Beyond S.M.A.R.T.: Helping Clients Set and Achieve Goals

In this course, Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, discusses why appropriate goal-setting and goal pursuit matter so much. She explains the basics of Locke and Latham’s goal-setting theory (distinguishing between performance and learning goals), identifies the conditions under which goal-setting is a problem, and offers goal-setting guidelines, along with an evidence-based activity to help people do mental contracting toward goals that enhance flourishing.