Jungian Depth Psychology | Tarot-Assisted Healing | Archetypes for Self-Discovery

The archetypes aren’t predicting anything. They’re reflecting you to yourself.

Let’s clear up the #1 most common myth about Tarot: it isn’t about prediction. Tarot, in the context of Jungian depth psychology, is a tool for self-reflection. It’s a way of surfacing what’s already alive in your unconscious, using archetypal imagery as a mirror.

Carl Jung believed that certain universal patterns – archetypes – live in the collective unconscious and shape our inner lives. The shadow self, the inner child, the wise woman, the wounded healer: these aren’t abstract concepts. They’re living dynamics inside you. And sometimes, the most direct path to them isn’t through talking – it’s through symbol, image, and story. 

How Tarot-Assisted Healing Works in Therapy

I use tarot as a projective tool – similar in spirit to how other therapists use sandtray, imagery work, or somatic tracking. Cards are drawn, and what it evokes in you – the feelings, memories, associations, resistance — becomes the material of the session. It bypasses the analytical mind and often surfaces what’s hardest to put into direct words. This is because the subconscious mind works with symbols, metaphor, and imagery, not words.

This approach draws on the wisdom of archetypes and Jungian depth psychology: shadow self therapy, archetypal exploration, and the kind of deep soul work that asks not just ‘what happened to me?’ but ‘who am I, really?’ and ‘what does this season of my life want from me?’

It’s unconventional. It’s not for everyone. And for some women, it’s exactly what’s been missing.

I’m Shannan Blum, LMFT, licensed in Indiana, California, and Texas. I use a depth psychology orientation alongside three decades of clinical training, and my own experience wit Tarot. I offer this work for women who are ready to go beyond symptom management into genuine self-discovery.

This Might Be Right for You If…

• You’re drawn to Jungian psychology, shadow work, archetypes for healing, or depth approaches
• You’ve tried conventional therapy and want something that reaches further
• You’re curious about tarot for self-reflection in a clinical, therapeutically grounded context
• You’re in a season of identity or faith reconstruction and want to work with symbol, soul, and story
• You want a therapist who won’t pathologize your interest in the archetypal, the spiritual, or the symbolic

Virtual Jungian and tarot-assisted therapy for women over 40 in Indiana, California, and Texas.

Free consultations available.