The Little eBook of NLP Techniques - Matt Caulfield

The Little eBook of

NLP Techniques the classic 25 techniques, patterns

and strategies of NLP.

Matt Caulfi eld

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© 2010 Matt Caulfield

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Contents

Introduction..................................................................................................

1. The Four Pillars of NLP...........................................................................

2. Well Defined Outcomes and The NLP ChangeWork Model....................

3. The Formal 6-Step Reframe....................................................................

4. The Fast Phobia Cure..............................................................................

5. Visual Squash/Parts Intergration.............................................................

6. Change Personal History.........................................................................

7. The Swish Pattern...................................................................................

8. The Meta-Mirror.......................................................................................

9. Circle of Excellence.................................................................................

10. Transderravational Search....................................................................

11. Anchors..................................................................................................

11a. Installing Anchors................................................................................

11b. Some Hints for Elegant Anchors..........................................................

11c. Collapsing Anchors..............................................................................

12. The TOTE Pattern.................................................................................

13. New Behaviour Generator.....................................................................

14. The “As-If” Frame..................................................................................

15. The SCORE Pattern..............................................................................

16. The Spelling Strategy............................................................................

17. The “Godiva Chocolate” Pattern............................................................

18. The Disney Strategy..............................................................................

19. (Neuro)Logical Levels............................................................................

20. Perceptual Positions..............................................................................

21. Chaining States.....................................................................................

22. Nested Loops.........................................................................................

23. Compulsion Blow Out............................................................................

24. Decision Destroyer................................................................................

25. Handshake Interrupt Induction...............................................................

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Introduction

Techniques are not NLP. Techniques are the application of the methodology

of NLP; they are what is left behind.

It is often said that NLP is “an attitude that leads to a methodology, that leaves

behind a trail of techniques”.

Because each person that uses or utilities NLP develop their own processes

and ways of doing things, this list of “NLP techniques” is ever expanding.

Many NLP trainings teaching the core methodology of NLP, PLUS their

interpretation of NLP and any techniques that they have developed personally

(or learnt) along the way.

NLP is NOT a bunch of techniques, and thinking of NLP as just that trivialises

the methodology. If you get stuck in the idea that NLP is a bunch of patterns,

strategies and techniques you will limit your ability to facilitate change.

NLP “techniques” really are the most trivial of applications of NLP. It is far more powerful than that.

However, saying that, techniques are developed as they are a useful shortcut,

a process that will work in most (but not all) circumstances, so an ability to

utilise the classic techniques of NLP will not only help you short cut certain

circumstances, but also, by “pulling apart” the techniques and understanding

how they work and why they were developed, will help broaden and deepen

your understanding of NLP.

Some techniques have become so interlinked with the idea of NLP that they cannot be ignored.


So, presented here, in no particular order are the classic techniques, patterns

and strategies of NLP (you will notice as you practice them that the structure

and methodology of each of these techniques are very similar!).

Certain techniques here have been superseded over time with newer and

more accelerated patterns. I have included them here as a bit of “history

lesson”.

PLEASE NOTE: This ebook assumes a certain level of ability and knowledge of

NLP.


1. The Four Pillars of NLP

Developed by Robert Dilts, the “four pillars” are four key concepts that

“support” your development of NLP.

Rapport - Rapport is essential in communicating effectively- it is the

difference that makes the difference. When you are able to build rapport

efficiently, you will be able to communicate with others on a conscious and

unconscious level. Without rapport, there is only so far that you can go. When

you develop rapport easily and effectively, not even the sky is a limit. NLP will

teach you how to build rapport with individuals and groups. And first, it will

teach you to be in rapport with yourself.

Outcome orientation - It is important to remember that whatever you do or

say, it all comes from you. It is therefore essential to focus on exactly what

you want. NLP has a model of setting goals for yourself, which is so effective

that it will ensure that you get exactly what you want.

Sensory Acuity - It is essential to know what you want. But, how will you

know when you have it? Sensory acuity is a skill and behaviour that will

develop through your study of NLP. You will learn to use your senses to

calibrate to changes in other people, and as evidence for knowing that you

have achieved your outcomes. NLP is often thought about as dealing with

your internal states- and just think how powerful you will be when, in addition,

you have developed your senses to give you high quality information from the

external world.

Behavioural Flexibility - If what you do doesn’t achieve the outcome you

desire, do something else. Anything else. Flexibility is the most important

resource that you have. NLP will teach you the skill of creating your own

flexibility so that you really can achieve whatever it is that you want.


