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Using a Yes Set

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in Hypnosis, NLP | Posted on 16-08-2010

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A “yes set” is an agreement frame that is used in many contexts, including Hypnotherapy, sales and even parenting. It is useful for leading the other person towards agreeing with you on something by getting their agreement on small, reasonable questions first. The principle is really straight forward: the likelihood of someone agreeing with your suggestion will rise significantly if they have immediately previously agreed with you on multiple other points.

Sales

A common example in Sales could be something like this:
“Are you looking for a car today? (yes) You’ve probably decided on whether you want a small car or a large car? (yes) And you probably want to see a car that is good value for money? (yes) Would you like to see this new BMW we just got in?”
Or if you were selling a service, such as Business Consulting:
“Is quality important to you? (yes) Is your time important to you? (yes) If you could be making more profit would you listen to someones suggestions? (yes) Great, then could we make an appointment to discuss what we could help you with?”

Hypnotherapy

In a Hypnotherapy setting is extensively used in trance inductions and the setup of suggestibility tests. For example a Hypnotherapist may say:
“To begin with I want you to stand up (yes), stand with your feet apart (yes), take a big deep breath (yes) and then close your eyes and go into a deep, deep trance (suggestions).”
The client is much more likely to accept the suggestion to close their eyes and go into a deep, deep trance if the Hypnotherapist has first installed compliance using a Yes Set.

Parenting

You’ve probably already started to get the idea, but here is an example for a parent who wanted their children to go swimming:
“The sun is shining, it’s warm, it is such a beautiful day, let’s go swimming.”
As you can see with this example it is not strictly necessary to have the other person say “Yes” in response to each part of the sentence, just for them to end up agreeing with the final suggestion.

In addition to saying the questions that form a Yes Set you are also likely to find that nodding your head while waiting for their answers will increase the effectiveness of this pattern, and the speed at which they answer.

What next?

Yes Set’s occur naturally in conversation and, now that you are aware of them, you’ll probably notice them in your conversations with others and maybe even on TV. As with all linguistic patterns the key is to begin to use them. The more than you use them the easier they will become and the more you will find yourself using them in suitable situations. Enjoy!

Requirements for NLP Practitioner Certification

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 11-08-2010

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Being Certified as a NLP Practitioner is based upon an agreed upon minimum level of knowledge and training duration. The American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ABNLP) specifies that for some to be certified as a NLP Practitioner they must demonstrate the ability to identify the following basic skills, techniques, patterns and concepts of NLP and to utilise them competently with self and others:

  • Presuppositions of NLP
  • Present state to desired state
  • Well Formed Outcomes
  • State Management
  • Rapport
  • Sensory acuity & calibration
  • Representational systems (primary and lead)
  • Association, dissociation, perceptual positions
  • Accessing & building resources
  • Meta Model
  • Milton Model
  • Meta Programs (Basic – based on Jungarian sychology) – elicitation and utilisation
  • Metaphors
  • Submodalities
  • VK Dissociation
  • Swish Pattern
  • Standard Belief Change
  • Changing drivers
  • Eliciting Strategies
  • TOTE
  • Reframing
  • Parts
  • Spotting and utilising incongruity
  • Basic timeline work
  • Logical levels
  • Process versus content
  • Perceptual Positions
  • Well Formed Outcome

Duration of the Practitioner training must be a minimum of 130 hours (over a minimum of 7 days, face-to-face training), in the basics of NLP patterns led by a Certified Trainer of NLP from a recognised training institute.

These standards were created based on much research of various NLP courses throughout the world. A minimum training standard is applicable due to the numerous courses available and the potential for low standards of NLP being taught. Training taken to this standard, with a Certified ABNLP Trainer, will allow you to gain membership with the ABNLP and various other Boards around the globe.

