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Engaged

Engaged. Engaged. Values Clarification. Values : Chosen life directions based on what we value most, want to stand for and want to be doing with our lives. Goal : To clarify what gives our life a sense of meaning, purpose and to use as an ongoing guide for action .

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Engaged

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  1. Engaged

  2. Engaged

  3. Values Clarification Values: Chosen life directions based on what we value most, want to stand for and want to be doing with our lives. Goal: To clarify what gives our life a sense of meaning, purpose and to use as an ongoing guide for action. Method: Distinguish values from goals. Help clients clarify and connect with their values. Set behavioral tasks linked to these values Harris, 2009

  4. Distinguishing Values and Goals • Values are: • Ongoing -Action • Qualities of Action available at this moment • Free Choices about what matters to you, not what should matter to you. • Values are not: • Desires, abilities, wants, needs or feelings • Goals: (Values are present, Goals are Future) (Goals are achievable, Values are ongoing) (Goals are outcome based, Values are process based)

  5. Values Clarification with Clients The Compass Metaphor: Values are like a compass What Matters: What do you want to stand for? Exploring Pain: What does this pain tell about what your really care about? Magic Wand: All your pain vanishes ? What would you do with your life? Role Models: Personal attributes/qualities they have that you admire? Speeches: Friends/Family make speeches about what you stand for? Handouts: VLQ, Life Compass, Valued Domains Harris, 2009 ; Hayes, 2005

  6. Committed Action Developing larger and larger patterns of value guided effective action. Flexible actions to persist with or change behaviors as required to live by our values. Goal: To translate values into ongoing patterns of action. Method: Break down values into action goals. Ask the client to commit to this action. Identify barriers to action and overcome with other ACT processes. Harris, 2009

  7. Values + Goals = Committed Action Valued Life Domains Values: How would you most like to be in this area of life? Goals: How would you know if you were doing that? Specific, Meaningful, Adaptive, Realistic, Time-framed (Immediate, Short-Term, Medium and Long Term) Two Commitment Patterns: Life Drain: Make Commitment Break Commitment Give Up Life Enhancing: Make Break Lick your wounds Learn from the experience Connect to Values Recommit.

  8. Doing Committed Action Common Barriers to Committed Action Fusion-Getting caught up in what my mind is saying about the action. Excessive goals-Lacked Resources, Too Big, presently lacked the skill required Avoidance of Discomfort-Unwillingness to make room for feelings and/or thoughts. Remoteness from Values-Forgetting what’s important or meaningful about this. Overcoming Barriers Defusion-Look at thoughts for what they are. “Thoughts” Acceptance-Commit to allowing/making room for the feeling. Realistic Goals-Set new goal, Break goal down, Prioritize/Sacrifices Embracing Values-Connect with what matters about this goal.

  9. Present Moment Awareness 6) at this time, in this situation? 2) are you willing tohave that stuff, fully and without defense Acceptance Values 5) of your chosenvalues Psychological Flexibility If the answer is “yes,” that’s 4) AND do what takes you in the direction Committed Action Defusion 3) as it is, and not as what it says it is, Self-as-Context 1) Given a distinction between you and the stuff you arestruggling with and trying to change

  10. Ways to learn more about ACT Association of Contextual Behavioral Sciences http: contextualpsychology.org ACT Carolinas: www.actcarolinas.com/#!about/cee5 Study group: 3rd Wed. of every month Palmetto Health Day Treatment 720 Gracern Dr. Ste 120 Columbia, SC 29210 Text/Workbooks

  11. Text/Workbook Resources ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. Harris, R. (2009). Learning ACT: An Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills-Training Manual for Therapists. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger & Reno, NV: Context Press. Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2007). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Second Edition: The Process and Practice of Mindful Change. The Guilford Press. Hayes, S., Strosahl, K., Wilson, K. (2012). The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT. New Harbinger. Harris, R (2008) Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work: Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Relational Frame Theory to Organizational Behavior Management . Hayes, S., Bond, F.W., Barnes-Holmes, D., Austin, J. (2006).

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