ABSTRACT
The ‘Top Ten Moments’ exercise can be an evocative way to elicit values and valued actions. It helps to identify and prioritise key values for people. The overall structure of the exercise asks clients to list out a number of things that are important to them and distil the list down to the most important. Because it has the potential to be evocative, it’s normally not an exercise to be done in the first session. It is helpful to have undertaken some open and aware skills development work first. Before beginning the exercise, it is useful to remind the client to bring a sense of mindful awareness to the exercise, so as to notice thoughts and feelings with which they could be hooked.
