What Is NLP?

Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a powerful body of information about how the human mind works built up since the 1970`s and continuing to evolve through new research. You are likely to find many different descriptions of NLP.  At the heart of NLP is a wide range of methods and models it offers for the understanding how people think, behave and change. It offers a flexible approach which brings about positive, fast change in individuals and empowers them to adapt to an ever changing world.

NLP training provides the skills to define and achieve your outcomes or goals and a heightened awareness of your five senses, allowing you to remain flexible, on track and maintain a rapport with those around you."NLP is an attitude which is an insatiable curiosity about human beings with a methodology that leaves behind it a trail of techniques." Richard Bandler (co-creator of NLP)

"The strategies, tools and techniques of NLP represent an opportunity unlike any other for the exploration of human functioning, or more precisely, that rare and valuable subset of human functioning known as genius." John Grinder (co-creator of NLP)
 
What is CBT?
 
It is a way of talking about:
 
  • How you think about yourself, the world and other people
  • How what you do affects your thoughts and feelings.
     

    CBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)". These changes can help you to feel better. Unlike some of the other talking treatments, it focuses on the "here and now" problems and difficulties. Instead of focussing on the causes of your distress or symptoms in the past, it looks for ways to improve your state of mind now. It has been found to be helpful in:

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Panic
    • Agoraphobia and other phobias
    • Social phobia
    • Bulimia
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder
    • Post traumatic stress disorder
    • Schizophrenia

    How does it work?
     
    CBT can help you to make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts. This makes it easier to see how they are connected and how they affect you. These parts are:
    • A Situation - a problem, event or difficult situation
      From this can follow:        Thoughts, Emotions, Physical feelings, Actions 

    Each of these areas can affect the others. How you think about a problem can affect how you feel physically and emotionally. It can also alter what you do about it.

    How effective is CBT?

    • It is one of the most effective treatments for conditions where anxiety or depression is the main problem
    • It is the most effective psychological treatment for moderate and severe depression
    • It is as effective as antidepressants for many types of depression

    What is EFT?

    • It is claimed that EFT, or Emotional Freedon Techniques, relieve  many psychological and physical conditions, including depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, general stress, addictions and phobias. More extreme claims have been made for multiple sclerosis and one proponent claims that "you can also use it for everything from the common cold to cancer.'" The basic EFT technique involves holding a disturbing  memory or emotion in mind and simultaneously using the fingers to tap on a series of 12 specific points on the body that correspond to meridians used in Chinese medicine. The theory behind EFT is that negative emotions are caused by disturbances in the body's  energy field and that tapping on the meridians while thinking of a negative emotion alters the body's energy field, restoring it to "balance."

     
     
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