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by Astro Pittman (Author)
THE THERAPEUTIC TAROT
A Path to Purpose, Power, and Practice
An Integrative Framework for Reflection, Growth, Healing, and Transformation
HARDCOVER BLACK & WHITE EDITION
Durable, professional, and built to last-the ideal reference edition for clinicians, educators, students, and serious practitioners.
Why choose the Hardcover Black & White Edition?
The Hardcover Black & White Edition offers the complete Therapeutic Tarot framework in a durable, library-quality format designed for frequent use. Ideal for therapists, counselors, social workers, peer specialists, educators, coaches, students, and dedicated readers, this edition combines the affordability and practicality of a black-and-white interior with the longevity and professional presentation of a hardcover binding.
Designed to serve as a long-term reference resource, this edition is equally at home on a therapist's bookshelf, in a classroom, on a training table, or beside your favorite reading chair.
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.
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
- 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 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.
