Values and meaningful action / VAL-A13-2
Values in Recovery Choices — Practice worksheet
Link a recovery aim to a value, a practical support, and an optional next action without imposing one recovery pathway.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
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
Link a recovery aim to a value, a practical support, and an optional next action without imposing one recovery pathway.
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 support helps translate this value into a realistic choice? 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 support helps translate this value into a realistic choice?
- 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.