About the deck

A deck about the roles a person plays every day, often without choosing them consciously.

The deck holds 128 metaphorical associative cards: 64 feminine and 64 masculine roles and archetypes, separated by color for ease of work.

The images are drawn from contemporary film, animation, books and from life, so they are recognized instantly and need no explaining. Each card describes the character’s core qualities, their role, and their strategies of thinking and behavior.

A role is convenient because you can try it on and take it off. Changing yourself whole is hard; behaving like a particular character for a single day is easy — and real change arrives through that behavior.

The deck works as a resource, clarifying, corrective, inspiring, coaching and supporting tool in counseling, coaching and psychological transformation games.

Who it is for: psychologists, coaches, trainers, HR professionals, psychotherapists, art therapists, consultants, group and transformation game facilitators, and anyone working on their own personal growth.

What you can do with the “Roles & Archetypes” deck

identify a person’s behavior patterns and the roles they fall into automatically
understand how other people see them from outside
see the losing strategies that repeat from one situation to the next
understand how the other people in their question appear
find a role or archetype that becomes a resource for moving toward the goal
uncover qualities a person ignores in themselves
understand which qualities are missing for this particular task
see which role takes the most strength, and why
notice the gap between how a person sees themselves and how they are seen
choose a way of behaving for a specific meeting, negotiation or talk

Questions to ask the deck

These are the questions the work starts from. Choose one — the one that resonates most strongly — and stay with it, because a single session opens up one question well and no more.