2. Well Defined Outcomes and the NLP ChangeWork Model

This could technically be considered one of the concepts of NLP. In NLP we

start by defining the desired state:

1. Stated in the positive

2. Initiated and maintained by the individual

3. Have a feedback mechanism

4. Ecological – maintains the quality of all representational systems

5. Testable in Experience – sensory based

Once you have defined the state or outcome you are after, you explore the

present or problem state, but only insomuch as you need to do to find out

either:

What absolutely has to be there for this problem to occur?

Or

What is missing that needs to be there to generate a different result?

Once you have the answer to one or both of these questions you can design

and implement the changework intervention, process or technique.


3. The Formal 6-Step Reframe

The classic pattern of NLP. It has now been superseded by more accelerated

patterns like the “visual squash”. It is used to elicit unconscious resources in

order to change a habit by producing alternative behaviours. This system of

reframing can be used for physical symptoms, unwanted behaviours and

“secondary gains”.

1. Identify unwanted behaviour.

2. Establish the positive intention of that unwanted behaviour: "Go inside

and say 'hello' to the part of you responsible for this unwanted

behaviour, and be aware of the response you get." The response could

be in any rep system. "Ask the part, “What is your positive intention for

me?”. Ensure that the response is stated in the positive. Never try to

change someone's positive intention.

3. Go to the creative part of you: "Now, go inside and make contact with

the creative part of you - have it generate at least three alternative

behaviours that will better satisfy this positive intention, now. The

creative part may or may not let you know what these alternative

behaviours are, but I just want to ask it to signal when it is done."

4. Secure agreement for the new behaviours: "Ask the positive intention

part whether it is willing to try out these new behaviours."

5. Future pace.

6. Check for ecology.


4. The Fast Phobia Cure

Also known as the visual-kinaesthetic dissociation pattern. This is the

technique that made NLP “famous”. This works so fast because it stacks lots

of different NLP methods and concepts into one technique: hypnosis and

metaphor, anchors, submodality shifts...

1. "Imagine you are at the cinema looking up at the screen." Create

screen - see yourself on the screen, in black & white, still picture doing

an everyday activity.

2. "Float up, now, so that you can see yourself sitting down there. That's

right, float up until you find yourself in the projector room. Look around

you and notice how many reels of film there are, some of them open,

some of them a little dusty. Find the one that relates to that feeling that

the you down there has felt. Load it into the projector. In a moment, I'm

going to ask you to play the film through in black and white, just before

the episode, to well after, when it was safe again. Start the movie as a

still picture, and remember it's in black and white. When you are ready,

press the button marked 'play.'"

3. "What have you learnt from that experience?"

4. "In a moment, but not yet, I'm going to ask you to jump into the film

which is now in colour and rewind it backwards at high speed taking 3-

5 seconds. Do it, now."

5. Do it again, only faster.

6. Test & future pace.


5. Visual Squash / Parts Integration

This technique is a more advanced and quicker version of the classic “6-step

reframe” and has largely replaced it. Use this when there are two or more

parts in conflict with each other.

1. Identify the parts and separate them spatially and kinaesthetically have

the client hold up their left hand and ask, what do you think of when

you think about x?" At the moment you say x, anchor the client with a

touch in the palm of the left hand. "Take a moment to be with x."

2. Put the left hand down. Repeat with y, but use the right hand instead.

Put the right hand down.

3. Elicit the positive intention of each part. Have the client raise both

hands at the same time. Chunk up to discover the positive intention of

the positive intention. Fire each anchor as you ask for the positive

intention of each.

4. Sometimes, this is news to the client and if this is the case they are

often more allied with one part than the other. In this circumstance, it is

important to validate the other part.

5. Chunk up to one positive intention. Develop the following themes:

• Each part needs the other.

• Each part can only get what it wants with the aid of the other

part. Neither part has to give up anything - they can both get

what they want This is not a compromise - each part gets 100%

and that makes 200%.

6. Integration. Use artfully vague language, in an appropriate tonality, to

suggest that they allow their hands to come together as the two parts

learn to integrate.


7. Once the hands have come together then have your client bring the

new learning inside, in a way that works for them.

8. Future pace. "Just imagine what it will be like, now that these two parts

have learned to be together."


6. Change Personal History

This technique helps break old limiting beliefs or behaviours that keep

“popping up”. It works best with a problem where you know the trigger event.

