Earlier this month, a media producer friend of mine called me and told me he had some studio time available and asked would I like to make a DVD product. I have worked with Jake Peryer before and know off the quality of his work , so naturally I was interested. The question was what topic to put in the product? I thought something that would reach out beyond the NLP community, a topic that would be of value to everyday people would be good. The question that I asked myself is “what is one area of the average person’s life that if they apply NLP and hypnosis there would be a major difference in the quality of that person’s life?” The answer was simple; the subject would be ‘stress’ or more accurately ‘de- stress with Self Hypnosis’
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You may have heard the old saying, ‘it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ This saying fits with how we think in NLP. For example, how many ways can the statement “I really like you” be conveyed? If you think of all the different types of tonality and physiology that can accompany the statement, you will soon realise the non verbal elements carry much more of the weight than the words. Albert Mehrabian, a Professor of Psychology established the following percentiles based on his research into communication for liking or disliking another person.
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The choices facing the NLP consumer today are plentiful. The market is certainly confusing to the naive buyer. NLP Training comes in all shapes and sizes, the quality differing greatly. Imagine a Michelin star chef preparing a meal; the timing and mix of the ingredients is crucial to the quality of the dish. Compare this with the same dish prepared by an amateur who haphazardly throws the ingredients together and the end result is tasteless, without style or substance. The other choice is mass produced food, frozen and then reheated to fill the hunger space for people who like fast food. These metaphors represent NLP training quite accurately. There is Michelin star style NLP training with well prepared and excellently designed sessions that include both the classic and the new elements of NLP. These high quality NLP courses are delivered in such a way as to build a very special learning experience for the participants. Then there are the mass marketed ‘MacDonald’s’ style courses, offering a limited range to a lot of people with the emphasis on speed and sameness. There are also the poorly designed and poorly delivered courses that just leave a bad aftertaste. So the question is ‘how do you choose the right NLP Training for you?
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I have often thought of NLP as a magnifying glass capable of emphasizing excellence in any given field of practice. The choice is simply, ‘what shall we look at through the magnifying glass?’. The original ‘Models of Excellence’ from which the first NLP applications where coded (e.g. Meta/Milton model) were therapists. In this case, the art of change was under magnification. Accordingly, NLP applications are fantastically effective in therapeutic environments like coaching, counselling, psychotherapy, group therapy and self-improvement. Of Course, not all people who study NLP want to practice it in a therapeutic setting but, for those who do, the realization that NLP can help get great results quickly, is very exciting.
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Have you ever noticed when two people who are in rapport unconsciously assume the same posture, arm gestures and rhythm of speech? Human beings seek symmetry when there is rapport. They sit in similar positions, talk in a similar way and search for common ground. In NLP we call this mirroring. In face to face communication one person is usually the catalyst for the mirroring and when that person changes posture the other person follows. You will also see mirroring occurring in small group scenarios where four or five people unconsciously assume similar postures and voice qualities. Again, one person will often be the catalyst for the mirroring in the group and when that person makes a physical or auditory manoeuvre the others will follow suit.
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In part one of this series of articles, I wrote about the differences in ‘permissive style hypnotherapy pioneered by Milton Erickson and ‘authoritarian style’ made famous by Mesmer that most traditional clinical hypnotists tend to use in their work. The fundamental process that flows through permissive hypnotherapy is ‘utilisation’. In part one, I wrote about two utilisation methods to induce trance with clients. In this article, I will write about the different hypnotic phenomena that a permissive hypnotherapist would use once he/she has induced trance in the client.
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