Top 10 NLP Techniques Part II

These articles discuss the top ten techniques of neuro linguistic programming (nlp) that we use in our nlp practice here in New York. This part of the article discusses the second 5 techniques, the first 5 are discussed in part 1 of the article.

The techniques should only be used by properly qualified persons. Anyone with a medical or other diagnozable condition should seek qualified medical assistance.

➢NLP Technique 6: Change Personal History

When we have a problem issue that repeats itself in our life, something that we do again and again and wish to change, then the Change Personal History technique of nlp is perfect for you. This technique uses dissociation to get distance from the old events and allows us to identify the resources that we would have needed to have behaved differently at those times. By getting into the state where we have access to these resources, we can relive those events in a more resourceful way. This gives our unconscious mind positive reference experiences that we can use to behave more resourcefully in future.

➢NLP Technique 7: Verbal Reframes

The meaning of any event exists only in our own head. Without the frame we put on an event there is no meaning. By using the verbal reframe patterns of neurolinguistic programming we can change the meaning that is attached to an event. A failure becomes a learning experience, an annoying friend becomes an opportunity to exercise compassion etc.

➢NLP Technique 8: Time Based Techniques

Time Based Techniques using a persons time line or perception of time, use a spatial model of time to make time travel possible. Our unconscious mind uses space when it thinks about time, with the past perhaps to our left or right or behind us, and our future in the opposite direction. Once we understand our own metaphor for time we can begin to move our problems into the past and make a bright future for ourselves.

➢NLP Technique 9: Symbolic NLP

NLP recognizes that we use symbolism to represent the world around us. By exploring and changing the symbols that we use to model the world, we can pick metaphors and symbols that give us more options for changing our real world behavior the way we want.

➢NLP Technique 10: Collapsing Anchors

Finally, and certainly not least, of our top ten nlp techniques is collapsing anchors. In fact collapsing anchors is the basis of most neurolinguistic programming techniques. The nlp technique of Collapsing anchors creates an anchor for the problem state that we want to change, and a second anchor for the positive state that we would rather have instead. By firing off both the anchors at the same time, particularly if the positive anchor and state is stronger than the negative, we come to a new resourceful state exactly at the moment that we need it.

These are some of our favorite techniques to teach on our nlp practitioner and nlp master practitioner training here at the International Center for Positive Change and Hypnosis in New York City, NY.

NLP Top Ten Neurolinguistic Programming Tools (Techniques 1 Through 5)

By Shawn Carson

The article and its sister article describe some of our favorite techniques in neuro linguistic programming (nlp). We teach these in New York. The second part of this article will discuss techniques 6 through 10, the first 5 are discussed here.



The techniques should only be used by properly qualified persons. People with medical conditions should seek qualified medical assistance.



➢Nlp technique 1: six step reframe



The NLP 6 step reframe is a technique for discovering the higher intention of an behavior. For example a client may overeat and may wish to use nlp for weight control. By using the 6 step reframe she may discover that her eating habits arise from her unconscious wish to feel comforted and cared for. By identifying other ways to satisfy this intention, she can redirect this positive intention into a behavior which is more ecological for her, for example to spend more time with friends and family.



➢Nlp technique 2: Swish



The NLP swish pattern is a technique for anchoring an image of how we want to be, onto a situation that normally causes us to act in an unresourceful fashion. Let’s continue the example relating to over eating. Suppose the client says that hse over eats mostly at home, browsing on foods in the fridge. Using the swish pattern we might ask her to form a picture of herself as she would be when she has moved beyond her weight control issue. Perhaps she sees an image of herself as powerful and in control. We would then ask her to see exactly what she sees as she reaches for the fridge door (i.e. an associated picture of her hand reaching for the handle to the fridge), and as she sees this “swish” the image of herself as she wants to be into her view, overlaying the old picture of her hand.



➢NLP technique 3: Self Anchor for Resourceful State



Anchoring is a basic technique of neurolinguistic programming, where a resourceful state is attached to a certain touch (such as squeezing thumb and middle finger together for example) or picture or sound/word. Teaching this technique to a weight-loss client, and teaching them to pick their own resourceful state and their own anchor, gives them control. As they practice the anchor they will begin tor realize now how easy it is to control your own state, and will begin to make more resourceful choices in their life.



➢NLP Technique 4: Visual Squash



The nlp visual squash is a technique to deal with competing parts, as in “part of me wants to do this, but part of me wants to do that”. In NLP terms this is a result of what is called “exclusive or’s” i.e. I can either be this or that (but not both). By using the visual squash technique we reconcile the intentions of each the parts (ie what they actually want for us) into a larger “part” that incorporates the intentions of both parts.



➢NLP Technique 5: Reimprinting



Using the neurolinguistic programming technique of reimprinting we take our client on a journey back to an earlier time, possibly childhood. By imagining a childhood scene we can choose resources that, had they been available to members of the family at the time, would have changed the experience. By changing the childhood experience, we can feel more resourceful and powerful now.



About the Author: Shawn Carson is director of the International Center for Positive Change and Hypnosis in NY, offering Neuro linguistic programming NLP training in New York, NLP practitioner and master practitioner training, hypnosis, personal change, lose weight, stop smoking, goals, overcome procrastination. Business coaching, personal coaching.



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