1. Access an unresourceful state - anchor it.

2. Track back - "Take this feeling and ride it back into the past. Let this

feeling take you back to where it really belongs." "When you've done

that, please open your eyes."

3. Release the anchor.

4. Break state. Repeat step 2, if necessary, checking for earlier,

significant events.

5. Find resources - "What resource did you need then?" Associate them

into a time when they had each resource: "Think of a time when you

had a…”

6. "Now step into this experience and relive it. See what you see, hear

what you hear and feel what you feel." Anchor these resources (with a

different anchor).

7. Collapse anchors - "As you remember this negative state (fire anchor

1) ... now take these resources (fire anchor 2) to where they are really

needed." Give anchor 2 slightly more pressure. Keep the anchors on

until they open their eyes. Take anchor 1 off before you release anchor

2.

8. Test – first anchor 1 (if any negativity, then repeat process).

9. Future pace.


7. The Swish Pattern

Break an automatic thought or behaviour pattern, and replace it with a

resourceful one. Use the Swish pattern for problems such as changing habits

(smoking cessation, overeating, etc), anger management, fears and anxiety

(but NOT phobias), self-confidence and self-esteem.

1. "When you think of (x problem) what do you see?"

2. "How would you prefer to look?"

3. "Get the first image back. In the bottom right hand comer of this image,

have a small version that you can't quite see, yet, of the second

image."

4. "In a moment, I'm going to ask you to have the first image shrink away

into the distance, at the same time as the second image immediately

gets bigger, and takes its place.

5. "Replace the image, now."

6. Repeat steps 3 - 5 until change occurs.

When you are familiar with this tool, you can experiment with submodalities,

so that you learn which submodalities are most important. When you know

this information, you can use these in the swish.


8. The Meta-Mirror

The Meta Mirror is particularly useful for helping people to overcome problems

that they have with a person in their life, either now or in the past. It is based

on the excellent work of Virginia Satir and her "parts party." It is a very useful

tool for identifying, separating and subsequently utilising conflicting parts of

your clients.

You will need a certain amount of space to be able to accomplish the Meta

Mirror and is explained here as a 2 person exercise (but, of course, can be

done on your own).

1. Have your partner stand in position 1 and instruct them as follows:

"Think of a time when you had a difficult experience with the person

whom you are thinking of, now. As you think of that time, you may

begin to remember what you see, what you hear and what you felt

whilst you are having this experience. As you think of this time, you can

allow yourself to see them standing before you (position 2). Tell them

exactly what you need to say to them, and you can let me know when

you are done.

2. When they are done, ask them to step out of position 1 and break.

3. Ask them to step into position 2 as they face position 1 and as they

imagine seeing themselves in position 1 ask them to respond to what

they said in position 1: “As you look at yourself over there, think of this

other person and step into them in position 2. Reply to the you standing

there.”

4. Step out of position 2 and break state.

5. Repeat steps 1 - 4 as necessary to fully access both states.


6. Move to position 3, which can be enhanced by standing on a chair

(different perspective + access feelings/ internal dialogue). Ask, “As

you look at the you down there, relating to the other person in position

2, tell me, what resources do you need?”

7. Feedback the words that the client says are the resources.

8. Perform a visual and auditory switch between position 1 and position 2.

9. Be aware of any changes in physiology.

10. Move to position 4 and ask, "Now that you have the resources that you

need, to deal with this situation, and any future situations which may

arise, how has it changed?" Feedback the changes.


9. Circle of Excellence

The Circle of Excellence is a classic NLP technique that helps you summon

the confidence to perform a skill or activity. It can be used for anything from

public speaking to sports performance.

1. Elicit circle - "Imagine a circle on the floor in front of you. This is your

circle of excellence." Wait for signal that they have done this.

2. Ask them/yourself for three resources that you/they want to have.

3. Step into the circle and elicit resource 1. Anchor resource visually,

auditorily and ask them to anchor themselves kinaesthetically (e. g.

thumb and forefinger).

4. Step out of the circle.

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for the other two resources. Use the same anchors

for all three resources.

6. Break state.

7. "Think of a time in the future when these resources are going to be

very useful to you. Fire the anchor, NOW!" At the same time, fire the

anchors that you have set up.


10. Transderrivational (TD) search

A TD search is the name that we give to a search back into a client's history in

order to find the original anchor for a particular response or feeling. This is

particularly useful when old experiences are driving behaviour in the present.

Sometimes, people overreact to certain stimuli, and the reason is that their

behaviour relates to an old experience or memory.

