Values and meaningful action / VAL-A19-5
Values Conversation Cards — Review journal
Review an attempt at values conversation cards and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: A group discusses different meanings of responsibility in an ordinary scheduling dilemma.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A group can explore differences without ranking people's values.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Use fictional situations to compare possible valued directions and invite participants to pass or redefine the terms.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
How can different answers expand understanding rather than create a contest? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- How can different answers expand understanding rather than create a contest? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.