Source: www.abh-abnlp.com

Meta Model Part 1

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 23-06-2010

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The Meta Model is a very important tool for recovering information about a person’s map of the world. The Meta Model relates to the way that our minds filter information and subsequently how it generalises, distorts and deletes information that doesn’t fit with our beliefs, expectations, values and previous experiences. What Richard Bandler and John Grinder found when modelling Virginia Satir is that when people are generalising, distorting or deleting information they will often have a problem or problems. By asking a question that forces them to recover their generalisation, distortion or deletion often problems can just disappear!

It is important to note that none of the Meta Model responses use the question ‘why’. It is very rare in Neuro-Linguistic Programming to hear anybody use ‘why’ as that question will take people into the content and story behind the problem. While traditional therapy likes to dwell in this area, NLP normally steers well clear of it. A good rule of thumb when using the Meta Model is to ask questions that begin with ‘how’, ‘what’, ‘when’ and ‘who’. These questions will put the focus onto the structure of the problem, and by discovering the structure of the problem it is much easier to allow the problem to dissolve.

What follows is a list of language patterns, responses and predictions. Normally you will use the Meta Model by listening to another person. When you hear them using any of the patterns you can respond with the appropriate response. The prediction is what you can expect to be the result of asking that question.

Distortions

Mind Reading

Pattern: Mind Reading is when someone claims to know what is going on within someone else’s head, without having any way of knowing that information. Common examples of this would be statements such as “He hates me” or in a business environment if someone hadn’t let you tell them about your product and they said “It won’t be any good for me”.

Response: The response is to ask a question that recovers how they know that information. So the response to the two above examples could be: “How do you know he hates you?” and “How do you know it won’t be any good for you?

Prediction: The normal result of your question is that the person will pause, think about it for a moment, and tell you what makes them think that. It is not uncommon for them to have an answer that requires another Meta Model response, but you will be one step closer to unravelling their Distortions that allow them to have their problem.

Lost Performative

Pattern: A Lost Performative is where a value judgement is made, but the person who made the judgement is left out. Common examples of this would be statements such as “It is good to go to the gym” or “It is bad to drive slowly”.

Response: The response to a Lost Performative is to ask a question that gathers additional information about the source of the judgement. So the response to the two above examples could be: “Who says it is good to go to the gym?” and for the second one, “How do you know it is bad to drive slowly?”. There is lots of flexibility in the potential responses, it would be just as valid to ask “How do you know it is good to go to the gym?” and “Who says it is bad to drive slowly?”. A more generic question that works well with most Lost Performatives is “According to whom?”.

Prediction: The normal result of your question is that the person will pause, think about it for a moment, and tell you the source of the belief behind what they said. It is not uncommon for them to have an answer that requires another Meta Model response, but you will be one step closer to unravelling their Distortions that allow them to have their problem.

Cause and Effect

Pattern: Cause and Effect is where the reason behind something is wrongly equated to being something else. This is often used by people who want to put the reason for their actions onto someone or something else, instead of taking personal responsibility. Common examples this would be statements such as “She made me do it” or “He doesn’t know anything because he doesn’t work here”.

Response: The response to a Cause and Effect style statement is to ask a question that recovers the true reason, or choice, behind their thinking. So the response to the two examples could be: “How does what she did mean that you had to do it?” and for the second one, “How does not working here mean that he doesn’t know anything?”. Your response to a Cause and Effect style statement will normally begin with How.

Prediction: The normal result of your question is that the person will pause, think about it for a moment, and tell you the reason or choice behind what they said. It is not uncommon for them to have an answer that requires another Meta Model response, but you will be one step closer to unravelling their Distortions that allow them to have their problem.

Complex Equivalence

Pattern: Complex Equivalence is where two experiences are interpreted as being the same, when they probably aren’t. Common examples of this would be statements such as “He never hugs me, he doesn’t love me” or “He didn’t ask me any questions after the sales presentation, he is going to buy from a competitor”.

