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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Swish Pattern: Top Ten Tips

The Neuro Linguistic Prgramming (NLP) swish pattern is key to much of the change work that we do here at the International Center for Positive Change and Hypnosis here in New York. That is why we are happy to give 10 tips for using the pattern for coaching, personal growth and self improvement.
These are tips that we stress in out NLP practitioner training in New York, NY.

➢Tip 1: Make sure the change is ecological

If the change the client consciously wants to make is not ecological to them then they will not support the change and any work we do with them has a good chance of being ineffective. Check ecology before attempting to make a change using the swish pattern.

➢Tip 2: Find the Trigger

The trigger (or synesthesia) is the visual (or sometimes auditory) stimulus that makes the client want to engage in the unwanted behavior. Let’s take a specific example of a client who wants to quit smoking. The trigger might be a picture of the client reaching for a cigarette.

➢Tip 3: Make the Trigger picture associated

The purpose of the nlp swish pattern is to trigger the resource state when the client is about to engage in the unwanted behavior. Therefore we want the swish to trigger as the client sees the trigger, which they will do (through their external senses, ie their eyes and ears) in an associated state. Hence the first swish picture should be associated.

➢Tip 4: Find a resource

The resource in the swish will generally be the idea of how the client wants to be when they have left the problem far behind. Ask the client to make a picture of themselves as they will be when they no longer have the problem. This will be the resource.

➢Tip 5: Make the resource “bigger” than the unwanted behavior

If the resource state does not create a state that is more compelling for the client than the problem does (ie than the problem brings them pleasure) then the nlp swish pattern is unlikely to work. The way to determine the strength of the emotional response is to calibrate the client’s response to the present problem state and the resource state.

➢Tip 6: Make the resource picture dissociated

The reason for making the resource state dissociated is that as a dissociated picture it draws the client toward it. If the picture is associated, then the client may feel that they already have the benefits of the resource and the state may be less attractive.

➢Tip 7: Find the driving submodality

Find out which submodalities drive the strength of the client’s emotional response to the problem state and or the resource state. Let us suppose it is the closeness or distance of the picture ie that the picture loses emotional impact as it is moved further away and increases as it is moved closer.

➢Tip 8: Using the driving submodality to drive the swish

If distance is the driving submodality, then we should use that to drive the swish. In this case we would begin with the associated problem picture close, and the dissociated resource picture is far away and hence small. Then rush the resouce picture close while the problem picture moves far away.

➢Tip 9: Make the swish fast and furious

The faster we do the swish pattern, the better the pattern will work.

➢Tip 10: Generalize and Test

As always we generalize the change to all the contexts we can find where the client has experienced the problem, and test extensively.

We teach the above in our NLP Practitioner trainings in New York.