Tarot at a Crossroads: The Unexpected Meeting of Tarot & Psychology

by Kooch N. Daniels, Victor Daniels

Overview

Journey through a unique Tarot resource that presents thought-provoking methods to help bridge the worlds between Tarot readers and psychology counselors, psychotherapists, personal coaches, and healers. Convey depth and incisiveness to both tarot readings and therapeutic sessions by making them more engaging and useful. Find out how to give “representational readings” and learn to select cards that represent issues with others or within the reader. Discover a technique of laying cards in “emotional stacks” that can be used in both readings and counseling sessions to view what lies beneath the surface of consciousness, and then gain knowledge of how to open realms of new possibilities. You will encounter blended traditional symbolic Tarot coupled with modern psychological practices that integrate the use of visual imagery via distinctive tools and approaches. Develop a broader psychological background, new methods, and insights for your Tarot readings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764351860
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/28/2016
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kooch N. Daniels, a professional reader for more than four decades, and her partner Victor Daniels PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University have worked together to develop unique Tarot/Gestalt healing techniques for readers, therapists,​ and counselors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 8

Foreword 10

Artists and Illustrations 11

Preface 13

Part I Infinite Possibilities Beckon 18

1 Tarot and Psychotherapy Then and Now 19

2 What Does Each Card Say to You? 31

3 Transference: Who Is There With You? 42

4 Another Avenue: From Divination to Representation 55

Part II Representational Uses of the Cards 73

5 Connecting the Surface and the Depths 74

6 From Discovery to Rebirth 86

7 Inner Dialogues: Conversations among Sides of the Sell 106

8 Multiple Others, The Cards, and You 119

9 Points in the Process 136

Part III Further Travels on a Novel Path 152

10 Tarot Groups. 153

11 Meditation and the Tarot 166

Part IV Unlocking the Mysteries 177

12 The Major Arcana: Universal Symbols 178

13 The Four Suits of the Minor Arcana 210

14 If Numbers Could Speak, What Might They Say? 218

15 The Court Cards: Reflections on the Royals 240

Epilogue 250

Appendices 251

Endnotes 254

Bibliography 258

Index 262

About the Authors 271