What we resist tends to persist. It is important to train yourself to think of many different possibilities for outcomes. This will help to differentiate what is going on around you from your feelings.

• Break Free from Limitations with Psychological Flexibility (video, 9m06s): Ramsay Dean LICSW discusses what psychological flexibility is, and how and why it can help you.

• Becoming Psychologically Flexible (worksheet)

• 100 Core Values: This worksheet from Ramsay’s video above will help you decide what your core values are, which will aid in aligning your thoughts and actions with values. Start by highlighting as many as you believe you value, and then narrow down to 5, and then 2. Knowing your values by importance to you will be extremely helpful not only in therapy work, but in your daily life.