Values and Identity Deck complete therapy resource page

Teen-Focused Resources · TE-01

Values and Identity Deck

Explore values, roles, communities, expression, boundaries, and future possibilities without needing to choose fixed labels.

Clinician-created · specialist review required
Developmental range: Ages 13-1820-35 minutesCardsAdult professional use

For 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.

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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

  1. Choose cards that feel relevant today and set aside any you do not want to use.
  2. Sort them into important now, changing, unsure, private, or not mine.
  3. Add, rename, combine, or contradict cards so the deck fits your experience.
  4. Share only the cards and meanings you choose.

Reflection prompts

  • Which parts feel chosen, expected, changing, or private?
  • Where do important values or identities overlap or conflict?
  • What would you like others to respect without requiring an explanation?

Facilitator guidance

Use cultural humility and let the teen define each card. Do not infer identity, require disclosure, or assume that sharing is safe in the teen's family, school, peer group, or community.

Adaptations & accessibility

  • Use a private digital sort with adjustable visibility.
  • Work with a smaller card set or use images without labels.
  • Invite an abstract collage instead of direct identity categories.

Professional-use review

Licensed-clinician, privacy, representation, and safeguarding review required before use; assess whether identity disclosure could create risk.

This clinician-created resource is published for professional evaluation. Before client use, the treating clinician or other qualified adult must determine whether it is appropriate and complete every specialist, accessibility, safeguarding, and local-policy review named above. Publication does not represent individualized clinical approval.