Hypnosis Technique: Eye Fixation
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... 
Watch Out! 2010 Is Almost Here…
For those of you who follow us since 2004, you know that this is already a yearly tradition. Right after Christmas (hope you enjoyed it, btw, hard work awaits!) we post here the annual “NLP In Reality” Questionnaire. And for those who do remember that one, and maybe even completed it once... 
Boredom and Uncertainty
By: Stephan Thieme Author of Persuasion Mastery: 500 Lessons in the Psychology of Sales Too much consistency can really drain away our energy and motivation. There is a Twilight Zone episode from the classic Rod Serling television series, in which a big criminal thinks he is in heaven. But everything... 
Exploring Causes & Effects
By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another”. - Helen Keller The “L” in NLP stands for Language, and we do use a lot of linguistic models and tools in our work. When a client comes in and seems to have... 
Something For Hanukkah
So to all of you celebrating tonight, here’s a song by Adam Sandler:  Read More →
What about Modeling?
By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Modeling is an essential part of NLP. It is one of the seeds that gave birth to everything that now makes NLP what it is. As I shared with you in the beginning of this book, the originators of NLP wanted to under-stand and teach excellence. Fields such as linguistics, psychology,... 
Dilts’ Logical Levels
By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Dilts developed his logical levels to guide the process of intervention. Rather than focus on physiology and behavior, or emotional states, Dilts tells us to focus directly on strategies, sub-modalities, beliefs and identi-ties. His levels help to put them in perspective. Lets... 
Fine Tune It: Asymmetry!
By: Stephan Thieme Another excerpt from the excellent book, “Persuasion Mastery“. Another problem with unconscious pacing happens when the pacing is not working. This is not a failure to use the skills, it is a failure of the skills being used. But what was failing? Were you too artificial?...