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Neuro Linguistic Programming
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the study of how we communicate both ally with ourselves and externally
With NLP, rather than using direct suggestions, the therapist uses the same thought patterns that are creating a problem,
like an excessive appetite or stress, to eliminate the problems. NLP in the hands of an experienced practitioner can be very effective.
The techniques that NLP uses were discovered by modelling the behavior of successful people in many different fields.
It is especially useful for the following:
- Fear of Exams and difficulties in passing tests (ie. driving test)
- Fear of flying
- Treatment of Phobias generally
- Change of habit patterns (ie. giving up smoking)
- Goal setting
- After a bereavement
- Individual and couples counselling
The NLP therapist assumes the NLP model to be true for practical therapeutic purposes. The client thus presents with a 'present state' which is in some way unsatisfactory, and a 'map of the world' which embodies their perceptions of their past present and future. The emphasis of the therapist is on how the client constructs their present state, not on analysis of why.
NLP psychotherapy is a client centred therapeutic approach. The basic remedial model for change is that the client is able to find resources in their own experience to add to the present state so they can reach a more desirable state.
The role of the therapist is that of an active facilitator. The NLP therapist helps the client: identify their desired state; be sure that this state is appropriate, or 'ecological', for the client as a whole; and then to identify an apply the appropriate al resources. To be effective, the therapist builds a high level of rapport with the client using a set of techniques identified in the NLP model but widely applicable to other human communications.
In working with the client in this way the NLP therapist can draw on a broad set of techniques based on the NLP model which have proved effective in dealing with different forms of limiting present state. Some of these techniques operate at a simple behavioural level, others involve the client in changing limiting beliefs and thereby opening up more choices. Whilst considerable time may be taken in working with the client to gain a clear understanding of the present and desired states, the change process is typically brief compared with other types of psychotherapy.
As in all therapies there are dangers of creating expectations which cannot be realised. NLP psychotherapy stresses the concept of ecology, for client and therapist, in change work and ecological steps are built into most of the techniques. The changes sought must be truly representative of the whole person and not just appropriate to one part or careless of the potential adverse consequences of change.
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