Free ACT worksheet
Free ACT Values Card Sort
Sort values by current importance, identify what matters, name barriers, and plan a small committed action that can be copied or exported for therapy review.
ACT values sorting lanes
Values work becomes more useful when sorting leads directly to one committed action.
What an ACT Values Card Sort Helps Clarify
Values work helps clients distinguish what matters from what anxiety, depression, trauma responses, avoidance, or short-term relief are pulling them toward. A card sort creates a concrete starting point for acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and broader treatment planning.
Move From Values to Committed Action
The worksheet is designed to end with a small committed action and a willingness plan for barriers that may show up. Entries stay in the browser unless copied or exported. Clinical decisions remain with the treating clinician.
Therapist Guide to Values Card Sorts
For a deeper guide to values clarification, barriers, willingness planning, and committed action, read the ACT values card sort therapist guide. It explains the difference between values and goals with session-ready examples.
Documentation Example
Therapist used ACT values card sort to support values clarification and committed action planning. Client identified connection, honesty, and health as high-priority values, named anxiety and fear of disappointing others as barriers, and committed to one values-based action before next session.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an ACT values card sort? +
It is an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy exercise for clarifying what matters, ranking values, noticing barriers, and planning committed action.
Can this replace ACT therapy? +
No. It is a clinician-guided values worksheet, not diagnosis, treatment planning, crisis care, or a substitute for clinical judgment.
Can I export the values worksheet? +
Yes. You can copy or export a concise values and committed-action summary.
Is this only for ACT therapists? +
No. ACT clinicians may use it most directly, but it can also support values clarification in CBT, DBT, trauma, and general therapy workflows.
Next step
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