Major Arcana Clinical Theme Mapping CBT
Major Arcana Clinical Themes Map — CBT-Informed | Clinician and Client Framework
A structured clinical framework for therapists who want to use archetypal imagery as an experiential bridge to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work. Each of the 22 Major Arcana cards is mapped to CBT clinical themes including automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, core beliefs, behavioral avoidance patterns, and skill-building interventions and formatted as a two-page spread designed for direct clinical use. This inclides 56 pages of support for clincians and clients.
Major Arcana Clinical Themes Map — CBT-Informed | Clinician and Client Framework
Page 1 — Clinician Reference The clinical lens for each card: common cognitive patterns, behavioral avoidance themes, core belief material, targeted CBT interventions, a guiding session question, and a skill-building reframe. Stays with the clinician.
Page 2 — Client Take-Home An accessible, non-clinical page the client takes between sessions. Includes Simmer Questions designed to be answered and revisited over time, journal prompts, and symbolism exploration questions. Written to center the client's own instincts and associations above any framework provided.
Also includes:
- Pull guidance — two methods for selecting a card (intuitive pull and soul pull), with clinical rationale for when to use each
- Sample session setups with step-by-step clinician guidance and sample questions
Designed for clinicians who are already doing CBT-informed work. This framework is not a guide to incorporating tarot as a modality it is a symbolic scaffold that supports the clinical work you are already doing, particularly when a client is plateauing, stuck in a repeated narrative, or struggling to access their experience through direct verbal exploration.
Tarot is used here as reflection, never prediction. The card is a starting point. The client is always the authority on their own experience.