Astro Pittman: The Therapeutic Tarot - Color Edition, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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THE THERAPEUTIC TAROT A Path to Purpose, Power, and Practice An Integrative Framework for Reflection, Growth, Healing, and Transformation PAPERBACK COLOR EDITION |Flexible, portable, affordable-the best balance of value and experience. Why choose the Paperback Color Edition? Featuring full-color Rider-Waite-Smith imagery throughout, this edition preserves the rich symbolism, visual nuance, and therapeutic applications that make the cards powerful tools for reflection, meaning-making, and personal growth. Ideal for readers who plan to actively engage with the cards, exercises, worksheets, and reference materials, the Color Edition offers an immersive experience while remaining practical for everyday use. Because healing, like life, isn't black and white. The Therapeutic Tarot is a trauma-informed, inclusive, non-pathologizing, and evidence-informed guide that reimagines Tarot as a tool for reflection, growth, recovery, meaning-making, and empowered action. This is not a fortune-telling manual, nor does it require any particular spiritual, religious, or metaphysical belief system. The cards are approached as tools for reflection, dialogue, and self-discovery rather than sources of supernatural authority. Drawing from DBT, ACT, CBT, MBCT, Narrative Therapy, Healing Centered Engagement (HCE), strengths-based and recovery-oriented practice, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and contemporary behavioral health principles, this book bridges symbolic wisdom with practical tools for real-world growth and change. Written by a therapist, educator, clinical social worker, addiction specialist, and community advocate, The Therapeutic Tarot offers an accessible framework for integrating symbolic reflection with personal development, emotional wellness, and intentional action. Recovery is understood broadly-not only as recovery from addiction, trauma, or mental health challenges, but also from shame, disconnection, limiting beliefs, harmful narratives, grief, loss, and the many experiences that can diminish our sense of agency, belonging, and purpose. Inside you'll find: Therapeutic upright and reversed interpretations for all 78 Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot cards Integrations of DBT, ACT, CBT, MBCT, Narrative Therapy, and Healing Centered Engagement Guided inquiries, journal prompts, worksheets, and therapeutic dialogue tools Practical applications for emotional regulation, resilience, identity development, psychological flexibility, recovery, meaning-making, and personal growth Guidance for therapists, counselors, social workers, peer specialists, coaches, educators, and group facilitators Ethical guidance for responsible professional use Inclusive, Queer-affirming, BIPOC-affirming, disability-affirming, and justice-oriented interpretations Therapeutic spreads, facilitation tools, and structured reflection exercises A comprehensive therapeutic field guide connecting cards with psychological concepts, therapeutic modalities, developmental themes, recovery principles, and personal growth practices An expanded glossary, reference materials, and detailed index No prior Tarot experience is required. Whether you're new to the cards, a seasoned reader, a helping professional, or simply someone seeking greater self-understanding, the framework is designed to support meaningful engagement at every level of experience. Whether you're a clinician seeking innovative tools, an educator exploring experiential learning, a coach facilitating growth, a peer specialist supporting recovery, or a seeker looking for structure without dogma, The Therapeutic Tarot offers a practical path toward deeper reflection, greater agency, and meaningful transformation. The power isn't in the cards. It's in the person holding them.