Response: The response to Complex Equivalence is to ask a question that provides a counter example and presupposes it is possible that the two experiences are not the same. So the response to the two examples could be: “Are there people or things that you love but you don’t hug?” and for the second one, “Have you ever bought from someone you didn’t ask questions of?”. The success of the response will rely, to a certain extent, on the questions having the other person reassessing whether their Complex Equivalence is true. If they have never bought from someone without asking questions then that question would be likely to reinforce their negative thinking around the chances of him not buying from a competitor.

Prediction: The normal result of your question is that the person will pause, think about it for a moment, and open up to the possibility that maybe that isn’t how it is. It is not uncommon for them to have an answer that requires another Meta Model response, but you will be one step closer to unravelling their Distortions that allow them to have their problem.

Presuppositions

Pattern: Presuppositions are present in all of our language to a certain extent. A presupposition is essentially a linguistic assumption, something you need to assume is true for a sentence to make sense. An example of a statement with presuppositions is “If my boss knew how hard I worked he would give me a pay rise.” This statement has many presuppositions: (1) The person has a boss (2) The boss is male (3) The person is currently paid something (4) It is possible for the person to be given a pay rise (5) The person works hard (6) The boss doesn’t know how hard the person works.

Response: Given that a simple sentence like that has so many presuppositions it is possible to challenge any of the presuppositions with a question to create a shift in their thinking. While challenging presuppositions that are likely to be true, like #1, #2 and #3, is possible – it is unlikely to result in any major shift in thinking. For the maximum result you are best questioning presuppositions that are less likely to be true, like #4, #5 and #6. The response to those could be: (4) “How do you know the boss wouldn’t have already given you a pay rise if he could?” (5) “How do you know that how hard you work is enough for your boss?” (6) “How do you know that he doesn’t know?”.

Prediction: The normal result of your question is that the person will pause, think about it for a moment, and open up to the possibility that maybe that isn’t how it is. It is not uncommon for them to have an answer that requires another Meta Model response, but you will be one step closer to unravelling their Distortions that allow them to have their problem.

What’s next?

Keep posted for Part 2 and Part 3 in the Meta Model series for Generalisations and Deleteions.

NLP Modeling

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 26-05-2010

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One of the key parts of Neuro-Linguistic Programming is the ability to model people with successful behaviour. This post is an introduction to modeling and shares the basics for creating a model.

Steps in Modeling

The basic steps in modelling are:

  1. Find someone or someone’s behaviour that is worth modelling, ideally a model of real excellence. It is really important that the person you are modelling is better than just ‘okay’ and is getting truly excellent results – it isn’t worth bothering with people only getting average results as you’ll get the results of the person you model!
  2. Find their:
    • Beliefs and Values. These are important to obtain their Model of the World. Use standard Value Elicitation techniques and then discover the beliefs around each value as appropriate. Find both enabling and disenabling beliefs and values – this area is often the most neglected in the modeling process.
    • Strategy (Mental Syntax). Their strategy is vital to re-create their results. The less you presuppose the more you will learn. It is important to leave your preconceived ideas at home so that you get each and every part of their strategy – if you miss anything then you’re unlikely to get the same results that the person you’re modelling gets!
    • Physiology. This relates to their body. Depending on what you are modeling the key is often to find out about their breathing and the next most important is their posture.
  3. Install this in yourself. Try on the model and see how it feels. Use the model and make sure you get the same results as the person you modeled – if you don’t then find out what was missing and install it again until you get their results.
  4. Design a universal training. Once you have a reliable model that generates results for you then you can install it in others who also want the results. By designing a training this will enable you to share it with others.
  5. Train others. This is where you get to put your universal training to the test and share your model with others.
  6. Train trainers. If your model is in high demand then it may even be worth training other people in how to share your model.

There are two main ways to do modeling, Imitation and Cognitive Approach. Imitation is where you do it yourself and then model yourself to see how you did it. While the Cognitive Approach is much more analytical and based on talking to someone who is already getting the desired results. The Cognitive Approach is useful in more complex results where it isn’t possible to just imitate the other person.

