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As we did with needs, motives, and values, we can separate virtues into personal and professional, with a subset of moral virtues. We invite you to consider the moral virtues that are currently part of your core and those you wish to cultivate in your professional activities.

Part 1: Write down the list of virtues from Table 1.1, along with any others you want to consider. Next to each one of them, rank how well you express that virtue in your life—which includes having the right amount of the virtue, and in optimal combination with other virtues. (You might want to rank them in terms of how much others would say you express these virtues.) The scale runs from 1 to 10 (1—not at all to 10—expressed every possible time). For those virtues you demonstrate frequently, answer this question: “When I don’t express ____ as a virtue, I end up being and/or feeling _____.” For example, if you consider yourself a compassionate person most of the time, when you are not compassionate you might feel (a) frustrated and get in a person’s way by making a decision for them or (b) apathetic and decide to distance yourself and not provide support or guidance they might need.

Part 2: Think about several kinds of situations you face in your life and see if there are variations in your expression of virtues. For example, if you thought of truthfulness, how does the amount or expression of truthfulness change depending upon the people you are dealing with, the type of situation, the kinds of behavior called for, and other considerations? Think, for example, about somebody you are very close to, somebody with whom you have a professional relationship, and somebody who is merely an acquaintance. Think about a work situation, a personal situation, and/or a family situation.

Part 3:

 What would your friends consider your greatest virtue? Your weakest?

 What do you hope your clients will say about your virtues?

 What do you hope your colleagues will say about your virtues?

 What virtues will you most want to develop in your role as a psychotherapist?

 What is your plan for how you might develop these virtues?