Beneath the Behavior: Where Function Meets Core Yearnings

Learning Objectives 1. Identify the four functions of behavior (escape, attention, access, sensory) and the limits of relying on function alone. 2. Describe six core yearnings—belonging, competence, coherence, self-directed meaning, orientation, feeling—through an ACT-informed lens. 3. Examine an assessment tool for evaluating how core yearnings show up for clients, for a more neuroaffirming picture of the behavior.