NLP Patterns

If you already have some NLP knowledge and experience you might have tumbled that a great deal of NLP is about changing states.  You can package it and repackage it, call it new names ( 4G super nlp, XXX-code, i-nlp ) you get the picture right!

Sometimes I like to read books for the hell of it. One such book was Charles Bronsons Autobiography.  A very interesting read to say the least.  Bronson is one of the UK most securely held prisoners.

One part of the book tells us how Bronson ‘calms’ himself down.  He does this by putting his head in very cold water and keeping it there for as long as he can.

Now if anyone has every tried this and I have, the state shift is really quite dramatic. I can also vouch for the mammalian diving reflex!  All precautions for you own safety should you try this as I have been told you can drown in a teaspoon of water!

Anyroad, so how could this be used?

one class of examples is pattern interruption.

If you are stopping smoking and you are doing pretty good but you get a craving and it builds and builds…

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Calibration is all about noticing and detecting things you see, hear, smell, taste and feel. It is about detecting patterning but more specifically it is about detecting the relationships between the things you see, smell, taste, feel and hear.

One of the first calibration exercises we do on our NLP introduction course is this.

This involves two ( or more ) people. One person (A) is going to associate into two very different states. The other people ( B ) are only going to listen to A’s counting, they will not be looking at them. So the purpose is to tune your ears up and in.

State one
Think of someone you really like and do really respect.
Count from 1-10, then break state.

State two
Think of someone your not so keen on don’t really respect.
Count from 1-10, then break state.

Now select either state one or state two, associate into it and,
Count from 1-10, then break state.

Person B, having listened to A’s counting in the last state can now note which state it was.

Finally invite, person A, to associate into the first state, so they are in a good way after the exercise.

One way to tune up a specific sense is to practice for just a short time every day and to do this repeatedly for a week. Here is a fantastic web site I have found where Nick Penny, for free and for you, shares the sounds he has recorded. An extremely delightful and original web site.

http://nickpenny.com/audio%20diary%202008.html

happy and productive listening.

nigel hetherington

Communicating Excellence
Excellence in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy

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Our Clinical Hypnotherapy Diploma training in Newcastle upon Tyne and our NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner training in Newcastle upon Tyne both explore the practical uses of ethically applied hypnotic language patterns.

If you are interested in learning and developing hypnotic language skills or if you are already a practising hypnotherapist and you would like to get even more conversant with the Milton Model patters than this completely free audio recording may well be of interest to you.

This is the first of a series of completely free hypnosis training aids that shows you through demonstration, hints, tips and exercises exactly how to become really skilful in the use of hypnotic language.

If you go to the free NLP resources section here you can listen or download this and other NLP and Hypnosis resources.

all the best
nigel hetherington

Communicating Excellence
Excellence in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy

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Our Newcastle Clinical Hypnotherapy Diploma training and our NLP Practitioner training in Newcastle both explore and utilise the Meta-Programs of personality.

based on the work of Karl Jung ( perhaps even earlier Socrates ) and eveloped further by Myers and Briggs among others; meta programs are POWERFUL predictors of behaviours and attitudes.

If you would like a comprehensive listing and explication of the most useful Meta-Programs then go to the free resources section.

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best wishes

nigel hetherington

Communicating Excellence
Excellence in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy

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Our NLP training course in Newcastle upon Tyne has a great deal of emphasis on practical application. Its not about learning 20 processes in one week and having no real skill as to how to use them. Communicating Excellence and Integrity NLP practitioner courses give you the time to develop and integrate your NLP skills into your life.

Getting More of what you want with NLP

There are just two very simple parts of getting what you want using NLP’s well formed outcome. A full exploration of your outcome and then acting on the information. The full exploration is called a ‘well formed outcome’.

well formed outcome

Step 1

State what you want, your outcome in the positive. Then in your imagination, See / Feel / Hear / Taste and Smell - exactly what it will be like when you have got your outcome. You require a sensory description!

• “I dont want to get angry” is not stated in the positive, so one way to turn this to the positive can be “I want to be calm”.

• When I am calm “it will be good” is not a sensory description. When I am calm I will be seeing other people next to me, they will be treating me differently, specifically they are talking to me, asking me about my ideas, opinions. I can smell one lady’s perfume and notice the smell of coffee. I am in a cafe. I feel relaxed and my shoulders are particularly comfortable.

Step 2

Check the possible consequences

• How will getting your outcome affect you, friends, family, others? You can think of this in terms of time, relationships, other commitments and any and all impacts your outcome will have on the relationships with these other people.

• What will you gain, what will you lose and what will stay the same? You can think of this in terms of money, time, relationships…

• How will you sort our potential difficulties? Think about it, what difficulties could arise? What problems are obvious what problems are hidden?

• Where do you want this outcome, where do you not want this outcome? In which physical locations; not at home but at the office.

Step 3

Resources and Control

• What level of control and influence can you bring to bear as resources to attaining your outcome. You have little to zero influence of winning the lottery. You can think of this as is this achievable and how can you make it more so.

• Do you have all the Skills, Understanding, Time and Information to realise your outcome? If you require additional information / skills / time / understandings - where can you get it from, what and where are your resources?

• How will you overcome and barriers and hurdles?

Step 4

Do you still want this outcome?

• So having explored, examined and gathered information and resources. Do you still want this?

• Is getting your outcome the steps to getting something else?

• When do you want this and what are your next steps?

If you choose to use this process for a specific outcome, run the process three times on the same outcome. Then ACT on the information you have generated. Many people know about this process but seemingly only a few actually use it - be one of those who do.

best wishes

nigel hetherington

Communicating Excellence
Excellence in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy

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