The Tarot Diagnosis

By Shannon and LunaHealth & Fitness Mental Health

The Tarot Diagnosis episodes

March 28, 2021 The Intersection of Tarot and Psychology
Luna and Shannon explore the intersectionality of Tarot and Psychology in this week’s episode. Listen in as they highlight some of the pioneers of psychology and compare their well-known theories and research back to the practice of Tarot. Luna and Shannon explore the works of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, and Fritz Pearl and even share some details into what it is like being a therapist who pulls not only from these major psychological principles, but also from Tarot.
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43 min
March 21, 2021 The Emotional Baggage we Carry in Relationships
Shannon and Luna tackle everything from communication, sex, and childhood trauma in this episode that focuses on the differences in perspectives in our relationships. Relationships can be tough and we learn a lot about ourselves, our partners, and the world around us as we navigate through them during the good times and the times of conflict. As psychotherapist Esther Perel says, “The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our life.” Join Luna and Shannon as they incorporate principles from psychotherapy, developmental psychologists, and tarot to help increase insight within ourselves and our relationships.
Highlighted in this episode are the following:
Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/
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59 min
March 17, 2021 Why Am I Feeling Stuck? {What the hell do I do about it?}
In this episode Luna and Shannon pull cards and talk about what happens when we’re feeling stuck, lacking confidence, and unsure how to move forward in our lives.
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36 min
March 08, 2021 Using Tarot In Your Daily Life
What this episode should be titled: How Tarot Helps Us Develop Coping Skills We Hate
In this episode Luna and Shannon talk about how to implement tarot into your daily life. They get vulnerable and explore their own tarot practices, where they fall short, how tarot has evolved for them over the years, and how they have utilized tarot in therapy sessions with some of their clients. They even talk about how sometimes therapists do not enjoy those go-to techniques that all therapists recommend *ahem* journaling.
Luna spoke about the Carl Jung concept and exercise of Active Imagination. Learn more about this here: https://medium.com/@SteafanFox/carl-jungs-active-imagination-technique-2a622e00311
https://youtu.be/GUJP7XtDElg
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52 min
March 01, 2021 Where Is My Anxiety Coming From?
In this episode we explore anxiety, its possible root causes, and coping skills, while pulling cards to help facilitate a deeper understanding of the issue. We also show examples of how tarot can be used to learn more about your own anxiety at home or with a therapist. A follower graciously and vulnerably asked a question about her own anxiety, which we use tarot to help unravel.
We spoke about Gestalt therapy and the Empty Chair Technique. Learn more here: https://www.counseling.org/docs/david-kaplan%27s-files/wagner-moore.pdf
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49 min
February 23, 2021 Creating a Work/Life Balance
In this episode we explore the concept of work/life balance from a therapist point of view, while pulling cards to help facilitate a deeper understanding of the issue and help formulate a plan to create balance and harmony.
We spoke about Sonia Fregoso, LMFT who has a course on Tarot in Psychotherapy. You can access that course information here: https://www.angelcityholistictherapy.com/classes
We also spoke about a blog exploring what to consider when searching for your own tarot deck. This blog post covers wonderful aspects of narrative therapy and tarot, which is what we have touched on throughout this podcast: https://tiffanysostar.com/?s=tarot+woo
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44 min
February 23, 2021 Relationship Hacks {Managing Boredom, Increasing Fun}
In this episode we explore the concept of boredom in a relationship from a therapist point of view, while pulling cards to help facilitate a deeper understanding of the issue and help formulate a plan to feel less bored.
When talking about Six of Cups, we were discussing the idea of play. Luna mentioned therapeutic framework that references this as a basic human need, and thought it might be Rational Emotive Therapy. Close- but not. It’s actually Reality Therapy, founded by William Glasser in the 1960 and theorizes that humans have 5 basic needs to be met:
-Power, or self worth and achievement
-Love and belonging
-Freedom/ independence
-Fun
-Survival
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31 min
February 15, 2021 Introducing The Tarot Diagnosis
Hey there! You’re listening to The Tarot Diagnosis! We’re your hosts – Luna and Shannon. We’re both clinical psychotherapists who trained together at Johns Hopkins and now we are both in private practice in Tampa, FL and Baltimore, MD. We also both happen to have a love for tarot. Each episode we work to demystify tarot and explore its connections to mental and emotional health.
If you are listening to our podcast, you’re probably someone who is already into tarot or someone who wants to be into tarot. You might also be someone interested in mental health and personal development and who is committed to building their own best life. You might even be a therapist who wants to learn to use tarot with their clients or to develop a tarot practice that helps you process the challenges your clients face.
Our vision for this podcast is to help demystify tarot while exploring and implementing its inherently helpful tools to better understand ourselves, our behavior, and our clients. As therapists, we often see common roadblocks, concerns, and struggles that our clients experience. Throughout this podcast, we will talk about many of these themes and utilize tarot to help us dive deeper into root causes and to help facilitate action steps to move forward or out of a struggle.
It’s important to note that we don’t believe the cards themselves are magic. Tarot holds familiar symbols and forms of art that have been seen for centuries. These symbols are meant to help tap into our unconscious – the thoughts, ideas, and solutions we already have, but that may not be at the surface or within our reach. Tarot essentially unravels these thoughts that you already have and brings them up to the surface so we can interact with them. This is what is actually magical about tarot – it’s tapping into our own inherent strength, knowledge, and thoughts, which allows us to make decisions, experience epiphanies and feel empowered.
We’ve been talking about starting a podcast together for a few years now. It all kind of started a few years after grad school, we reconnected and became each others’ weekly accountability partner’s regarding our private practices. We just always kind of got each other. Luna is the type of person who just feels familiar – you just want to be around her and you just want to listen to her talk – so naturally when I was gifted a new tarot deck and became inspired to explore tarot and mental health she was the person I wanted to start a podcast with.
Oh, and here’s our disclaimer: the themes and identifying characteristics of the clients and therapy sessions we talk about have been modified for confidentiality. This podcast is not therapy, nor is it medical or mental health advice. This podcast is not meant to replace mental health care from a licensed mental health practitioner. We always recommend seeking therapy from a licensed therapist.

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5 min

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Hey there! We’re Luna and Shannon - licensed psychotherapists in private practice who also happen to love tarot. Each episode we work to demystify tarot and explore its connections to mental and…