Neuro: The Brain, associations, emotions, connections.
Linguistic: The power of language, words, influence, semantics, symbols.
Programming: Designing new outcomes, creating new patterns.

NLP is a modern approach to ‘efficiency of personal results’. Its all about what goes on in your head before you have a certain feeling, thought or act a certain behaviour. Practically, it is a philosophy of attitudes (being curious, analytical, open minded, enthusiastic) and a collection of techniques. The techniques can vary between the simple (anchoring, working with mental movies) to the complex (modelling a persons individual ‘processes’ to try and imitate replicate results).

Whilst NLP can be interesting and useful, most of its use in practice is highly irritating because people ‘dip into it’ with introductory textbooks and pretend to know what they’re doing. One of the most excruciating experiences is meeting someone who has just been on an NLP training course.

Origins of NLP

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has steadily evolved into a huge field of applied psychology. It was built upon the idea of modelling excellence, allowing people to expand their flexibility and choices. Through exploring the unique cognitive patterns that people use to get great results in any chosen field, Richard Bandler and John Grinder discovered cognitive patterns that were based in language and sensory experience. This then led to a collection of psychological tools, interventions and skills which are efficient, concise and powerful in generating positive change-work.

Applications

Whatever your unique situation is, NLP can offer tools, inner resources and awarenesses that can allow you to create more flexibility and choice. Would you prefer to have the choice to remain calm insteading of panicking? Would you prefer to be motivated rather than procrastinating? Would you prefer to do something else instead of a useless habit? By creating new patterns and subconscious processes, you can create new outcomes. You can also learn more about how your own mind and brain works, giving you a greater sense of control and self-awareness.

Everyone is different. Some people think more in pictures, some with feelings and some with sound based thoughts. The combinations of these inner awarenesses, thoughts and experiences lead to very specific outcomes. By exploring and changing these unique patterns, you can create new outcomes – ones which are more useful, positive and beneficial to your goals.

NLP is often merged with hypnosis and hypnotherapy because both deal with subconscious processes, and are therefore highly efficient. When used together, the combination can be very efficient to getting the positive results that you are looking for.

As a hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner, I use hypnosis and NLP in Exeter to help a wide range of clients get the positive results they want. Other psychological techniques such as EMDR (eye-movement desensitisation reprogramming), Gestalt Therapy and TimeLine therapy are also blended into an intuitive and client-focussed session. You can enjoying deep relaxation, analyse the specific ways in which you think, learn more resources for everyday life or get that problem sorted out once and for all.