Values and meaningful action / VAL-A16-2
Values in Relationships — Practice worksheet
Describe the quality you want to bring to one relationship and a boundary that protects agency.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Avery wants honesty and cannot require the other person to respond warmly.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A person can choose how to participate without controlling another person's values.
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
Describe the quality you want to bring to one relationship and a boundary that protects agency.
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 part of the relationship is yours to choose? 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 part of the relationship is yours to choose?
- 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.