Worksheet
ACT: Identify Your Personal Values
The ACT: Identify Your Personal Values Worksheet helps clients clarify what truly matters to them—across relationships, work, health, and more. Rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, this tool guides meaningful reflection so therapists can support values-based action, emotional alignment, and greater purpose in daily life.
How to Use the ACT: Identify Your Personal Values Worksheet
This worksheet invites clients to reflect on the qualities that define who they want to be and how they want to live. Therapists can use it to spark meaningful conversations, support values-based decision-making, or guide clients through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes like committed action and defusion.
Who It's For
This worksheet is ideal for clients navigating life transitions, decision-making challenges, burnout, or a lack of direction. It’s especially helpful for those in ACT-informed therapy or clients who benefit from exploring deeper purpose, identity, and alignment between values and daily behavior.
Expected Outcomes
- Increased clarity around core personal values
- Stronger alignment between behavior and values
- Greater sense of direction and purpose
- More intentional, values-guided action in daily life
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References
Wersebe, H., Lieb, R., Meyer, A. H., Hoyer, J., Wittchen, H., & Gloster, A. T. (2016). Changes of valued behaviors and functioning during an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6(1), 63–70.
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