Metaphorical associative cards “Totems of inner strength”

Artist: Olga Aleksandrovna Movsesyan
For whom: for psychologists, psychotherapists, coaches, teachers and people who want to engage in self-knowledge.
The cards are drawn in watercolor and black pen by the author of the deck.
Content:

Metaphorical cards “Totems of inner strength” are a universal resource deck that allows you to work with various requests, such as relationships, self-development, crisis conditions, self-esteem, etc. Suitable for both individual consultations and for working with couples and groups. The deck can also be used individually for self-knowledge, reflection, and search for internal support.
MAC “Totems of Inner Strength” can be used for:

• Exploring the current state
• Finding personal strengths
• Quickly establishing contact with the client
• Defining interactions in a married couple
• Fairytale therapy with adults and children
• Identifying attitudes, values, desires, needs< /li>
• Searching for solutions to the current problem
• Self-reflection and self-therapy

Techniques for working with the deck:
Technique 1. “Searching for an answer” 1. Open up: Think about the question or problem you want to solve. Lay out the deck in front of you, choose the open card that most resonates with you, evokes feelings and thoughts.
Questions for working with the card:
Why did I choose this particular animal? Describe it. What are the features of this animal? What are its strengths? How does this animal overcome difficulties? How are you similar to him? What powers of this animal do you have? What can you learn from him? What message does the card bring to you? How does the answer relate to your life situation?
2. Closed: Think about the question or problem you want to solve. Shuffle the deck and choose a card face down:
Questions for working with the card:

Describe your card. What emotions does it evoke? How do you feel about this animal? What are its features? What are its strengths? How does this animal overcome difficulties? How are you similar to him? What powers of this animal do you have? What can you learn from him? What message does the card bring to you? How does the answer relate to your life situation?
Technique 2. “Card of the Day”
Which animal’s power will help you today? Choose a card, describe it, name the features and strengths of this animal. Close your eyes, associate yourself with the chosen animal, breathe evenly, find these forces within yourself and how you feel them in your body.
Technique 3. Meditation “Totem of Inner Strength”

< /strong>Meditation can be done in the morning to set yourself up for a good day, or in the evening to relax. Make yourself comfortable and comfortable, put the deck in front of you. Select a card face down and look at it. Close your eyes, you can turn on relaxing music. Breathe evenly and calmly. Associate yourself with the chosen animal, feel its strength, imagine how and where it lives, how it feels, what it eats, whether it has friends, family, enemies. Listen to yourself, how you feel in the role of your totem, how it helps or can help in your life. Come out of meditation slowly, stretch.
Technique 4. “Male and Female”