A developmental psychology practicum with MAC. A professional view of working with the unconscious.
Metaphorical associative cards are a subtle and deep tool that lets you speak directly to the subconscious, bypassing resistance and defences. This practicum is for those who want to go beyond amateur use of the cards and master the method through a professional lens, a systematic grounding in psychology and the experience of live practice.
The programme brings together well-known theories of personality and practical skills of self-help and consulting. The work uses a range of decks, including the facilitator’s own decks, created from many years of experience and capturing precise psychological perspectives. The programme suits both those taking their first steps in self-discovery and psychology and experienced specialists who want to widen their professional toolkit.
Length: 16 practical sessions (once a week).
Format: live interactive webinars in Zoom, working on participants’ personal questions, with demonstration consultations.
Applied tools: the author’s digital decks and a specially designed assistant bot with immersive practices (purchased separately).
About the author and facilitator of the MAC practicum
The practicum was designed and is led by a practising psychologist with more than 15 years of experience, a specialist in depth psychology, emotional-imagery work and astropsychology, and a teacher of esoteric systems of self-discovery.
The author’s approach rules out superficial card reading. Participants learn to see the deep psychological processes behind each image, drawing on a strong scientific foundation (from the ideas of S. Freud and C. Jung to R. Assagioli’s psychosynthesis and E. Berne’s transactional analysis). This makes the work safe and systematic and gives high accuracy in assessing and correcting any psychological state.
What do participants gain from the practicum?
The programme gives solid applied skills that stay with participants for good:
Professional command of MAC. An understanding of how the cards work from the inside, the laws by which associations form, the symbolism of the scenes and the psychology of colour. The ability to work with different kinds of requests and decks.
The skill of correcting your own state. The ability to notice a destructive pattern in time, recognise its cause, live through a difficult emotion with care and change your state without retreating into defences or psychosomatics.
A footing in fundamental psychology. A clear understanding of how personality is structured, how complexes form, what genuine self-worth is made of and how the scripts that govern our choices are born.
Freedom from destructive scripts. In-depth work with inner roles and subpersonalities lets you step out of an exhausting automatic script in the outer world and move towards real care for yourself.
Technological support for life and practice. As an extra resource, participants can buy access to the author’s digital decks at a reduced price, along with the interactive assistant bot, which lets you do immersive self-regulation practices at any convenient time.
The online practicum programme. 16 steps to mastery
1. The structure of the psyche and the notion of metaphor (sessions 1–4)
Concepts of academic psychology. The structure and levels of the psychic apparatus. A person’s inner and outer reality.
The phenomenon of metaphorical reality: the idea behind MAC cards, their role in self-discovery and the basic principles of working with images of the unconscious.
The structure of personality according to S. Freud and C. Jung: how the psyche and its complexes are organised. E. Berne’s model of the inner world. Social roles as the basis of relationships and hidden conflicts.
2. Self-worth, subpersonalities and the language of symbols (sessions 5–8)
Recognising and correcting problems of self-esteem. Building genuine self-worth. A practicum with the author’s cards.
R. Assagioli’s psychosynthesis: the notions of role, self-image and subpersonality. Techniques for widening your range of roles.
Symbolism, story elements and the psychology of colour in work with metaphorical cards. Reading mental states through colour. Creating psychological fairy tales and metaphorical stories.
3. Emotional states, the Shadow and resources (sessions 9–12)
A map of the basic emotions and feelings. Self-regulation skills with MAC.
The psychology of motivation: instincts, levels of personal development and A. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
The Shadow archetype: exploring hidden motives, fears, taboos and repressed drives. How the Shadow affects motivation and choices.
Bringing meditation and visualisation practices into work with metaphorical cards.
4. Live practicum and integrating the experience (sessions 13–16)
Intensive hands-on practice of the methods covered, with the facilitator.
Working through participants’ real-life situations, demonstration consultations, building the skills of leading consultations and of self-analysis.
Final session: gathering personal results and summing up the course.
Price and terms
The programme is built around the real individual involvement of each participant.
Price: ₴17000.
Session recordings and materials are available.
Understanding yourself, your true wishes and your own nature is a necessity in today’s world, which sets people hard tasks every day. This practicum offers a strong, careful and deep tool that will help you become the leading expert on your own life.
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