Neurolinguistic Programming
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Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is a technique that shows people how to change or reprogram their thoughts, feelings, and actions by simple mental exercises ...
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Neurolinguistic Programming Neurolinguistic Programming Author/s: Leonard C. Bruno Definition Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is a technique that shows people how to change or reprogram their thoughts, feelings, and actions by simple mental exercises. Purpose In the areas of medicine and health care, NLP can help people discover the unconscious negative thought patterns they have about their illnesses and help them to change their mental and emotional responses so that they reinforce the positive, healing process. Precautions In case of a serious illness, NLP should not be used by itself or to the exclusion of traditional medical remedies. Description Neurolinguistic programming has been called software for the brain. If we take the computer as a model, our thoughts and beliefs are regarded as software programs that, if changed, can alter behavior. This concept was developed in the mid-1970s by Richard Bandler, an information scientist, and John Grinder, a linguistics professor. After observing several highly successful individuals in the fields of linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and communications, they were able to isolate the essential qualities common to each that were responsible for their excellence and success. The essence they distilled from their observation and study became their NLP model. They named it Neurolinguistic Programming because neuro refers to the brain, linguistic relates to verbal and nonverbal expressions, and programming suggests habitual thought patterns. NLP was devised first to make people aware of their unconscious limiting thought and behavior patterns, and, second, to show them how they can change these automatic patterns and create new ways of thinking and feeling. These new patterns open up new choices and new behaviors that help people achieve their goals. While NLP can be applied to nearly any type of human activity, from business to social relations, some practitioners use it exclusively to enhance the healing process. Based on the theory that the mind and ones beliefs and emotions have a vast power over what goes on in the body, NLP seeks to assist people in changing their beliefs about their illnesses and consequently about their ability to heal. NLP proponents argue that helping people discover limiting beliefs about their conditions allows them to direct their thoughts or beliefs in a more positive manner. The redirected thought patterns allow the brain to engage the immune system. In other words, if sick people can discover their negative ideas are about their conditions, they can replace them with positive, healing thoughts that allow them to think, will, or imagine themselves back to health. NLP practitioners say that many sick people identify with their illness. Thus they would not say, I have this condition of diabetes, but, I am a diabetic. The disease becomes their identity. The NLP practitioner seeks to help the patient separate from these negative and false identifications. ...
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