Through their research, Grinder and Bandler wanted to understand what made some therapists better than others.
The outcome was that they developed a set of principles and techniques used to create change.
NLP has been used in various options, including psychotherapy, medicine, and personal development.
However, neurolinguistic programming is not generally considered a mainstream therapeutic approach.
It has also not been validated scientifically for the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD).
However, it may have value as an “add-on” to other traditional forms of treatment.
Some examples of techniques include anchoring, reframing, dissociation, belief change, and future pacing.
Below are brief descriptions of each of these techniques.
To date, it’s mostly used in coaching/self-help areas.
This means that if you approach your doctor about NLP, you aren’t likely to get very far.
Once again, NLP should not be used in place of validated treatments.
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