The Values Cards

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Identify goals or steps to help you move towards your chosen Life Value, your life direction to create a more purposeful and enriching life. Initially, work to explore present, unhealthy, undesirable or intrusive thoughts. Consider both the thoughts and the consequences of those thoughts (e.g. emotions, behaviours, symptoms) for any friction against core values. Then, focus on generating alternative, more healthy and positive thoughts. Consider these for compatibility with core values. If the proposed new way of responding is only connecting to one or two core values, consider reviewing the proposed approach with the possibility of adapting or refocusing to better resonate with more core values.

have words that are similar to each other grouped together on different cards to help the process of selectionThese should be truly personal; they are the ways of living, behaving, and existing that are vital to the client.

However, when implementing a strengths-based approach with strength cards, it is up to the coach to take it further and provide implications to practical scenarios in the workplace. For example, ‘How can these strengths be used in a team context?’ or ‘How can you apply these strengths to get that promotion?’ These Values cards are great for those who enjoy visual and/or activity-based learning and support. The Values cards can be sorted, prioritised, added to, or subtracted from and used in a multitude of activities that have been developed to explore Values. Values are a major psychological motivator and form part of the focus under the DNA-V Model; a model being increasingly adopted in organisations working with young people whether that be within community youth-work settings, education, mental health services, social services, or the criminal justice system. If you are not quite ready to embark on this incredible course, you might want to consider a collection of tools first. For science-based ways to help others discover meaning, this collection contains 17 validated meaning tools for practitioners. Use them to help others choose directions for their lives in alignment with what is truly important to them. A Take-Home Message The aim here is to reduce them to the 2, 3 or 4 MOST important. These are likely to be your Life Values. The aim of the My Positive Qualities exercise is to create an inventory of positive qualities by working through a list of statements and filling in the strengths that apply to them.

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After they’ve placed the cards in the pond, ask them to “make a wish” about each strength. Some ideas to help the child think of a wish are listed below: Even though strengths-based models and positive psychology are well known in psychological research and practice, these models can sometimes be difficult to apply in practice. Understanding the best way to use strength cards with clients helps develop your practical application and knowledge of these methodologies so you can easily apply this tool in your sessions. What do you want to happen with this strength? Do you want to do this more or become better at doing this? A value is a life direction, an internal compass which guides us throughout life. Values are different to goals which have an end-point. Values are often life-long. Perhaps what we would like to be remembered for, or written as our epitaph, our headstone inscription.

The General Strength Cards set is for a therapeutic context where practitioners integrate positive psychology practices. Use these cards to provide clients with an introduction to their strengths and give them concrete tools to enhance their psychological wellbeing. Values are part of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy's Commitment and Values-based Living , helping to to learn to free yourself from the traps and barriers of life, and see what you really want your life to be.

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With this newfound knowledge, clients can create more meaningful lives and improve their relationships with others. By being increasingly authentic — more themselves — they will develop deep and enduring bonds that align with their value-led goals and decisions. Providing individuals with a broad definition of each strength so they can better understand what each strength implies A character strengths assessment helps get the individual in the right mindset for further examining their strengths and gives them a baseline for expansion during a session that may be focused on applying their strengths (Littman-Ovadia, Lazar-Butbul, & Benjamin, 2014). A fundamental aspect of a strengths-based approach is that it is structured as an approach, not an outcome or process. While the focus in other practices may be on the end result or achieving a desired outcome, the strengths approach instead aims to enable better outcomes for individuals by giving them tools to identify their strengths (Department of Health and Social Care, 2019). Identifying our core values offers insight into living a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Knowing them can reduce complexity, bringing clarity to what we do, how we behave, and what we strive for (Berg & Slaattelid, 2017).