1. Elicit problem state.

2. "Take this feeling back, right back in time, to where it really belongs".

3. Observe for state change - and anchor.


11. Anchors

An Anchor is described as a “physiological trigger to an emotional response”.

This physiological trigger can be attached to any representational system; it

can be a kinaesthetic trigger, e.g. a touch. A visual trigger e.g. a picture; an

auditory trigger e.g. a song; a kinaesthetic trigger e.g. a touch; or an olfactory

and gustatory trigger, a taste or smell.

When you start to think about anchors, you realise that everything is an

anchor: words, pictures, expressions, tones of voice, people, feelings,

pressure, touches on the skin, holding hands, music the list is endless...

11a. Installing Anchors

Rather than leaving our state-of-mind to chance, we can use this information

to our advantage.

1. Access the state you want to anchor.

2. At the exact moment that you fully access the strongest part of the

memory or state. Fire off an anchor. It can be a word, a visual cue or a

touch, and it could be all three.

3. Change state - move around stand up, sit down - change your

physiology.

4. Test and future pace - fire the anchor, and notice the effect that it has.

5. When you fire the anchor again, this state will return.

6. The more that you fire the anchor, the more it becomes reinforced.

Take some time, now, to set up some positive anchors.


11b. Some Hints for Elegant Anchors

As a Practitioner of NLP you should be able to elegantly install and utilise

anchors. Here is some useful information and suggestions:

1. Anchors do not need to be conditioned over long periods of time in

order to become established, although repeated stimuli can reinforce

the anchor. Anchors tend to promote the use of single trial learning.

2. Anchors will become established without direct rewards or

reinforcement for association. Repetition and conditioning can lead to

the establishment of an anchor, though not necessary.

3. Internal experience (i.e. cognitive behaviour) is considered to be as

significant, behaviourally, as overt measurable responses.

4. The more intense the experience that an individual is having at the time

the anchor is “set” the stronger the response will be when the anchor is

“fired off” at a later time. Phobias are an example of powerful anchors

that, in most cases, are established in a single very brief and intense

learning experience.

5. In creating an anchor, timing the application of the trigger stimulus

precisely to associate it with the state you want is critical. As with other

NLP techniques, anchoring the state as it is increasing in intensity sets

the direction for the mind to follow.

6. The more unique the stimulus, the more accurate it will be in re-

accessing the desired state.

7. The more accurate the stimulus is replicated, the quicker and more

accurate it will re-access what it was associated with originally.


8. Anchors can be established in all representational systems, as well as

their component parts.

9. Anchors can be installed and fired off covertly or overtly, depending on

the required outcome.

11c. Collapsing Anchors

A very simple way to break and change an unuseful, dysfunctional or limiting

response to a stimulus or situation.

1. Elicit negative state.

2. Anchor state.

3. Change state.

4. Elicit positive state.

5. Anchor positive state with a new anchor.

6. Fire first anchor - wait until you notice the change in state, and it is at

its maximum.

7. Fire second anchor.

8. Release first anchor.

9. Release second anchor.


12. The TOTE Pattern

The TOTE is the basic NLP strategy pattern, standing for "Test - Operate -

Test – Exit”. All strategies fit into the TOTE format. It was derived from the

works of Lark Pribram, George Miller and Eugen Gallanter.

How will you know when you have achieved your outcome?

TOTE is the name used for the testing system that we use for our work. It is a

simple and effective principle, which will ensure that you achieve the results

that you are working towards.

You will appreciate that this entire process takes a long time to describe, and

yet occurs, in reality, within a matter of seconds.

In the same way, you can use this process to evaluate your present state, and

compare it with your desired outcome.

Remember - evaluation is a continuing process and so you will probably be

constantly evaluating your present state with your desired state, and

readjusting your behaviour until you achieve your outcome. Then, of course,

the process begins again as you set a new outcome.

TEST OPERATE EXIT TEST


13. New Behaviour Generator

"What do you want to be better at?”. The New Behaviour Generator utilises

eye-accessing cues to help you generate a new behaviour. PLEASE NOTE:

For ease explanation this assumes a direction of eye access, but check that

yours (or your clients) matches this assumption.

1. Look down left (IAD) Talk to yourself. Ask yourself, "What do I want to

do differently?" Allow the answers to come, either in words or pictures.

Say to yourself, "If I could do that, what would it look like?"

2. Look up right (Vc) - See yourself doing that new behaviour. Notice the

effect on your state and the effect it has on those around you. Step into

you and...

