Couples & Family · CF-06
Family Values Cards
Explore individual and shared directions while making room for disagreement and change.
Clinician-created · facilitator review requiredFor clinician-facilitated use
This is a professional resource, not a child-facing online service. A licensed clinician or other qualified adult must determine suitability, explain and adapt the activity, and supervise its use. Do not direct a child to access this webpage independently or enter client information.
The full-resolution WebP includes print-safe margins and should be downloaded by an adult professional. Read the guidance below before using the page.
How to use it
- Sort cards privately into important, maybe, not important to me, and unsure.
- Choose whether to share any cards and notice both overlap and difference.
- If you want, describe one behavior that could express a selected value without requiring everyone to agree.
- Keep individual values visible alongside any shared choices.
Reflection prompts
- Which differences deserve respect rather than resolution?
- Could the same value look different for different people?
- What choice would protect individual autonomy while supporting household life?
Facilitator guidance
Prevent majority rule, parent-led correction, or pressure to endorse a shared identity. Values are directions, not tests of loyalty, morality, or family membership.
Adaptations & accessibility
- Allow private sorting with only optional summary sharing.
- Use images, examples, translation, or AAC alongside abstract value words.
- Reduce the deck and add blank cards for culturally or personally important values.
Professional-use review
Standard licensed-clinician and family-systems review required before use.
