ABSTRACT
Clinicians need to consider the ways that oppression against fat, disabled, and old people affect their own programming about what is "realistic" for themselves and others, and affect access to opportunities and adaptations for enjoyable, valued, physical activities. Social support and therapy groups are both important options to enhance clients' willingness and ability to engage in valued physical activities. Commitment is also helpful in supporting valued physical activities and the related, often challenging, acceptance experiences and transition of barriers that go along with engaging in previously avoided valued activities. Hiking, kayaking, surfing, swimming, skiing, rock climbing, sexual activities, travel, horseback riding, or other activities that require the body's function and help are all physical activities clients may include. Clients' magic wand fantasies and lists of impossible activities should be mined for specific activities clinicians can support clients to experiment with inside and outside of session.
