Values and meaningful action / VAL-A02-2
My Chosen Values Words — Practice worksheet
Choose, rewrite, or reject several value words and explain what the chosen ones mean in everyday behavior.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Avery replaces the word success with dependable participation.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Values language should be personally meaningful rather than imposed.
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, rewrite, or reject several value words and explain what the chosen ones mean in everyday behavior.
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
Which words feel like yours? 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:
- Which words feel like yours?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Valuing as a Choice — Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
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.