Bandler and Grinder developed the six step reframe technique from their study of Milton Erickson

(ideomotor signals) and Virginia Satir‘s work with parts.

These 6 steps can be used with any habit or behaviour you want to change, even psychosomatic

symptoms and medical ailments.

The six-step reframe is reframing a positive intention behind poor or less desirable behaviour.

 

Reframing is the process of making a shift in the nature of a problem. It is the process of changing a

negative statement into a positive one by changing the “frame” or reference used to interpret the experience.

 

 

SENSORY ACUITY

Sensory acuity is the ability to be acutely aware of the detail in front of you, for example: mouth turned up or

down, changes in skin tone, where the client is breathing from or changes in breathing.

 

People give out huge amounts of information from moment to moment. Changes in their emotional states

and in what they are thinking about cause changes in their physiology. Sometimes these changes are subtle,

sometimes they are very obvious.

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In NLP, sensory acuity enables the practitioner to stop ‘mind reading’ and start to have more accuracy in

calibrating (determining by criteria, not guessing) what the body language (including facial muscles and

tones of voices) is telling them. Obviously this is crucial in any person to person interaction and will

enhance any chance of knowing that person deeply or working on a substantial level with them.

 

Sensory acuity can also be referred to as sensory awareness and is a fundamental pillar of NLP.

 

SUB-MODALITIES

Submodalities refer to the various qualities our thoughts and feelings take on. In NLP, we learn that

people process information through their five senses, three of which get more attention: seeing, hearing

and feeling. Each of these is referred to as a modality, i.e the visual modality.

 

Submodalities are the fine distinctions we make within each representational system. They help us remember

what we have seen, heard, felt, smelt and tasted both externally and imagined. For instance, we are more

likely to remember a large bright picture than a small dull one.

 

Different kinds of submodalities include - visual, kinesthetic, auditory, olfactory and gustatory.

 

Submodality interventions are very powerful and they are an excellent way for you to be

able to help the people you work with to create more choice in their lives.

 

THE SWISH

An NLP Swish Pattern is the process of taking a behaviour or state and changing the submodalities to

enhance a new behaviour or state, sometimes accompanied by a noise like “swwwwishhhh” at the time

of changing them.

 

It is very useful for replacing an unfavourable emotion or behaviour with a more useful one.

 

TIMELINE THERAPY

Time Line Therapy (TLT) is a powerful therapeutic process that has evolved from hypnosis and NLP,

developed by Tad James, PhD in the 1980s. It was developed by applying a therapeutic process to

the concept that we store our memories in a linear manner in an internal memory storage system.

 

TLT provides one of the most powerful processes and techniques for personal change and growth by

facilitating the elimination of the painful emotions attached to memories or events in the past. TLT also

focuses on what we can learn from those events and use what we learn as a resource for the future.

 

Time Line Therapy is a process that helps us to :

let go of Negative Emotions from the past

let go of Limiting Decisions from the past

create our future the way we want it.

 

Time Line Therapy techniques and practical processes produce long-lasting transformation much quicker

than what is currently called "brief therapy", with a minimum of discomfort to the client. Some examples of

painful emotions include anger, rage, sadness, hurt, regret, fear, guilt, and remorse.

 

Additionally, feelings of being unworthy or of low self-esteem can be eliminated.

 

TLT also enables you to clear limiting beliefs that can leave you stuck in the past and stops you from

creating what you want in your life. Both unwanted negative emotions and limiting beliefs influence every

area of our lives.

 

VISUAL KINESTHETIC DISSOCIATION

VKD involves reviewing traumatic events via visual imagery from a different perspective. In most instances,

events may be visually replayed from an overhead view, or from the viewpoint of a bystander. The idea behind

the different perspectives is that the person can relive the trauma in a less-stressful environment, as they are

not directly involved.

 

It is also known as the Rewind technique.

 

Not only is the goal to reduce traumatic memories, but also to allow the patient to learn from the event,

and understand why it happened.

This technique is favored by those suffering major traumas or phobias, as the participant does not need

to be exposed to unnecessary emotion, and also does not need to verbalize details of the event to the counselor.

 

WALT DISNEY STRATEGY

The strategy was devised by Todd Epstein and Robert Dilts, two NLP trainers. They modelled the method

used by Walt Disney to turn his ideas into reality, especially in the form of his animated films.

They recognised that Disney used three types of thinking – day dreaming or fantasising, planning, and

being constructively critical.

The NLP Disney Strategy provides us with a systematic way of turning dreams into workable plans – or,

as is sometimes the case, evaluating the dream and recognising that it’s simply not workable.

 

There are many more such tools and techniques that are found and used in NLP.

 

Conclusion

 

NLP is now in its third decade as a field of study and has evolved considerably since its beginnings in the

mid 1970s. Over the years, NLP has literally spread around the world and has touched the lives of millions of people.

 

NLP has become very popular over the years. This popularity may have been driven by the fact that

practitioners can use it in many different fields and contexts.

 

It provides practical ways in which you can change the way that you think, view past events, and

approach your life. It shows you how to take control of your mind, and therefore your life.

 

You may not be able to control the world, but you can control how you react to it.