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Values: Values are qualities one wants to bring to their actions. Reconnecting with values can help people rediscover lost passion to purpose and reignite the desire to ascend and aspire again.

Key Concept

o Provide mindfulness strategies to create distance from the pain

o Establish values and goals (both past and future)

o Support small repeatable values driven comitted actions

Key Principles

Descent to Ascent

New Direction on the Recovery Journey

PROTECT Week Five: Establish New Direction

How to bring about values guided committed actions?

Gain Knowledge:

• What is mindfulness?
• What role does acceptance play in the process?
• What are values, goals and actions? How do they link up?

Develop Understanding:

• How does mindfulness help?
• Why are values important?
• Why is it important to acknowledge how difficult it is to change direction?

Refresh Skills:

• How to help a person see that an alternative direction could also provide pain relief?
• How to create distance from the situation?
• How to identify values that the person held or aspires to?
• How to bring about a change in direction?
• How to go on a journey of rediscovery of goals?
• How to use problem solving to break down challenges into smaller parts?
• How to support committed actions?

Committed Actions: Patients are encouraged to think small and make repeated values guided actions which will stop them descending into despair and supports a new direction, ascend and aspire.

Key Concept

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy