Values clarification — identifying what matters most to you at the deepest level — is a cornerstone of ACT therapy for highly sensitive person and provides direction when highly sensitive person removes other navigational tools.
Why Values Matter for Highly Sensitive Person
Highly Sensitive Person often disconnects us from our values through avoidance, withdrawal, and reduced capacity. Reconnecting with values provides:
- Direction when highly sensitive person has eliminated other motivation
- Meaning that persists even through difficult highly sensitive person periods
- A basis for action independent of how highly sensitive person makes you feel
Clarifying Your Values with Highly Sensitive Person
Ask yourself: 'If my highly sensitive person were less present, what would I be doing more of? What kind of person would I be?'
Values are not goals (achievable and done) but ongoing directions: being a present parent, creating beauty, contributing to others.
Values-Based Action in Highly Sensitive Person
ACT therapy teaches: act according to values even when highly sensitive person is present. Small values-aligned actions, despite highly sensitive person, are more sustainable than waiting for highly sensitive person to lift first.