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(NLP) was created by Dr Richard Bandler and John Grinder in the 1960's. Initially, they used their skill to model the behaviours of some of the most effective therapists of the time (such as Virginia Satir, Milton Erickson, Fritz Perls, etc). By identifying the essential elements of their work, Bandler & Grinder were able to reduce therapy time and improve effectiveness of the treatments. Their position is that any skill can be modelled, essentialised and taught to others.
Over the course of several decades Dr Bandler made a host of other important discoveries. One of the cornerstones to NLP was the discovery of how individuals represented (encode) their behaviours, responses and patterns mentally. All mental representation have to be in the form of images (or movies), voices, sounds, physical sensations, tastes and smells. When helping a client with a problem, by establishing how they represent or generate the undesired mental behaviours, Bandler & Grinder discovered they had the key to changing it, painlessly and permanently by deliberately recalling the triggers in a form which didn't elicit an overwhelming emotion.
Over the years Dr Bandler has made the techniques more elegant and complete. Hypnosis is often included with NLP when the client's conscious mind gets in the way of the necessary repatterning work of the subconscious mind.
Later NLP work has moved away from clinical work to corporate and coaching work which focuses on building more exciting futures for clients. This move was a natural development since the clinical therapy rarely took more than 1 or 2 sessions and NLP's ability to demolish self-restricting beliefs and conjure up compelling futures makes it very suitable for coaching and general self-improvement work.
Hypnosis combines well with some of our NLP work. Our hypnosis usually leaves people very refreshed. You'll remember the process and if you become uncomfortable for any reason you'll be able to leave the trance immediately and safely. If you prefer not to be treated by hypnosis please discuss this with us and we'll happily use alternative measures. We usually find that skeptics soon look forward to trance sessions after just one or two treatments.
By combining NLP, TFT, Hypnosis and some other techniques such as Thi-Chi, we believe that no emotional or cognitive problem is insoluble. Our approach is that there is no such thing as a resistant client or problem, just unresourceful therapists.
Our Approach
We offer a blended solution tailored to your specific requirements whether at an individual, team/department or organisation level delivered by a team of practitioners who are qualified to professionally benchmarked standards chosen for their individual and collective skills, knowledge and experience in their field.
The delivery mechanisms that are used will depend on your requirements and include working on a one to one basis through meetings, e-mail and telephone support, training courses and seminars for groups of leaders/mangers or discrete teams. The training courses include a one day course that shows what NLP can do and installs some basic NLP skills that leaders can use for themselves and with their teams plus specific courses on flexible communication skills, models that can be used to improve team performance, managing meetings and getting the outcome you need.
It is important to us that you get the best from your training budget so that the limited resources can be used most effectively and deliver the greatest change.
We will work to define your training requirements, the desired outcomes of the training, who should be trained, the best delivery methods, the after care programmes, the obstacles and stumbling blocks that might be encountered and how to manage these so that engagement starts before the training.
We'll also discuss what is a good learning environment for individuals and teams and also how NLP can be used to get good learning states whatever the method of delivery whether one to one work or a training day.
We'll also discuss the differences between coaching and mentoring and who would gain the most from this type of learning support.
You may want to undertake some assessments and profiling as part of the process and our associates can work with you on this.
Our Associates
Our associates are experienced professionals with excellent inter-personal, communication, training and negotiation skills who have a strong track record in working in central and local government including local authorities, MoD and DVLA, media, publishing, insurance, retail, not for profit organisations and charities working at Board level as well as with people from across an organisation. They are used to working in rapidly changing markets and the pressures that rapid change can bring.
They include qualified psychometricians who use a variety of assessment and profiling tools for leadership development, career transition work and supporting change management programmes through process design and implementation. In addition some are experienced mentors and coaches and have completed the London Leadership Centre's mentor training programme.
All our associates share common values and ethics which are important to both our ethos and to our clients. We are committed to helping people make the changes they need to make for themselves and their organisations.