3. Look down right (K) - Feel how it is. Evaluate your new behaviour - how

does it feel?

4. Repeat the process at least three times. As you repeat the process,

you can streamline the strategy, watch what happens and check the

kinaesthetics.


14. The “As-If” Frame

Create useful states by envisioning excellence. It is a way to use imagination

for success in the spirit of Milton Erickson's famous quote, "You can pretend

anything and master it." This is an important skill for using modelling to

achieve excellence and success.

WARNING: The “As If” pattern is powerful and dangerous. I have known

many NLP Practitioner who have got “stuck” in the “As If” frame and

convinced themselves that thy have the capabilities and skills without ever

going out and doing it for real. This delusion leads to arrogance and over

confidence, which is very dangerous (and makes you look like a berk).

1. Think of the goal you want to achieve but have doubts about.

2. Select an imaginary mentor to give you external feedback and support.

3. Identify limiting beliefs.

4. Get feedback from your mentor on the limiting beliefs and suggestions

for achieving the goal.

5. Imagine yourself acting as if the outcome were true and you had

integrated the feed back/experiences.

6. Step into the image.

7. Future pace.

8. Go out and do it for real (otherwise it will always stay “as if”!).


15. The SCORE Pattern

Solve problems more effectively by organising information in a more useful

way. The SCORE model drives this pattern with a flexible, multifaceted style

of thinking.

S – Symptom. The client’s current symptoms / situation

C – Cause. What the client thinks is the cause of their symptoms / situation

O – Outcome. What they wish as a desirable outcome / goal

R – Resource. What resources are required to move them from their current

situation to their desired outcome?

E – Effects. Or consequence of applying achieving the outcome.

Questions to ask in each of the stages are:

S – What is happening to you now? What is your current situation? What do

you want to change?

C – How did your current situation arise? What specifically happened for x to

happen?

O – What is your outcome? What do you wish to achieve?

E – What would be the consequence to you of having achieved your

outcome?

What happened to R?

The R resource is supplied as part of the metaphor and not asked as a

question, though you can ask it, sometimes the client will give you the answer

they need.


16. The Spelling Strategy

An excellent example of how a simple strategy can create a massive change

in the ability of a person. It only has 3 “steps” to it, but the way it utilises these

steps can massively improve your ability to spell.

Ae - Vi - Ki

1. Find something that you can visualise clearly, it can be a book,

magazine or album cover, your favourite film or TV show, or anything

else that is clear.

2. Create and anchor and positive and rewarding state.

3. View the Word.

4. Picture the word in the image you can see clearly in your mind, it may

replace the title of the book for example.

5. Read the word in the image forwards a few times.

6. When it is clear, fire off the anchor to “reward” yourself.

7. Clear your mind.

8. Review word and spell it backwards (to check you can really see it

properly).


17. The “Godiva Chocolate” Pattern

A way of increasing your motivation by associating intense pleasure (such a

craving for your favourite chocolate bar – hence the name) with a desired

behaviour.

1. Think of the thing you want to do.

2. Make a representation of something pleasant that you “crave”. Make it

big and bold and intense.

3. Make an iris in the centre of the “crave” image and open it up slowly

with the image of you behind it doing the thing you want to wantonly...

4. Make the picture bigger and brighter, a 40X40 foot screen, turn up the

volume and intensify the feeling. Associate into the picture of yourself,

feeling great and pull up the pictures closer and into yourself.


18. The Disney Strategy

Created by Robert Dilts, this is purported to be the creative strategy of Walt

Disney (hence the name of the pattern), whether it was actually used by

Disney is irrelevant, it is an exceptionally powerful technique to generate more

creative choices.

1. Create four locations for states (it is often useful to use chairs in

specific locations in a room).

2. Step into location #1, Dreamer.

3. Step into location #2, Realist.

4. Step into position #3, Critic.

5. Select an outcome that you really want to achieve.

6. Step into position #2, Realist. Associate into your scenario of realizing

the important goal.

7. Step into position #3, Critic. Is anything missing or off track?

8. Step back into position #1.

9. Repeat this cycle a few times.

10. Do it!


19. (Neuro) Logical Levels

Robert Dilts introduced neurological levels to NLP, modelled from the work of

Noam Chomsky. Neurological levels are useful ways of structuring language,

thought and behaviour. They seem to be one of the most contentious and

controversial areas of NLP, for some reason. My attitude is if they work for

you, use them.

Beyond Identity - ??

Identity - WHO?

Beliefs and Values – WHY?

