HSFHP Section Two: Working with Values and Goals to Achieve Lasting Change

Welcome to the Human Services Financial Health Professional Certification Program. This online course is one of several online components in this program. The topic of this course is Working with Values and Goals to Achieve Lasting Change. In this course, we’ll discuss personal values; our behaviors that align or don't align with our personal values; and the relationship between our personal values and goals. We’ll complete some exercises for ourselves, and then discuss how to use these exercises with clients.

After taking this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify the relationship between your personal spoken and practice values
• Use your personal values to support your goals and lead toward change
• Work with your clients to identify their personal values
• Work with your clients to identify behaviors that do and don’t align with their values
• Help clients to understand the way their values can support their goals and lead toward change
• Recognize how stress and scarcity can impact a client when working with goals