Adlerian work / ADL-A11-2
Acting As If Experiment — Practice worksheet
Choose one small action you might take if a more flexible belief were partly true; predict a realistic obstacle.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan imagines that a question can show interest rather than incompetence.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A tentative new stance can be tested in a reversible action.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Choose one small action you might take if a more flexible belief were partly true; predict a realistic obstacle.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What small action would test this belief without pretending certainty? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What small action would test this belief without pretending certainty?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Alfred Adler: Theory and Application — Adler Graduate School
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.