What is NLP 
NLP began in the 1970's with a mission to discover the essence of the 'magic' created by highly talented therapists. Richard Bandler and John Grinder set out to 'model' the skills these therapists used to create powerful change, so as they too could create the same results - and teach the skills to others. The result was the formulation of two distinct language models that enabled their users to:
- Uncover the deeper beliefs and assumptions behind what people actually say
- Communicate more effectively and with greater precision
- Think more clearly, and increase self-knowledge
- Use language persuasively
- Build effective rapport
- Influence people's state of mind and beliefs
These initial models (the meta-model and the Milton model) formed the foundation of NLP, but it didn't stop there. The founders where joined by other pioneers and a whole raft new models were (and continue to be) generated - enabling a generation of new NLP practitioners to replicate success across a broad range of fields, including:
- Personal change
- Therapy
- Performance coaching
- Sales
- Teaching
- Business communication
- Presenting
- Organisational development
- Change management
- People management
- Problem solving
- And more
At its most fundamental level, NLP models the structure of thought, feeling, language and personal experience. Through learning these structures students learn how to work (or play) creatively to generate almost limitless results. Experienced practitioners of NLP can:
- Create powerful changes in themselves and others (e.g. change limiting beliefs, eradicate habit and phobias etc.)
- Think and communicate with clarity and precision
- Generate highly resourceful states of mind in both themselves and others
- Understand aspects of people's thoughts through reading their physiology
- Create hypnotic change conversationally
- Create influence through language
- Build and maintain powerful rapport
- Set powerful outcomes to create success
Resource Ecologies offers both Practitioner and Master Practitioner level training under License from the prestigious Society of NLP.