Outputs of Successful Modeling

Successful modeling creates four outputs:

  • A training on how to do it more effectively
  • Selection criteria (This beats training every time!)
  • Man-Machine Interface
  • Man-Man Interface

What next?

What could you successfully model? Is there a behaviour that someone you know has, that you would like to share. This would be a great opportunity to try your hand at modeling – give it a go and see what happens!

NLP Negotiation Model

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 24-05-2010

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Neuro-Linguistic Programming has a powerful negotiation model that can be used for creating agreement between two parties with very different opinions. The process of negotiating is quite straight forward:

  1. Gain rapport between both parties
  2. Discover the positions of each of the parties in the conflict.
    1. Make sure agreement is possible.
    2. Make sure that both parties can make a decision.
  3. Begin with one side (generally the least solid side) and Chunk Up the Hierarchy of Ideas until you get beyond the boundaries of what the position originally was. You will know this when the original position becomes meaningless. It is important to keep them associated while chunking up.
  4. Chunk Up the other side using the same technique.
  5. Separate intention from behaviour and use a conditional close such as:
    1. “So, if you get <highest intention of both parties> then however we do it is okay, isn’t it?”
  6. Chunk both parties down only as quickly as you can maintain agreement.
    NB: If maintenance of agreement is not possible then chunk objecting party higher.

Agreement Frame

While using NLP in a Negotiation Context it is also important to use the Agreement Frame. The Agreement Frame is really powerful for creating and maintaining agreement by modifying several key words. Essentially the Agreement Frame means:

  • Don’t use the words BUT or UNDERSTAND
  • Use phrases like:
    • ‘I agree with you and…’;
    • ‘I respect your situation and…’; and
    • ‘I appreciate your position and…’.

Reframing

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 19-05-2010

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Reframing is a powerful NLP technique for changing how you feeling about what is happening, without changing what is happening. It is a linguistic tool and useful in nearly all client situations as it helps people loosen up their model of the world and start to think in new ways.

This video shows Jamie Smart explaining the difference between the two types of reframes, context reframes and content reframes:

Enoy!

Want more information about reframing? If you want more information about reframing then you will really enjoy the book Reframing: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Transformation of Meaning by Bandler and Grinder.

Eye Accessing Cues Video

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP, Posts with Videos | Posted on 17-05-2010

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This video demonstrates a woman’s eye accessing cues based on how she is asked to think. Using Sensory Acuity a lot of information can be learnt about what is going on inside somebodies heads. While eye accessing cues are not 100% reliable, they are often quite telling – as you will see in this video.

Creating a Resource Anchor – The Ring of Power

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 12-05-2010

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Recently we covered the topic of Anchoring and there has been some excellent feedback on Facebook (Thanks everyone!) about it so far. This post is discussing Resource Anchors. A Resource Anchor is a specific type of anchor that, when fired, will put you into a really resourceful state. They are especially useful in situations where you feel unresourceful and want to think clearly so you can do your best.

A month ago, not long before I began my travels, I was traveling late at night back home from Pinjarra (A town about an hour south of where I lived) along the Freeway. Pinjarra is a rural area and the freeway was unlit by street lights, only my sole headlight lit the way. As it came closer to the city the speed limit dropped from 110 to 100 and, as you can probably guess, I didn’t. It didn’t take long for the flashing police lights to fill my mirrors and I pulled over to hear what they had to say. You may know that feeling when you hear the sirens and see those lights behind you… it isn’t a nice feeling – sort of a sinking feeling in my stomach that made me want to say “Oh no!!!”. Anyway, I’d come prepared and rather than letting the crappy anxious feeling consume me I fired a resource anchor – instantly my state changed and I started feeling confident, powerful and at peace. Rather than having a squeaky nervous voice with the Policeman I was able to speak calmly and confidently and properly represent myself in the situation.

