This article discusses the features of symbolic representations of the image of the world in people with field-dependence-field-independence cognitive styles. A specially designed training of creativity is described for the manifestation of symbolic products of creative activity. The analysis of the relationship of psychological defenses, forms of data distortion and their resignation in the image of the world of people with a difference in the cognitive style of field dependence-field independence has been carried out. The image of the world is the main regulator of the mental activity of the individual, and its content and structuring depends on the individual interaction peculiarities with the world. Cognitive styles also define this process. Symbolic representations of the world image reflect the unconscious but relevant components of the picture of the world that affect the personality. Creative activity has integrative properties for the assimilation of these components. The training is designed for psychologists, since an important aspect of their activity is the interpretation of symbolic representations of the individual world image. The article notes that the degree of controllability and understanding of symbolic representations is associated in people with different cognitive styles.