When Peri Zarella first appeared on A&E’s “Psychic Kids” as a teen in 2008, she was overwhelmed and scared. Returning a decade later, she’s confident.

“I was seeing my abilities as a curse,” says Zarrella, 25, a Hudson Valley-based medium with an Ivy League degree who considers herself able to commune with spirits.

“And so I came onto ‘Psychic Kids’ with the intention to meet people who could understand what I was navigating.”

Much like the 2014 film “Boyhood,” which documented its young subject as he grew up in real-time, “Psychic Kids” gives the audience a chance to see Zarrella as a 15 year-old and then check in on her progress a decade later. The reality show follows five adult mentors, including Zarrella and Ryan Michaels, as they aid children coping with their sixth sense. It first ran between 2008 and 2010 before being revived this year (Wednesdays at 10 p.m.).

First time around, Zarrella was seen struggling with her abilities, aided by adult mentor Kim Russo. Now in the revival, she’s the mentor helping a new generation of “psychic” children.

“I remember feeling very isolated and wanting to have a conversation with somebody going, ‘I’m seeing and experiencing the same things as you; it’s okay,’ ” says Zarrella, who grew up in Red Hook, NY.

After her first experience with the show, Zarrella went on to get a master’s degree in clinical psychology and education from Columbia University. She wasn’t in touch with the show in the ensuing years, so it felt like kismet when “Psychic Kids” tapped her to appear again, she says.

“It was a time in my life where I was like, ‘What am I going to do next? I want to help people. I’m trying to build this private practice and I don’t know how to find people who need help.’ And then later that night I received a [Facebook] message from ‘Psychic Kids’ and they were like, ‘Do you want to help children with psychic abilities?’ And I was ‘That’s what I was just hoping for!’ It kind of came perfectly divinely timed.”

This season, Zarrella traveled all around the country to help various kids, from Utah to New Jersey. In one episode, she mentors Kendyll, a 9-year-old girl in Lower Burrell, Pa., whose “paranormal” abilities interfere with her life. She has nightmares and feels unsafe in her own home, unable to enter the basement.

“My biggest fear is that if [Kendyll] doesn’t get a grip on this, it just ruins her,” her mother says.

Zarrella combines psychological techniques that help Kendyll meditate and face her fears with some New Age jargon (“I’m asking the energy, ‘Why are you here?,’ she advises). By the end of the episode, the girl is able to go into the basement without panicking.

Zarrella, who also runs a private practice counseling people with reported psychic abilities, says they’re still in touch.

“You get so connected [working with them],” she says. “I was texting with them just the other day and getting all the updates. It feels really important to continue being in these families’ lives as a resource who can help them navigate these [paranormal] experiences.”