This is the value of a Resource Anchor – it allows you to become resourceful in situations where it would be so much easier to be anxious, worried or nervous. And all it takes is the foresight to create one! Hopefully you have read my previous article on the Basics of Anchoring, but if you haven’t then you’ll probably want to read that before going any further with this article:
- Read The Basics of Anchoring

This particular technique for creating a Resource Anchor is called The Ring of Power.

The Ring of Power

This process is a quick and easy to way to create a Resource Anchor in yourself.

  1. Stand up with a small space in front of you.
  2. Imagine a brightly glowing circle on the floor in front of you.
  3. Remember a time when you felt totally motivated, a specific time. And as you begin to really feel totally motivated step forward into the brightly glowing circle.
  4. As soon as you notice the feelings begin to subside take a step backwards out of the glowing circle.
  5. Repeat Step #3 to #4 with as many positive states as you can remember – the more the better. I would suggest a minimum of five powerful states to create a really powerful Resource Anchor. Some states you may wish to try could be:
    - Totally Powerful
    - Totally Loved
    - Totally Energetic
    - Totally Confident
    - Totally Ready
  6. When you have added all of the positive states then break your state (Ask yourself if you can smell coffee – works every time!).
  7. Now you need to test it. Imagine the brightly glowing circle in front of you on the floor and step into it! You’ll feel those feelings again (If you didn’t then see the notes in The Basics of Anchoring post about what to do in that situation)
  8. Step back out of the circle. Imagine yourself picking it up off the floor, rolling it into a ring and placing it onto one of your fingers (Any finger is fine, but remember which one!). If you preferred you could imagine it as a bracelet or other piece of jewelery/clothing.

Now that you have created this Resource Anchor you can use it whenever you want to in the future. Simply imagine yourself taking off the ring in your mind, seeing the glowing circle on the floor and take a single step forward into it.

Enjoy the results!

Resource Anchors are particularly useful in stressful situations. Some of my favourite situations where I regularly suggest Resource Anchors include:

  • Job interviews
  • Court cases
  • Discussions with people you have a strained relationship with
  • When becoming more assertive
  • Public speaking
  • Performers before they go on stage

And many, many other situations! After all, when couldn’t it help to feel motivated, loved, powerful, confident, ready and energetic?

The Basics of Anchoring

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in NLP | Posted on 10-05-2010

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What is anchoring?

Anchoring is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming term for the process of associating a state within a person to an external stimulus. Or, in simpler terms, it is the ability to have someone feel a certain way just by letting them see something, hear something, feel something, smell something or taste something.

Have you ever been listening to the radio and a song has come on that just makes you feel like dancing? Or walked into a house to smell something cooking that has taken you back to how you felt in the past with family or friends? Or is there an animal that someone can just mention and it will send a shudder down your spine (Think snakes/rats/insects/spiders/etc.)? If there is, then you’ve experienced an anchor. An external stimulus has made you feel a certain way, without you consciously deciding to feel that way.

The truth is that our worlds are FULL of anchors. The people we like have lots of things anchored to them that make us feel good. And the people we dislike have lots of things anchored to them that make us feel not as good. And these anchors are so strong that often they will over-ride our other senses. Could you imagine seeing a politician on TV that you didn’t like? The chances are that the politician could be saying something you would really agree with but the negative feeling you have from just seeing/hearing him is enough for you to disagree with him. Anchors are powerful things!

So what? What is the use of anchors?

Anchors are useful because not only can we have our stated changed by existing anchors, we can also create new ones. Imagine if you had an anchor that by listening to a certain song it would put you into a really good mood. Imagine if you came home and felt crap. Like, really crap. But because you knew about this anchor to that certain song you ca just start listening to it and the bad feelings would disappear… wouldn’t that be great? Well the truth is, that it really is that simple. Anything that we can feel in our nervous system we can anchor to something we see, hear, feel, smell or taste. But there are a few tricks to successful anchoring that make it more likely to work.

