What is Hypnosis? Hypnosis is a form of relaxed concentration where the Unconscious (Control Hub)...
Author - Lee Avery
Scripts: An Introduction
Within the hypnotherapy community the idea of the hypnosis script is often much maligned, with the...
An Introduction to the NLP Presuppositions
How to Use the Circle of Excellence NLP Pattern – Video
Swish Pattern
How to Run the NLP Swish Pattern The Swish Pattern is probably the most commonly taught of all of...
NLP Practitioner – Eye Accessing Cues – Introduction
In this first of a series of three videos, we introduce the NLP Eye Accessing Cues model and...
How to Apply the NLP Pattern Circle of Excellence
How to Apply the NLP Pattern Circle of Excellence One of the earliest patterns to come out of the...
Learning Styles and NLP Representational Systems
Perhaps one of the most obvious activities where an individuals preferred representational system...
Do You Want to Know What NLP is?
I get asked the question”What is NLP?” all the time, not only by people who are on NLP...
Future Pacing
Future Pacing is the one NLP Technique that every practitioner will need to master as it is used in...
Meta-Model Distinctions – Deletions
When we communicate with others we assume that what we are talking about is actually understood by...
Meta-Model Distinctions – Distortions
Changing the reality to fit in with your own beliefs is common when trying to communicate. We all...
Meta-Model Distinctions – Generalisations
The Generalisations are an easy short-hand in conversations, if we did not generalise then every...
The Meta Model
When John Grinder and Richard Bandler were first working on NLP one of the people that they worked...
NLP and Manipulation
There is a question about NLP that raises its head often: “Is NLP Manipulative?” and...
Introduction to Hypnosis
Unlike many of the new age therapies Hypnosis has a long and varied past, sometimes it has been an...
Hypnosis Myth #9 – Hypnosis is Dangerous
Under hypnosis you will do no more than you choose to do, you will only say what you truly want to...
NLP Preferred Representational System
Fireworks seem to be loved by the vast majority of people. They impact our senses through colour...
Hypnosis Myth #8 – It’s All Fake
There is a belief, especially amongst skeptics, that hypnosis is nothing more than gullible people...
Hypnosis Myth #7 – You Will Forget Everything
The misconception regarding the nature of hypnosis and it’s connection to sleep has given...
Hypnosis Myth #6 – You Need To Be Relaxed
Anyone who has listened to an Hypnosis audio book or been to a hypnotherapist will have probably...
NLP Technique – Pacing and Leading
Once you have rapport with someone what can you do with it? Although Rapport in itself is a...
Hypnosis Myth #5 – You Can Relive Past Lives
Past-Life regression can be big business for the hypnotherapist and there are a number of...
Representational Systems
We experience the world through our senses and we store this experience into our memories. Our...
Pattern Interrupt or State Break
Our minds are infinitely malleable, in fact we change our minds several times per second depending...
The Milton Model
NLP started out as the study of effective use of language to enable change in people, to this end...
Hypnosis Myth #4 – It Only Works If You Believe In It
The power and effectiveness of hypnosis is bound in scientific evidence and unlike New Age...
Hypnosis Myth #3 – It’s Just Like Sleep
The classic image of someone under hypnosis is that of lying in a chair or on a bed with their eyes...
Hypnosis Myth #2 – The Hypnotist Takes Control
Perhaps one of the most common myths surrounding hypnosis is the idea that the subject somehow...
Hypnosis Myth #1 – Anyone Can Be Hypnotised
This is a myth that is perpetrated by Hypnotists and Hypnotherapists to make their businesses...
Collapsing Anchors
The human mind, like water running down a hill, will always take the path of least resistance. In...
Calibration – Visual Rep System
Set-Up – Practitioner and Subject sit on chairs facing away from each other. The...
Calibration – Auditory Rep System
Set-Up – Practitioner and Subject sit on chairs facing away from each other. The chairs must...
Calibration – Kinesthetic Rep System
Set-Up – Subject & Practitioner hold each others wrists using both hands in...
Sensory Acuity – Coin Drop (Auditory)
Resources: Selection of different coins, Hard surface (e.g. stone or tiled floor)...
NLP Practitioner Introduction
The NLP Practitioner Course is considered to be a basic introduction the the core concepts that...
Creating Anchors
The ability to create and fire anchors is a required skill for the effective use of NLP and there...
You Already Have All The Resources You Need
We often feel that we cannot face a challenge or complete a goal in our life because we think that...
Calibration
To be an effective NLP Practitioner requires the ability to ‘read’ the thought processes and...
Well Formed Outcomes
One of the biggest issues facing anyone when they think about changing any part of their life is...
Uptime and Downtime
Being a competent and effective NLP Practitioner requires dedication beyond simply learning the...
Transderivational Search
Whenever someone is asked to recall something with an emotional component (i.e. experiential rather...
The Peak State
When practicing NLP you will often come across the phrase Peak State especially when discussing...
Synesthesia
Usually our senses run independently of each other, we see visual information, we hear auditory...
Sensory Acuity
We use our senses to get around in the world unfortunately for much of the time we aren’t...
Perceptual Positions
Many of the patterns within NLP use a technique known as Perceptual Positions to be effective, the...
Ecology Check
When working with clients to help them change their lives it is important to understand the impact...
Secondary Gain
When people decide to make a change in their life very often they can spell out their reasons for...
Ecology
The notion of systemic connection is not limited to NLP and is one that appears regularly within...
Association and Dissociation
The strength of, and our involvement in an emotion or remembered event can be significantly altered...