Top 10 Values Questions for Clinicians
A quick-reference tool to help clients connect what matters most to meaningful change.
When clients feel stuck, ambivalent, or disengaged, information alone rarely moves the conversation forward.
Values do.
This free quick-reference guide gives you ten thoughtfully designed questions you can use in sessions to evoke meaning, identity, and motivation — without pushing, persuading, or problem-solving too quickly.
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This guide is designed for:
Therapists and counselors
MI practitioners and trainees
Court, probation, and forensic professionals
Coaches and helping professionals
Anyone facilitating change conversations
You can use it:
In sessions
During supervision
For personal reflection
As a quick reminder when conversations feel stuck
What You’ll Get
This free download includes:
10 values-evoking questions grounded in Motivational Interviewing
Language you can use immediately in sessions
Prompts that work across settings (therapy, courts, probation, coaching)
Questions that move beyond surface goals into meaning and identity
These are not “worksheet questions.”
They’re conversation starters designed to deepen motivation and reduce resistance.
By this point in the year, many clinicians notice the same pattern:
Clients know what they should do — but aren’t doing it
Motivation feels inconsistent
Conversations circle the same goals without movement
Burnout makes it harder to stay curious and present
Often, the missing piece isn’t insight or accountability.
It’s connection to values.
When change conversations reconnect to what truly matters to someone — motivation becomes internal, not forced.