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Hi Meera:
You said: “By the way, what is NLP? I know what it stands for but not much else about how it works.”
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (or NLPsychology, because it deals a lot with the “soul” side of things) is a process where observations have been made over time as to the best way to get the best results in various areas of life, and then “programming” those processes into the mind so that they become “hard-wired” for better performance. (I am trying to keep this as non-technical as possible, so this may not sound too “scientific” ;) ).
We process a lot through words - that's where the linguistic part comes in. Even, and probably especially, as a small child just learning language, we keyed into the words and the tones that were used to express them, to form a basis of patterns in our lives. Sometimes we have had words given to us, and then because of emotions that we (or others) attached to those words, they become 'wired' into our neurological patterns. Many of these patternings were beneficial at the time they were installed (ie; don't touch the stove top - it's hot!) - other patterns may not have been as helpful. Because all of those patterns are there in the filing-system of our great hairy computers (well, for most ;) ), in each instance of life, the subconscious mind fires out the pattern that seems to be most appropriate for us to use.
In terms, then, of what may be creating anxiety or depression in a person's life, there may be patterns that are running that are no longer of value or that perhaps never were of valued, but somehow got stuck into the works. The idea then of using NLP is to create new patterns quickly enough by anchoring them to other useful patterns in the life, that the old patterns fade into the background, and eventually are locked away as no longer useful. It can be used in conjunction with traditional Hypnosis, or on its own - in my work I find using a combination of both seems to produce quicker results. Sometimes a bit of exploratory work with Hypnosis to get to the “initial sensitizing event” can then be followed up with one or more NLP techniques to quickly and permanently move the person out of the emotional pain, anchoring in “new” knowledge that will then allow the person to function fairly quickly in a much less stressful or depressed manner.
Bill Harris' Life Principles Integration Process courses (the link to these can be found in the “Participants” section on the Centerpointe web-site) have a strong NLP component to them.
Anyway, that's the short course. There are many good sources of information, as well as being able to find practitioners or teachers that can be found, just by plugging “NLP” into your favourite search engine.
Hoping this has been helpful…..
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