4. Identify that self as context, distinguished from self in content, is similar to the process of externalizing the problem in narrative approaches. Clients are taught to get in touch with an observant self—the one that watches and experiences yet is distinct from one’s inner experiences.5. A lack of values or a confusion of goals with values can underlie the inability to be psychologically flexible. Thus, the next step in the ACT process is “choosing a direction and establishing willingness” and to identify motivating values and establish a willingness to help regain control of life, not necessarily just to control thoughts and feelings. Willingness is not resignation, nor is it the same as wanting. It is a willingness to experience, accept, and face “negatively evaluated emotional states” (Wilson, 1996). Again, the difference is noted between the feeling of willingness and being willing. The example given is that you may not feel willing to go to the dentist, but you may be willing to go anyway.6. In the last stages of therapy, commitment is the focus. The commitment is to give up the war of denying or fighting one’s history and emotional states and find opportunities for empowering behaviors.