I can’t seem to find any sense of accomplishment because of all the guilt and low self esteem I carry with me. I need your help so that I can move on and start to live my life with pride and learn how to forgive myself.
My neighbor lost her son 5 years ago..she found him in his closet.dead.. she is still in pain….says she just wants to pull him out of her dreams and hug him…Ronnie was part of our lifes.This lady doesnt want to know about her grandma etc….her son he was only in his twenties..she lives in salt lake city utah
I have only watched your show a few times however, I wanted to thank you for allowing others to benefit from such a beautiful gift. I would love an opportuntiy to speak with you myself is there a way one could contact you.
I HAVE A GREAT NIECE WHO IS GOING THINGS EXRIENCED WITH YOUR GIFT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP HER BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW SHE IS 10 YEARS OLD
What a beautiful gift you have. I watch your show often..not to mention my phone is set to alert me when new episodes are on:-) I love the way you approach people and give them the gift of a message from a loved one. I believe someday I will be one of the fortunate ones and a medium will have a message for me. What a wonderful day this will be. Thanks for sharing what you do on TV. Have a great day!
I really would love to book an appt. with Theresa for a private reading. Please conact me to set appt. Really need some guidence from some loved one who have past. would love clairity and closure on some things. Please help. Thank you.
Hi Theresa! I watch u every week, anmeed I would love to meet u! I live in Indiana and would love for u yo come here and help.me communicate with my mom and grandparents.. I was a mommies girl and I miss her everyday! Please let me know when u r coming to Indiana.. Thank you for all u do to help others deal with their losses..
hi theresa, i just was hoping you and your family are ok after the horrific hurricane last week. i am watching the marathon and loving it. good luck and i only wish i was closer to try and see you. take good care kathy
Hi I would like to speak to our daughter who passed last year and was 11 months old. We miss her tons. Would love to know if she forgave me and her dad for how it happened. It was a horrible tragedy :”(. Am from ca
Hello Theresa
I would like to meet with you, how do I get on your waiting list?
I never travel anywhere but I will drive from Illinois to see you please let me know how I can get on your waiting list!