Values and meaningful action / VAL-A13-1
Values in Recovery Choices — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind values in recovery choices and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Avery wants more dependable time with a child.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Recovery decisions can be connected to personally chosen qualities.
The idea
Recovery decisions can be connected to personally chosen qualities.
An ordinary example
Avery wants more dependable time with a child.
What this can look like
Link a recovery aim to a value, a practical support, and an optional next action without imposing one recovery pathway.
Check the fit
What support helps translate this value into a realistic choice? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A value can guide ongoing action even when a goal is delayed or a barrier requires external support.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What support helps translate this value into a realistic choice?
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.