The 2 Sets Of Models In NLP - HappyHypnosis.com

by Steve Bauer

When introducing NLP to beginning students, I always find it important to distinguish between models that belong in the NLP field and models that NLP practicioners have coded for other fields. In my article Modeling: The Core Discipline of NLP, I touched upon this issue quickly. In this article, we've delve a bit deeper into it.

The realm of NLP as I see it revolves around:

1. a series of models that facilitate modeling, and 2. a series of models that are the product of the modeling process.

Let's take a look at each individually.

A series of models that facilitate modeling

These models actually belong to the field of NLP, in my understanding. For instance, the eye accessing cues model, the meta-model, the representational system model, and the strategies and TOTE models all make modeling possible. These models establish a specific protocol by which practicioners can elicit and code patterns that can then be transferred to another.

Without these models, the task of figuring out and coding patterns would be virtually impossible. They serve as tools that enable the practicioner to navigate the meadows of behavior and make the tacit explicit.

A series of models that are the product of the modeling process

These models belong to other fields. For instance, the Milton Model is a hypnosis model. Speed Seduction is a seduction model. Neuroassociative Conditioning is a therapeutic model.

These models are collections of coded patterns that you cna use to produce a result.

The confusion that exists between the two sets of models often leads newcomers to think that NLP is exclusively a therapeutic modality. I can't stress it enough: NLP is NOT therapy. It is a modeling technology that you can use to figure out how geniuses do what they do - or how failures do what they do - and then teach it to other people.

The second set of models are the fruit of using the first.

Once you have that figured out and drilled into your mind, making sense of everything in NLP will become much easier and simpler.

Steve Bauer specializes in teaching NLP to beginners. His primary area of interest is applying NLP distinctions to education and teaching NLP skills to high school students.

If you're new to NLP, check out his report on The Number 1 NLP Skill You Must Master on his website at http://www.howtomasternlp.com. You'll likely find it very useful and a time saver.