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Considering your social supports and how you may increase those supports throughout your life is an important part of knowing yourself and understanding your needs on a deeper level.
This session begins by exploring values and helps you understand your own likes and dislikes. This will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the way you experience the world and how you may be able to use additional social supports.
Now that you have a greater understanding of what formal and informal supports can include and have written down a list of your social supports, you are ready to consider a social support goal. In this session, you will think about a social support goal you would like to set. You will also write a social support goal statement.
As a starting place, look at the social supports you identified in your social supports list. Are there areas on your list where you can use additional support? If there are clear areas where you need additional support, you might choose one as a starting place for writing your goal statement.
Social supports can help us address our emotional, mental, and physical health. Do the supports you identified capture all areas of your health? If your list feels full already, you might identify an area where you would like more support, even if you already have some.
One important consideration for writing a social support goal is that your goal should be reachable but take some time and effort to achieve. Setting a reachable goal will inspire you to work hard and celebrate each successful step.
As you begin to get to know yourself better and consider your physical, mental, and emotional health, you may realize that taking care of everything on your own can be exhausting! Taking care of yourself might be a lot easier if you had some assistance from others.
Let’s explore different types of supports and how they might help you live more independently.