Capability and Skills – HOW?

Behaviour – WHAT?

Environment – WHERE/WHEN? The neurological levels are ways of organising our language. When you are

familiar with the neurological levels, you can begin to hear them in other

people's language, and they can be a useful tool for both diagnosis and

intervention.

You can go up and down the neurological levels, so that your environment

can affect your behaviour, or the skills you learn affect who you are. That is

why we say that NLP is a structure, because it starts off being a set of skills

that you learn. When you have practised them, it becomes behaviour, and in

time, you will form beliefs based upon your abilities. Soon, you will no longer

be "doing" NLP; you will "be" NLP. That is what we mean when we say,

"Walking the talk." Once you have achieved this, you may begin to notice that

NLP is in the environment - it is out there already. There are people doing

NLP naturally, without having been taught. And so the circle goes on....


20. Perceptual Positions

Perceptual positions are a bit like the persons (first person, second person,

etc) in grammar, but, these positions are used in NLP for visualisation. Not

everyone shares our point of view and to understand a situation fully it can be

useful to perceive it from different angels and perspectives.

First Person: Your own “reality” and experience of the situation. You need to

know yourself and your values.

Second Person: A creative leap of your imagination to understand the world

from another person’s perspective. It is the basis of empathy and rapport.

There are 2 types of this second position:

• Emotional

• Intellectual

Third Person: Step outside of the situation and observe both your own and

the other persons perspective, as you are a “fly on the wall”

Perceptual Positions can also be expanded to more than these classic 3

positions: often called the fourth and fifth Persons. The idea of these positions

is to expand you’re your perspective beyond the current situation and

understand how it fits into the “bigger picture”.


21. Chaining States

Sometimes making a change can be too big to be done in one step, you need

to add in some intermediary steps into the process.

1. Identify the present (problem) state and desired state.

2. Set the direction and consider what intermediary states may be useful

(what would be a natural and easy step from the previous state?)

3. Access each state within the client and anchor.

4. Go through each step, firing the anchor each time (this can be done in

anyway you choose from a metaphor to submodality swish).

5. Test and future pace.


22. Nested Loops

Influence and persuade others merely by telling them stories. Nested loops

are used to “open folders” in the persons mind and then embed a learning or

suggestion deep with in those folders before closing them again. You can nest

loops with as many stories or examples as you want, to begin with I suggest

3. It is one on the best, if not the best way of conversational hypnosis.

1. Start Story 1, when you get to a relevant point to easily segue into story

2:

2. Start Story 2, repeat process to:

3. Story 3

4. Embed learning or suggestion

5. Finish Story 3

6. Finish Story 2

7. Finish Story 1


23. Compulsion Blow Out

A compulsion is an irresistible urge to behave in a specific way, most likely

and especially when it's against a person's conscious will. This pattern

desensitises compulsions that range from biting your fingernail to obsessing

about certain things.

1. Select the compulsion and trigger for that compulsion.

2. Elicit the submodalities and identify the strongest submodality of the

trigger.

3. Intensify the submodality to an extreme (make the image ridiculously

big for example).

4. Repeat until the compulsion is turned up so high it literally “blows up”.

5. Test and future pace.


24. Decision Destroyer

Exchange limiting decisions for constructive ones in order to improve success

and emotional state.

1. Select and clarify a decision that is limited. Either something from the

past, or a decision you have to make.

2. Think of a positive decision that you made – anchor.

3. Associate into the limited decision and anchor that (in a different

place/way).

4. Whilst in this state: Go back (on your timeline) to earlier experiences

that effected that decision.

5. Break state.

6. Access positive decision (utilise anchor) and explore the positive

resources there.

7. Take these resources to the limiting decision and re-experience with

these new resources (use both anchors).

8. Future Pace.


25. Handshake Induction

Among Milton Erickson's best-known innovations is the hypnotic handshake

induction, which is a type of confusion technique. The induction is done by the

hypnotist going to shake hands with the subject, then interrupting the flow of

the handshake in some way, such as by grabbing the subject's wrist instead...

1. Extend your hand for normal handshake, as the other person reaches

for yours - stop - pull back a little and with your left hand...

2. ...Using two fingers gently cup their wrist and bring their hand up, palm

facing them, and snap it still.

3. Point at their palm saying "look at your hand and notice the changing

focus of your eyes, take a deep breath and close your eyes and go

down, all the way down."

4. Continue to speak using hypnotic language patterns (tempo and

tonality) to generate the change that they want.

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