Abstract
Values and cognitive behavioral therapy Values have an intentional quality that connected the various moments of the life in a meaningful journey. The influence the needs, withes, preferences and also that one believes to be important or not.
Each individual has its own more or less conscious value system as a result of a value orientation. The awareness of the values may be an effective self-regulation.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is focused on practical problem solving and goals in the life through the changes of the cognitive processes, behavior and emotional responses. The changes of these processes are often related to the change of some life values, otherwise it would not be possible.
Values form the basis for motivation to achieve therapeutic changes. The mapping of the life values is therefore very important for the therapist, as it helps to link therapeutic goals to the important areas of the life and the use of value orientation can prepare the framework for implementing common CBT strategies such as activity scheduling, cognitive restructuring, accommodation conditional beliefs.