WHAT IS NLP? A MODEL OF COMMUNICATION AND PERSONALITY Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) began as a model of how we communicate to others and ourselves. Richard Bandler , John Grinder and others originally developed it. This model explains how we process the information that comes into us from the outside. The belief that ''The map is not the territory.'' And so the internal representations (internal pictures feelings , etc) that we make about an outside event are not necessarily the event itself. Typically, what happens is that there is an external event and we run that event through our internal processing? We make an Internal Representation (I/R) of that event. That (I/R) of the event combines with a physiology and creates a state. ''State'' refers to the internal emotional state of the individual, a happy state, a sad state, a motivated state, and so on. Our (I/R) includes our internal pictures, sounds and dialogue, and our feelings (for example, whether we feel motivated,challenged, pleased, excited and so on). A given state is the result of the combination of an internal representation and physiology. So what happens is that an event comes in through our sensory input channels which are: Visual - Including the sights we aee or the way someone looks at us; Auditory - Including sounds, the words we hear and the way that people say those words to us ( unless you specifically want variety in form)); Kinaesthetic - Or the external feelings which include the touch of someone or something, the pressure, and texture; Olfactory - Which is smell; and Gustatory - Which is taste. The external event comes in thorugh our sensory input channels and it is filtered and we process the event. As we process the event, we delete, distort , and generalise the information that comes in, according to any number of several elements that filter our perception. NLP is a branch of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

NLP Presuppositions

Basic NLP Presuppositions Presuppose you believe the following 8 ideas are true! All distinctions use our senses There is a distinct sense that this is plainly obvious. How else indeed, you do experience reality with your senses of sight, sound, touch / feel, smell and taste. It only makes sense. Experience is not reality. Reality is the physical environment which you are subjected to every moment of everyday. You interpret whatever of it has meaning for you to create your experience. Interpreting reality in a different way changes your experience of it. Changing experience has more value than changing reality If thought is the cause of what we experience now, then what we think now will be the cause of what we experience in the future. Having choices about how to think about reality now, changes your experience of it. The meaning of your communication = results you get. Your intended communication is not always what is perceived. You can change your communication until your desired results are obtained. What you intend to communicate, or what you actually communicate, which is more important? Results are feedback not "failure". Feedback sets direction. Feedback = food for thought. Failure produces results that allow you to improve. Results are the means by which you measure your progress and adjust your behavior to achieve your worthy ideal. Feed-forward. All behavior has positive intent One of two reasons; anticipation of pleasure or avoidance of pain. Not everyone has the same idea of what is pleasure and what is pain. Find alternate ways to achieve the positive intent of inappropriate behaviors. Individual value constant. Question behavior. The value of any behavior is dependent upon the context and environment that it is occurring in. The individual is always valuable, sometimes the individuals behavior is inappropriate for the context and should be changed. You already have it in you. Everything a person needs to effect a change is already in them, nudging it in the right direction will get the ball rolling.