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Strategies for meeting goals in the British section, you identified your important goals, behavioral

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activation provides a systematic plan that can be a crucial word for reaching these goals.

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Gene had been severely depressed five years ago and had recovered through CBT.

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Now he was facing many challenges all at once and could feel himself starting to sink into a depression

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again.

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He knew it was time to deploy the techniques he'd learned in therapy.

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Step one clarify values for each life.

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To mean the first step in behavioral activation is to determine what's important to us in the particular

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domain.

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We trying to make a change in what do we value in that area.

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When we're clear about our values, we're more likely to find the warning activities that derive from

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them.

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Joan had several goals for his relationships which had suffered in the past few months.

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As he thought about these goals, he recognized that showing care to his wife was really important to

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him.

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He also valued making his guests feel important and having adventures with friends.

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Look at your goals, which domains do they fall under and what do you value in each of those areas if

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you if you find that you're struggling to pinpoint your values?

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Don't get hung up on this, then.

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Feel free to move ahead to step two and start coming up with activities.

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Sometimes it's easier to identify values based on what we like to do.

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For example, I might realize, based on activities I've listed, that meet meeting new people is important

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to me.

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Identifying that a value can help me brainstorm other ways of meeting new people.

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Values, activities, activities, values.