Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming

You could think of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as an owner's manual for the human brain. It's the study of how we think, feel and act, marked by an intense curiosity about how (rather than why) human beings get the results they do.

NLP is "Content Free"

Another difference between NLP and other schools of psychotherapy is that NLP concentrates on the structure of experience, rather than the content. How you think about something is at least as important as what you are thinking about. So, for example, if you remember a pleasant experience as a big, bright, moving picture, it will probably give you a much more powerful pleasant feeling than the same experience viewed as a small, dark, monochrome snapshot.

One of the things that often surprises people about NLP is the speed with which many problems can be resolved. Solving one's problems is all about learning - at the unconscious level, which is where it counts - and learning can happen very quickly.

Some principles of NLP:

People have their own model of the world, and what they do makes sense within that model

Ø       Mind and body are one system

Ø       People have all the inner resources they need to succeed (there are no un-resourceful people, only un-resourceful states)

Ø       There is no failure, only feedback

Ø       I am in charge of my mind, and therefore my results