Why Neurolinguistic Programming?
All wisdom lies
within... or so they say. How come then that we end up being
stuck with the same ineffective behaviours and thoughts,
repeating the same mistakes over and over again, and
being held
back from reaching our full potential?
Neurolinguistic
Programming (NLP) provides people with the tools to unlock
this hidden wisdom and enable them to accomplish the
results they want.
How we interpret and think
about events affects how we feel, and
this, in turn, influences our actions
and behaviour.
NLP-based interventions actively challenge and change
our maladaptive thoughts, bringing about the desired
change in our feelings and behaviour.
NLP is the study of excellence in how we think, how we behave and how we communicate. NLP-based coaching and therapeutic approaches provide a series of techniques, skills and methodologies that enable us to challenge and change any limiting beliefs, behaviours and habits which prevent us from dealing effectively with problems and stop us from fulfilling our potential in all areas of life.
NLP provides the means to manage the mind effectively so that we can think, act and hold beliefs that allow us to perform to our best abilities.
NLP
Applications
NLP is recognised as an effective
approach to
understanding and modifying thoughts and behaviour.
NLP-based techniques are commonly used in a variety of
coaching contexts, helping
clients maximize their performance and fulfil
their potential in many areas of life,
including work, education, sports and
personal development. NLP-based tools
are also used by talking therapists in the management of a variety
of psychological
problems, including
anxiety and other issues which are often related to
stress.
Neuro refers to our nervous
system and how we think. By becoming aware of our
thinking patterns we can gain an understanding of how
they influence our results.
Linguistic refers to how we use language, both verbal and non-verbal, and how that affects us. By learning to use our language effectively we can change our thinking and master the ability to communicate.
Programming refers to the strategies we run throughout our lives in the form of habitual programmes. By gaining an understanding of these strategies, we can either change them, keep them or improve them to enhance our potential.
Many psychological approaches rest on the assumption that all behaviour has a structure which can be identified, learned and, if necessary, altered. From studying these patterns, the founders of NLP asserted that it is possible to establish models from which excellence could be achieved - literally creating 'recipes for success'.
The Origins of NLP
Behind the name ‘Neurolinguistic Programming’ which,
according to legend, came about as a student prank,
hides a very well founded and complex psychological
discipline.
Neurolinguistic Programming, or NLP in
short, started off as an academic project, an
investigation into the speech patterns of three well
known psychotherapists: the originator of conversational
hypnosis Milton Erickson, the renowned family therapist
Virginia Satir and the father of Gestalt therapy Fritz
Perls.
The investigators were two psychology students
and one psycholinguist at University of California Santa
Cruz in 1970s. They adopted a very original approach:
they attempted to discover and describe the linguistic
patterns or algorithms inherent in the therapeutic
approaches of the great therapists, so that they can
then be learnt and applied by others.
The possible
applications of this innovative discipline which they
labelled Neurolinguistic Programming were many:
coaching,
therapy, self-development,
business, etc, etc.
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