Tarot in Counseling : History and Potential Applications

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Summary

In this episode, I'll be talking with therapist and author Dreya Blume about her experience integrating Tarot into her work with clients. We'll explore a brief history of tarot, significant social aspects of the practice, and adaptations that make tarot useful for client introspection and self awareness.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand historical development of tarot in social contexts
2. Explore Jungian archetypal images represented in traditional tarot
3. Understand the transition of tarot's use as a supernatural tool to a projective psychological tool.
4. Identify strategies for incorporating tarot into counseling work including ethical issues around informed consent.

Meet our guest

Dreya Blume, LCSW been a licensed clinical social worker for almost twenty years, the same amount of time she's been working with tarot cards. She's always been interested in how therapists can integrate tarot cards into their sessions, and has written several books on the topic.