Values and meaningful action / VAL-A06-2
Values under Constraint — Practice worksheet
Map a valued direction, structural barriers, available choices, and support or advocacy needs.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Avery values health but faces transport and cost barriers.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Limited choice does not mean a lack of values or effort.
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
Map a valued direction, structural barriers, available choices, and support or advocacy needs.
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 obstacle requires resources rather than more motivation? 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 obstacle requires resources rather than more motivation?
- 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.