You can learn how to develop your psychic ability without having to learn awareness of the spirit, if you prefer it that way. That is to say, you can become a psychic reader rather than a medium.
Lots of people are happy to do this as it involves less time and dedication than developing mediumship. Some novices do not feel they are ready for the awareness meditations. You may still decide at a later date that you want to carry on with your development and aim for mediumship.
Learning to open up your psychic centres is a requirement but you do not have to learn awareness through meditation for psychic purposes alone.
There are a lot of psychics who give private readings but their information is usually about the things are happening now as they don’t get it from spirit. They get it from yourself, your aura, and the vibrations around you. If you want to know what you already do then that is good for you.
Others may want to communicate with their loved ones in the spirit world. That’s when you need a medium. It is a mediums job to prove life after death. That is the whole point of it, to prove life is everlasting. If a person cannot do that then they should not be on a church platform. It is only for mediums and not for psychics.
Sometimes it is hard to get your head around this if you aer new to this subject. All I can say is keep an open mind and learn as much as you can along your journey. Prove all things is a good mediums motto!