NLP Techniques - Six Step Reframing

Six step reframing is gentle and respectful technique which can be used for any behaviour change. It is gentle and respectful in that any answer or solution doesn't come from the practitioner or the client's conscious mind - it comes from the clients unconscious mind.

Done correctly it can begin a series of beneficial integrations within the client outside of the issue being discussed.

There are many elements within this technique than can be used in many interventions.

Six step reframing - What's important?

This is one of the most 'hypnotic' of all NLP techniques and as such the congruence, beliefs and state of the practitioner is key. You need to have the mindset that your client absolutely does have the answer!

Remember to genuinely thank the 'parts' involved' and remember to integrate fully ay the end - We want our client to leave 'fully integrated.'

Six Step Reframing - The technique

1. Identify the pattern of behaviour to be changed (X)

2. Establish communication with the part that generates the behaviour

Go inside and ask the following question of yourself and remain alert and detect any changes in body sensations, visual images or sounds which occur as a response to your question. The question is, Will the part of me that generates behaviour X be willing to communicate with me in consciousness?

Be attentive to any internal VAK

Now ask that part, well call it part X, to vary that signal for yes and to do the opposite for no.

Calibrate to external indicators to yes or no.

3. Separate the intention from behaviour.

Thank the part for responding. Now ask if it would be willing to let you know what its been trying to do for you by generating behaviour X. As you ask that question, once again be alert to detect yes or no response.

If yes-ask that part to reveal the positive intention. Then go to step #4.

If no - go to #3.

4. Create alternative behaviour to satisfy the positive intension

Now go inside and contact your creative part and ask it to generate alternative behaviours that are just as good or better than behaviour X to satisfy the intention of the part we've been communicating with. Have the part responsible for X signal you with a yes signal when it has at least three new behaviours.

5. Ask if part X would accept the new choices and the responsibility for generating them when needed.

Now ask part X if its willing to accept responsibility for generating new behaviours in appropriate contexts when its intention needs to be fulfilled, for the next 4 weeks.

6. Ecological check. Ask that part that has been responding to be unresponsive (still, silent, etc.) then:

Now go inside and ask if there are any parts that object to the negotiations that have just taken place and be alert to any internal response (VAK) that occurs.

7. Now Go And Do It! - Test! Then Future Pace! Ensure full integration.

Copyright 2004 John La Valle and Richard Bandler,

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