NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) - Techniques and Patterns

What are the most effective NLP techniques and patterns?

"It's not the technique, techniques or patterns that are important, it's what you learn from using them"........

Michael Beale PPIMK Lead Trainer

NLP is more about attitude and modelling than techniques, however practicing techniques - and noticing the response you get is a good way of developing your NLP skills. Ultimately if you practice techniques well you will find that you begin to use them holistically - taking the pieces you need to move your client to where he or she wants to go.

We highly recommend two books by NLP Co-creator Richard Bandler for the latest approaches to NLP techniques. Techniques with asterix* can be found in TRANCE-formation. We also highly recommend Get the Life you Want

Belief Change

This is Richards classic approach to Belief Change, in this case to become an excellent learner*.

Changing Feelings by Dissociation

Changing Feelings by Dissociation is a technique to reduce or eliminate unpleasant feelings by dissociation and submodality change*.

Embedded Commands

Embedded Commands are commands which have been softened by embedding them in a particular sentence. This means that they are less likely to be noticed and it is more likely that the client will follow the command.

Fast Phobia Cure

The Fast Phobia cure can be used for any real big fear, if the fear can be tested there an then - i.e. purely imagining the situation brings observable manifestations of the fear - so much the better.

Foolproof planning

Foolproof planning is a way to plan by thinking of how to be when you're totally on track, and then working backwards to the present - so you can do it forwards*.

Getting things Done

Getting things done is a technique to reduce or stop an emotion that's currently stopping you - so that you can easily get things done*.

Logical Levels

Logical Levels can be used as an approach to explore any outcome. This may in itself produce a congruent way forward for your client or it will give information of where to go next.

Meta Model

The Meta Model was the first major NLP language pattern series. In enables you to ask clean questions to explore your clients 'Map' and raise issues that were unconscious into consciousness. Needs to be used with respect.

Modelling

Modelling In some ways THE key sill in NLP. Would it be useful to be able to pick up others skills? Use 'strategy elicitation', 'logical levels' and 'true'' NLP modelling.

NLP Presuppositions

NLP Presuppositions are not a technique as such but are useful beliefs for NLP and coaching. The emphasis being on useful and pragmatic rather than true.

Outcomes

Well formed outcomes enable you to think about what you want in such a way that it will be easier and more fun to achieve - or it will help you realise that it's not something you really wanted, before you waste time in trying to achieve it. Richard now talks in terms of direction rather than outcomes.

Perceptual Positions

Perceptual positions is a slightly bizarre technique that can be used for curing headaches and similar discomfort.

Progressive Dissociation

Progressive dissociation is a slightly bizarre technique that can be used for curing headaches and similar discomfort.

Sleight of Mouth

Sleight of Mouth are reframing patterns that were identified by Robert Dilts from some of Richard Bandlers language patterns. However they are applicable to many famous communicators. For believe verbal change (and arguments!)

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.

Stalking

Stalking is a fascinating NLP technique to calibrate your client to notice when they are just getting into non-useful' state, like over tired or exhausted - when it's still early enough to do something about it.

Stake Elicitation and anchor

State elicitation and anchor enables your client to access a useful state and then re access it at a time of their choosing in the future. Remember anchoring is easy if you have a strong state. The real skill is in eliciting strong and powerful states

Submodality Change

This submodality technique will let you explore how you experience, and how you can change that experience*.

Swish

Swish can be used to change a simple behaviour or a future state, for example feeling good when going on stage to present. Its really a more formalised way of doing a submodality change and linking it to a point in the future.

Timeline

Timeline is a way of exploring challenges and opportunities from different perspectives of time. It can be easier to come up with a plan to meet a challenge or opportunity from a perspective in the future when it has already been solved. It can be easier to resolve an issue which happened in the past from the perspective of going back to that time.

Visual Squash (New)

Visual A highly recommended and brilliant adaptation of the the original 'Visual Squash' technique, the new Visual Squash technique is for goal setting.*

Walking State

Walking state is a technique that enables your client to prepare and rehearse for a meeting that will have a far greater positive impact on the result than the majority of rehearsal approaches. It will also introduce the concept of the huge choice of useful states available to all of us.

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