What is Neuro Linquistic Programming (NLP)
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the study of how our mind works, how we use language to describe and create our experience and how we can change our thinking, communication and behaviour to improve our lives.
Put another way NLP is the practice of understanding how people organise their thinking, language and behaviour to produce the desired outcome.
Key Elements of NLP
We
create mental files and form unique internal mental maps of the world
as a product of the way we filter and perceive information absorbed
through our five senses, these are the key elements of NLP.
NLP looks at the relationship between the way we think Neuro, the way we communicate Linguistic and our patterns of behaviour Programming.
Neuro: Each individual establishes their own unique mental filtering system
for processing the millions of bits of data being absorbed through the
senses. Our first mental map of the world is constituted
of internal images, sounds, tactile awareness, internal sensations,
tastes and smells that form as result of the neurological filtering
process. The first mental map is called “First Access” in NLP.
Linguistic: We then assign personal meaning to the information being received from the world outside. We
form our second mental map by assigning language to the internal
images, sounds and feelings, tastes and smells, thus forming everyday
conscious awareness. The second mental map is called the “Linguistic Map” sometimes known as Linguistic Representation.
Programming: The behavioural response that occurs as a result of neurological filtering processes and the subsequent linguistic map.
NLP by itself is a strong tool but when combined with hypnosis, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and counselling its even more effective.
NLP was originally promoted by founders Richard Bandler and John Grinder in the 1970s. It is
said to be an extraordinarily effective and rapid form of psychological
therapy. It
was stated to be capable of dealing with the full range of problems
that may be dealt with by psychologists, such as phobias, depression,
habit disorder, psychosomatic illnesses and learning disorders. It
provides people with a methodology to model outstanding performances
achieved by leaders and successful people in their field.
The
NLP techniques we use helps to teach you new and better ways of
thinking and behaving so that you can create the positive outcome you
desire. It is a modal which consists of various techniques
aimed at giving you a wider range of thought, feelings and behavioural
choices as it looks at how we structure our own unique experiences in
life.