The Tarot Activity Book: A Collection of Creative and Therapeutic Ideas for the Cards - Softcover

Did you know that tarot cards can have a rich and varied life outside of divination? They certainly do when you combine them with expressive arts activities such as writing, making art, and crafting. In this book, you’ll learn how mixing tarot into the creative process is a fun and powerful way to stimulate your imagination. After all, each card is itself a mini artistic masterpiece, packed with symbolism and meaning. This makes them natural tools for developing self-awareness and personal transformation. Whether beginner or advanced, if you have an interest in tarot you will find much to enjoy in this book. The nearly 100 activities and exercises will add quite another dimension to your experience with the cards. This book will also be useful if you are a mental health professional or art teacher who uses the expressive arts in your practice. Inside, you will discover a wealth of creative and therapeutic ideas regarding how to incorporate tarot into the work you do with clients or students.

Andy Matzner has been studying tarot and reading the cards since 2004. As a licensed clinical social worker, he works in the mental health field in Roanoke, Virginia. Andy also has a private psychotherapy and life coaching practice. You can learn more about that part of his life at www.AndyMatzner.com Andy loves to teach, and is an adjunct professor at Virginia Western Community College and Hollins University (where he greatly enjoyed offering a course called “Tarot Boot Camp” to undergraduates). Andy is the author of several books, including Journaling the Tarot: A little book of big questions, Recovery From Addictions and Compulsive Behavior: A Journaling-Based Guide to Becoming Your Best Self and Having a Life Worth Living, and Everyone Has a Story: Using the Hero's Journey and Narrative Therapy to Reframe the Struggle of Mental Illness.