Programme graduates with their certificates, together with Anna Shyman
Anna Shyman in the centre's studio before an online meeting
Anna Shyman leading a session at the whiteboard
An online meeting on a phone screen: participants join from home
The group in the room and participants on video in one session
Centre for personal development · online since 2016

See differently. Shift your reality.

Practical and depth psychology without illusions: programmes, clubs and consultations by Anna Shyman. Online since 2016, from anywhere in the world.

Programme graduates with their certificates, together with Anna Shyman
How it works

From a question to practice — three steps

1

Pick a direction

Eight topics — from psychology for everyday life to metaphorical associative cards (MAC), Tarot and astropsychology. Each one ties together programmes, clubs, articles and consultations.

2

Choose a format

A course with a group, a club for regular practice between programmes, or personal work with Anna.

3

Write to us

The «Contact» button is on every page. We answer during working hours, 10:00–20:00.

Directions

Eight topics of the centre

A direction brings together the programmes, clubs, consultations and articles on one topic.

Working now

Online tools

Two tools that work right now. Try them in a minute — no sign-in, no payment.

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The Moon today

The current phase of the Moon and the sign it is in — and a short note for the day that fits the combination.

Calculate my cosmogram →

Choose a card

21 portraits of shadow states. Choose a card at random — and ask yourself the first question, the way the bot does.

Programmes

Groups starting soon

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Programme

Tarot without fortune-telling.
A journey to the Self.

7 months
Starting soonCourse

Tarot Without Fortune-Telling: A Journey to the Self

A seven-month online programme on the 22 Major Arcana: the Hero’s Journey after Hajo Banzhaf and Jung, active imagination, symboldrama and Shadow work in Zoom.

Starts: 11 January 2027$620

Programme

Psychology for everyday life

10 months
Starting soonCourse

“Anatomy of the Psyche. Practical Psychology” programme

A ten-month online programme in practical psychology: the structure of the psyche, theories of personality and self-regulation, in a small group on Zoom.

Starts: January 2027$720
Анна Шиман
Author and host

Анна Шиман

15 years of practice: from personal growth trainer to the author and host of every programme of the centre.

  • Methods: EIT, Jungian counselling, ISTDP principles
  • A focus session (1–3 meetings) for one specific request
  • A cycle of 10–12 meetings when we change lasting patterns
Clubs

Psychological practices in real time

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Women’s club

“Kontekst”

subscription
A closed psychological club

Kontekst

Practical psychology, MAC (metaphorical associative cards), symbolism, fairy tales, myths and archetypes. A club of psychological immersions for those who have already proved everything to everyone and want to come back to themselves.

  • themed cycles, one a month
  • practice
  • personal topics discussed at the end of the month
$120 More →
Reviews

What participants say

Words from people who took the centre’s programmes, clubs and consultations. Published as they are, and only with the authors’ consent.

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I’d like to express my sincere gratitude for your professionalism and sensitivity. Thanks to your support I was able to make sense of myself and find the very path I needed so much. Your skill and your ability to help people are inspiring and command enormous respect. Thank you for what you do!”

R Roman · 3 October 2024 · Translated from Russian
Worth knowing

Articles

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Article

The Seducer card in Symbolon. The sign of Scorpio and the Shadow of Pluto.

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27 October 2026 · Symbolon

The Seducer: Pluto and “sadomasochism” in relationships

A close reading of the Seducer card from Peter Orban’s Symbolon deck. How the Shadow of Pluto and Scorpio drives codependency in relationships.

Read17 min

Article

Saturn’s hammer and a stomach spasm. The psychosomatics of control in Symbolon.

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27 October 2026 · Symbolon

Symbolon: the Sick King, the Snow Queen and the stomach

Symbolon cards and Saturn: where an “iron lady’s” hypercontrol comes from, and how the Sick King and the Snow Queen show up in the stomach.

Read8 min

Article

Why is narcissism not a diagnosis but an evolution of consciousness?

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27 October 2026 · Psychology for everyday life

Three stages of narcissism: from fusion to projection

The three stages of narcissism (fusion, introjection, projection), the signs of the covert type and narcissistic wounding. Why rage is a stage of growing up.

Read9 min
Contact us

Write to us

Tell us about your request — we will suggest a programme, a club or a consultation format. We reply in a messenger or by e-mail.

Reach us the way you find convenient!

Pick a messenger, call us or write — we answer during working hours.

Online · we reply from 10:00 to 20:00