If you’re “doing” NLP full time, the automatic answer to this question is usually “I’m an NLP Practitioner”… well, that might be the wrong way to answer! (if you’re interested in getting clients). Here’s a quote from a new book titled “Persuasion... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Notice how we have gone beyond physical mirroring to include things of symbolic value. This is symbolic mirroring, and the symbolic behavior is often subconscious behavior. And we have seen that you can combine symbolic and physical mirroring. This combination of symbolic and... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht I remember participating in a very intense discussion about the manipulative nature of NLP techniques. Lately, people I speak with (in real life) have also raised similar concerns. Well, when I think about it deeply, I can’t avoid concluding that the assumption –... 

As promised, we have just finished the mixing for lessons #9 and #10 and they are online. Enjoy! Click here to listen to NLP For Beginners  Read More →

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht In behavioral mirroring, you match behaviors that have symbolic meaning. They are mostly subconscious. In fact, the more subconscious they are, the better they are to mirror. After all, no one can think you’re imitating them if you are imitating something they don’t know... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht An Excerpt From "The Big Book Of NLP Techniques"... “Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors”.- Jim Rohn This NLP pattern was originated by Robert Dilts. Change an attitude or belief into one that supports your excellence... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Yesterday we started a discussion on successful NLP interventions. Here are a few ideas to expand the topic. Content Vs. Content Free Another secret that would work well for you as an active practitioner is to avoid working with content as much as possible. As an NLP practitioner,... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht There are many reasons for why a change-work session succeeds. NLP has the reputation of a “one time therapy”, which usually means that a client will only have to see you (and pay) once for resolving a specific issue. From my experience in private practice, the one and most... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht NLP can help both the physical / sexual abuse victim and the perpetrator. NLP can also help “would be” victims and “could be” perpetrators. Now, when I say that you could help a perpetrator, I do not mean helping him/her to stay out of jail! What I do... 

Oh, yes, it is time to refresh the old blog/magazine. This time, I think I’m going to keep the new look. It feels right for NLP Weekly… So, let me know what you think.  Read More →

As I promised, here are lessons #1-#8 of our free online NLP for Beginners course. I’ll be posting more lessons once we have them ready. Enjoy!  Read More →

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht First, you need a wealthy collection of NLP patterns. The one I published recently is The Big Book of NLP Techniques, which lists over 200 NLP patterns. You cannot realistically memorize them all, and frankly, you don’t need to memorize them at all. When you choose a... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Since this is going to be a bit more complex, I ask you to first read it very slowly and carefully and second – read it more than once. We do share quite a lot of ideas and concepts in this lesson, that the understanding and comprehension of them will enable us to move to... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Making a change is as easy as 1,2,3… 10… The first and most important lesson I learned in the Hypnotherapy College is this: “Accept and use whatever happens and make it work for your outcome.” Here’s an example of what this means. Let’s say that... 

In contrast to the previous method, this one is a lot longer and should be performed mainly for therapeutic reasons, normally during the first session, after the initial conversation with a new client. A few points to remember with this method, and in general hypnotherapy practice: Everything the client... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Dear reader, Thank you for the emails regarding our free online NLP For Beginners course. I am well aware of Youtube removing our account. The issue started with a banned forum member that wanted to “revenge” and reported our original audio course as infringement.... 

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Everything Affects Everything Else’s… The snowball effect is one of the concepts that have revolutionized my life. Once I understood this concept, I took a whole new perspective, a much more powerful and in-control position. The Snowball Effect principles: 1. For... 

I went to a Jim Rohn one-day seminar back in 1996, when he visited Israel. I knew who he was but before that seminar I had no idea how much those 3 and half hours would influence the next decade for me. This anecdote, on being sick, broke and stupid, I have heard for the first time back then and it is... 

Here’s a wonderful presentation on the flow of information in our modern world. Sent to me by Douglas, thanks buddy!  Read More →

Here is a wonderful demonstration of anchoring. If you haven’t mastered this essential skill yet, this is a great walkthrough of the process.  Read More →