How do I successfully create an anchor?

At any time that a person is in an associated, intense state where a specific stimulus is applied at the peak of the experience the two will be linked neurologically.

The success of an anchor depends on these five things:

  • The INTENSITY of the other persons internal experience (If they are experiencing a really strong internal state then the anchor is going to be more effective)
  • The TIMING of the anchor (You want to anchor as they go INTO the state and release just after the anchor peaks – see Timing below)
  • The UNIQUENESS of the anchor (The more unique it is, the easier it is to recall)
  • The REPLICATION of the stimulus (How well you manage to replicate the stimulus – if you anchor a touch on their knee you’ll find it more effective if you touch them in exactly the same place on their knee, as opposed to touching them a few cm to the left or the right)
  • The NUMBER of times you anchor it (The more times you anchor it, the more effective the anchor will be)

So when you want to create an anchor in yourself (Or in someone else) these are the key factors to be aware of.

Timing

As mentioned above, one of the keys to successful anchoring is timing. This image shows a graph with the rise and fall of an emotional state being represented by the black curve. You want to begin anchoring as soon as you see them going into the state and stop just after they peak in that state. Why? Because we are talking about micro changes in the other person you will need really good Sensory Acuity to spot the changes. Even with amazingly good sensory acuity there will always be a slight delay between them entering the state and you noticing them entering the state. Likewise, when the state stops improving/growing you will only know because your Sensory Acuity spots the changes in their physiology. And by the time you notice that it is dropping and release the anchor it will have already peaked and be on the decrease. This diagram below hopefully makes it clearer how to time the application of an anchor:

As with most change work, your ability to get into rapport with the other person, and to experience the state yourself, will greatly add to the success of your anchoring.

Pulling it all together…

So, to pull it all together. Say you wanted to anchor a state of confidence in someone else you would follow this basic process:

  1. Find someone who is comfortable working with you as a volunteer or a client
  2. Gain rapport with the other person
  3. Ask if it is okay for you to touch them on the knuckle during this exercise (You can anchor people anywhere but the knuckles are unobtrusive and generally unique enough to work well. Keep in mind the factors mentioned above when choosing your stimulus to maximise the chance of success!)
  4. Have the other person remember a really intense past experience where they were confident (The easiest way to do this is with a script like, “Can you remember a time when you were totally confident? *wait for yes* Can you remember a specific time? *wait for yes* As you go back to that time now… See what you saw, hear what you heard and really feel the feelings of being totally confident…”)
  5. As they remember the past experience use your Sensory Acuity to notice as they begin to enter the desired state of being Confident. As they enter the state, start applying a stimulus (So start to firmly press to one of their knuckles, say on their index finger. This pressure doesn’t need to be very hard, just hard enough so they can feel it)
  6. Use your Sensory Acuity to detect them starting to leave the state, as it peaks, and remove the stimulus (So remove your touch from their knuckle. If you are unsure about the timing then review the Timing section above)
  7. Break their state so that they go into a different, unrelated state to what you just anchored (This is so that you can test getting it back. I find a question like “Do you taste cheese?” quite effective. Just as effective is a question that turns their focus to something else such as “What colour are the walls of this room?”)
  8. Re-apply the anchor and use your Sensory Acuity to test whether they return to the state (If they return to the state then CONGRATULATIONS you have successfully installed an anchor! If you didn’t notice a change then check they are intensely associating with the state and make sure your stimulus is unique enough. If it is intense and unique enough then repeat the process several times and the repetition will assist in building a stronger anchor)

What’s next?

Find yourself a willing volunteer and ask if they will allow you to practice anchoring with them. Try some positive states like anchoring a feeling of Confidence, a feeling of Excitement or even a feeling of Bliss. If you can find the words for it then you can feel it. This article is just about the basics of anchoring. In the future stay tuned for articles about what you can do with anchors, such as stack them, collapse them as well as more advanced anchoring techniques, such as chaining anchors.

