William’s Reviews > Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change > Status Update

Metaphors for willingness and commitment to take action toward values and goals in this section.

Now moving to the concept of Willingness

Starting into Values based work. All techniques ultimately serve the purpose of helping a client live their values in the now.

Mostly exercises for helping someone to experience the observing self in this evening’s reading

The last few pages have focused on how to help a client break free from their stories about themselves, not by reframing or upgrading their self concept, but by shifting their awareness to experience self as awareness and self as observer. The approach is to notice when thought about self has taken Center stage and shift from thinking to noticing.