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NLP Techniques - Embedded Commands,  Fast Phobia Cure,  Logical Levels,  Outcomes,  Six step reframing,  Stalking,  Stake Elicitation and anchor,  Swish,  Timeline,  Walking State

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.

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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 behavior to be changed (X)

2.   Establish communication with the part that generates the behavior

“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 behavior X be willing to communicate with me in consciousness?” 

Be attentive to any internal VAK

 “Now ask that part, we’ll 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 behavior.

“Thank the part for responding. Now ask if it would be willing to let you know what it’s been trying to do for you by generating behavior 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 behavior to satisfy the positive intension

“Now go inside and contact your creative part and ask it to generate alternative behaviors that are just as good or better than behavior 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 behaviors. 

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

 “Now ask part X if it’s willing to accept responsibility for generating new behaviors 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, used with their expressed and written permission