What is Time Line TherapyTM?

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in Hypnosis, NLP, Time Line Therapy | Posted on 26-04-2010

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Time Line TherapyTM is a technique that utilises both Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Eriksonian Hypnosis that was first developed in 1985 by Tad James. It is based on the premise that there is the past, now and the future, but in reality there is only the now. We hold an idea of the past and the future in our minds. That idea includes our memories, our decisions and our good/bad experiences. Because we hold this idea in our mind we can change that idea to have a profound and lasting impact on how we feel right now about things in the past or the future.

Time Line TherapyTM is a technique for making fast and
lasting changes to things that have happened in our past and our future.

Eliciting Your Time Line

Before any work can be done using Time Line TherapyTM your time line must be elicited. This process is usually quick and simple. Many people have never thought about it but we have a way or organising things that have happened in the past, and a way of organising things that we believe will happen in the future. Most people, when they think about it, can even point in the direction of their past, and the direction of their future. And they can notice that those two directions sort of form a line between their past and future. This process is best done formally by a Time Line Practitioner.

Releasing Negative Emotions

Time Line TherapyTM is a really good way to release negative emotions from the unconscious mind. Because the unconscious mind can only Generalise, Delete or Distort what happens to us we store emotions in the mind in a structure called a Gestalt. The Gestalt is a generalisation of each emotion and it has a First Event, the first time we felt that emotion, and then subsequent Significant Emotional Events that have been generalised to be like the first event. When using Time Line TherapyTM it normally only takes a release of the First Event for the entire Gestalt to begin to release, taking with it the negative emotions. The main negative emotions that Time Line TherapyTM is used with are:

  • Anger
  • Sadness
  • Fear
  • Guilt

Although these are the main four, it is possible to use Time Line TherapyTM with any emotion that the clients mind has a linguistic label for.

Releasing Anxiety

While most negative emotions appear in the past, Anxiety is an emotion that appears in the future. Time Line TherapyTM is a very useful way for resolving Anxiety with a client. In my personal experience Anxiety can be resolved using Time Line TherapyTM in as little as 2 to 5 minutes on most events. It is important for the Time Line TherapyTM Practitioner to clearly differentiate between Anxiety and Fear as Fear must be treated in the past although the presenting symptoms may be similar.

Releasing Limiting Decisions

Limiting Decisions are also sometimes called Limiting Beliefs. They are things that we have decided in the past, or currently believe about ourselves, that mean that we don’t reach our full potential. For example, if you believed you were stupid you would be less likely to expect good results from your studies. While, if the belief/decision that you were stupid was released then you would approach your studies differently. Time Line TherapyTM is much more effective than the traditional NLP Method of Submodality changes for making long lasting changes to limiting beliefs. While the submodality changes will change how you feel about the belief, Time Line TherapyTM will release the Gestalt with that belief in it.

What else?

This article only touches on the basics of what Time Line TherapyTM can do. The truth is that Time Line TherapyTM can also be used to place goals in your future, remove phobias, facilitate forgiveness of people in your life and much much more. People are increasingly recognising the role that emotions play in illness and disease – imagine the role that Time Line TherapyTM can play in health by releasing negative emotions.

Interested in Time Line TherapyTM?

If you are interested in Time Line TherapyTM then please get in touch. I am a Certified Time Line TherapyTM Practitioner and was taught by the creator, Tad James. I regularly conduct Time Line TherapyTM sessions both face-to-face and over the phone. If you have read this article and you are interested in finding out more or interested in experiencing the benefits for yourself then please get in touch. My Contact Details are available here.

Disclaimer…

WARNING: Time Line TherapyTM is extremely powerful and has the possibility of changing a person’s personality totally and completely in a very short period of time. It is therefore important, for your safety, that any therapeutic use of these techniques be done by someone trained in Time Line TherapyTM.

Further Reading

- Time Line TherapyTM and The Basis of Personality by Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall