Clinical Method Framework · Annie Wright, LMFT
Values Archaeology
Annie’s protocol for digging through past moments of true engagement to uncover what genuinely matters in work and life.
Annie’s protocol for digging through past moments of true engagement to uncover what genuinely matters in work and life.
How Values Archaeology Works
Values Archaeology is one of Annie’s core clinical tools, applied in session and in coursework. It’s designed to translate, distinguish, or regulate where most frameworks generalize.
- The digging. return to past moments where engagement was truly felt. What was happening. What were you doing. Who were you with.
- The pattern. specific values emerge across moments. They’re not aspirational. They’re descriptive.
- The application. new decisions get evaluated against discovered values rather than inherited or borrowed ones.
Who Values Archaeology Serves
driven women working with the proverbial house of life. Specifically, leaders, physicians, entrepreneurs, executives, and the women who have built impressive external lives but feel a heaviness internally.
Where Values Archaeology Lives
Values Archaeology appears in the following places in Annie’s clinical work:
- Individual therapy with Annie
- Executive coaching with Annie
- Annie’s forthcoming book, The Everything Years (W.W. Norton, 2027)
Citation
If you reference this framework in your work, please cite as:
Wright, Annie. (2026). Values Archaeology. Annie Wright, LMFT. Retrieved from https://anniewright.com/values-archaeology/
