What is NLP

[lucan]

Neuro Linguistic Programming what is it?
My nearest Grand Master of Reiki and Black Braces of Ecky Thump is now a Master Practiioner of NLP What the ***### is it and is it Woo?

[mrjohnno]

It's woo

[tomroberts]

The last thirty years of research have simply shown that NLP is bunk.

theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=228

[lucan]

Thanks that helps

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Its basically a load of b***cks.
Thats probably all you need to know lol

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Although if Terry is about i am sure he will tell you how he has used it to control people and help them give up smoking and all other manner of nonsense

[loulou777]

I would like to access a more thorough analysis of NLP than that it is a load of woo, although it almost certainly is.

I am interested in it simply because it pops up on the CVs of countless pseudo-spiritual scammers, along with qualifications on Theta Healing, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Seemorg Matrix / Advanced Integrative Therapy and countless other dubious pseudo-therapeutic models.

It may be that these models were developed in good faith by well meaning people, it may be that some of the people offering them as therapeutic interventions are well meaning and not necessarily scammers, but whatever the situation NLP and various other pseudo-therapeutic models are used by scammers with depressing frequency IMO.

[loulou777]

I just found an interesting paper on Seemorg Matrix work hosted on the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

It is in PDF format and I can't include a ling but if you google search for Seemorg Matrix you can see the link for a quick view without downloading the PDF via the www.rcpsych.ac.uk website

The text includes such gems as this

Recently I discovered an even more fascinating energy psychology called ‘Seemorg Matrix Work’. Developed by Asha Clinton, a Jungian psychotherapist, it claims to be a dynamic new energy psychotherapy that provides individuals lasting relief from a range of intractable psychological disorders, even physical problems like allergies, and spiritual impasses. Like EFT it starts from the premise that all upsetting events are types of trauma, 1 and that they are housed within the body, mind and spirit.

Seemorg clears the traumatic residue such as disturbing emotions, negative beliefs and attitudes, destructive desires and fantasies, addictions, compulsions, obsessions, dissociative patterns and spiritual blockages. Seemorg Matrix Work does this
by the patient touching the chakras, while repeating certain phrases that keep the attention focused on the deep, often semi or sub-conscious material that is connected with the trauma.

The chakras are energy centres along the spine (and projected to the front of the body) that play an important role in Indian spiritual and healing traditions like Yoga and Ayurveda. They have been popularised but also misunderstood by the Western ‘new age’ movement. For me, the healing power of the chakras lies in their position of bridging the world of matter (the body) and the
world of subtle energy fields (the mind, the emotions, and the spiritual realms). An approach like Seemorg that utilises those energy points for the healing of trauma attracted me because my own work had increasingly led me to using the chakras diagnostically and therapeutically.


I really worry about the fate of vulnerable, traumatised patients in a mental health system where qualified psychiatrists and psychologists recommend these kinds of wooo as treatments.