Wikipedia talk:WikiProject NLP concepts and methods

Agreed decisions (style, approach, etc)

 * 1) Articles which would fall under this project should have the template  added to their page at the top, letting readers know that there is a project and possibly style or content standards concerning that page.
 * 2) Pages that contain mixed NLP and non-NLP uses need consideration as to whether the subject matter warrants creating a separate NAME (NLP) article, if this might be helpful. (It won't always be appropriate, discuss here if unsure)

Articles involved and current status
A list of pages tagged as being part of the can be found here

Quick ideas: the following would probably be considered examples of tools which were either developed within, or built into the core of, classic NLP. It's not necessarily complete yet. The categorization is mine, for convenience:


 * Definitions and principles
 * Map-territory relation
 * People have the ability to learn and change
 * No failure only feedback
 * If it doesnt work try something new
 * Form/content distinction - see form, pattern
 * intensive/extensive defintions (Bandler & Grinder 1975)
 * Principles of NLP
 * The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two & T.O.T.E. (George A. Miller)


 * Models
 * Meta model (NLP)
 * Milton Model
 * Parts negotiation
 * Reframing (NLP) included in reframe (NLP)
 * Swish (Christina Hall and Richard Bandler)
 * Ericksonian hypnosis (as distinct from milton model)
 * Well-formedness conditions
 * Perceptual positions (triple description)
 * Timeline (NLP) The concept of spatially working with time ("physicalised timelines")
 * Transderivational search
 * Working with and communicating through associated/dissociated states (NLP)
 * Meta program
 * The concept of different "states" / emotions - Structure of emotions (Leslie Cameron Bandler)
 * Double bind - Gregory Bateson
 * Negotiation model (NLP)
 * State (NLP - see Psychophysiology
 * Representational systems and submodalities - include strategies (link to TOTE, modeling, etc.)


 * Working methods and tools
 * Rapport (NLP) - Pace and lead
 * Anchoring (Spatial marking, chaining anchors, collasping anchors, future pace, etc). Spatial (and voice tone) marking [a subject related to anchoring]
 * Utilising unconscious signal systems, see ideomotor signals
 * Representational systems (VAKOG, First Access, Primary Experience)
 * Submodalities(merge article NLP modalities) merged into rep systems (above).
 * Ecology (NLP) (Ecology check)
 * Simultaneous and sequential incongruence (see congruence)
 * Time frame (NLP)
 * Therapeutic metaphor
 * Reframing (NLP) - 6-step reframe, Content reframing, Context Reframing
 * Sensory Acuity (attention training, Callibration (NLP))
 * Using body as impactor on mind and emotion (that is, use of physiology to drive state)
 * Outline of Brief therapy (Rossi)
 * New Code of NLP, Verbal package, high performance state games, NLP modeling
 * Core transformation not needed.
 * Reimprint / Change personal history
 * Modeling (NLP) NLP Modeling/Analytic modeling
 * As if (NLP) frame
 * State management (NLP)
 * Deep trance identification (Ericksonian hypnosis)
 * Life lines
 * Future pace
 * Transderivational search


 * Theoretical constructs, definitions, background and other
 * Neurological levels (Dilts and Bateson)
 * Positive and negative (NLP)
 * Research on NLP
 * NLP and Science
 * Persuasion uses of NLP
 * Therapeutic use of NLP
 * Business use of NLP
 * Overview of NLP principles, concepts and methods

Quick reference list of tasks or controversies
This section lists stuff known needed -- as it gets done please ask others to check!


 * 1) Check all NLP artciles that should be in the wikiproject, are tagged as such.
 * 2) Clean up "principles/fundamentals" back into that article, out of main article
 * 3) Add "generally negative studies" to "list of studies"

General Discussion

 * Literature (1972-1985)
 * 1) Structure of Magic Vol 1. 1975a (100 citations)
 * 2) Structure of Magic Vol 2. 1975b
 * 3) Frogs into Princes (Bandler & Grinder, 1979)
 * 4) Reframing (19XX)
 * 5) Unlimited Power (Robbins, 19XX)
 * 6) Patterns of Milton Erickson Vol.1 (1976)
 * 7) Patterns of Milton Erickson Vol.2 (1977)
 * 8) NLP Volume 1 (Dilts et al. 1980)
 * 9) Dilts, Roots of NLP (1983)
 * 10) Dilts, Applications of NLP (1985?)

Do you want to include the developers in this Project. Or limit it to the concepts and theory only? --Comaze 10:26, 30 October 2005 (UTC)


 * The draft list of "original developers" is useful, but no, thats biography not NLP. Its a useful list so I'm putting it here for when we need it: Richard Bandler ... John Grinder ... Judith Delozier ... Robert Dilts ... Leslie Cameron-Bandler ... Stephen Gilligan ... Steve Andreas ... Connirae Andreas ... Christina Hall ... Frank Prucelik


 * Standardise citations.
 * 1) I want to use standardised notation and citations throughout the entire project. The same style as in Structure of Magic Volume 1. --Comaze 10:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * They should probably be heavily cited, more than usual, in view of the controvery surrounding the subject. Whilst I don't think there is such controversy over individual concepts or methods, it is clear some editors would wish for full formal citations, we should respect that, IMO. FT2 12:15, 30 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Categories

I have removed Template:NLPproject from pages which are *not* NLP pages, such as the map-territory article. We can look at those in a while. Meantime it would be presumptuous to be appearing to "claim" them for NLP. FT2 15:39, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

So that we can include all definitions of logical levels, and chunking, and the controversy that surrounds them; I want to rename the Neurological levels article to:
 * Logical Levels in NLP
 * Logical levels (NLP) (Dilts, Bateson, Russell, Grinder)

template
Please don't add the template to articles, rather add it to the talk pages. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:NLPproject to see which articles need it moving onto talk pages. thanks Martin  16:42, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay. Removed to talk pages. User:Comaze note :)
 * Also, no need (yet) to create blank pages without content -- not really wikipedia policy is it to allow those??? Or at least add a few lines from a source text and a tag FT2 17:59, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Noted. :) --Comaze 23:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Issues needing urgent attention
I think the following issues are in need of urgent attention:
 * 1) The article Persuasion uses of NLP needs some good and sourced items, to a high standard. See the political section for what I mean. Ideally examples that clearly show it is not by chance, and taken seriously, and evaluated as effective, otherwise they will indeed be poor examples of its use. I also want to add a section on cult-like uses, for neutrality, which I haven't got round to yet, we could grab that off the main article.
 * 2) Can we check out psychological, psychiatric, counselling and clinical professional bodies, for indications of their views on NLP. Examples might be whether they refer to NLP therapists on their website, whether they will refer clients to NLP therapists or have them as members, whether they host themselves talks on it, and so on. A list of credible bodies and what could be found, would be fine.
 * 3) Ditto (secondarily) for clinical acceptance (or otherwise) of Ericksonian hypnotherapy (because it's NLP-derived).

There's a reason I'm hoping to tackle these first.

FT2 11:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)


 * 1) NLP has been used by a number of individual psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, cognitive counsellors, general practitioners. However, there aren't many non-NLP peer-reviewed articles published on the efficacy of NLP in specific clinical problems, due to a number of reasons, including the lack of endorsement from academic circles, NLP practitioner lack of resources in conducting clinical trial, technical difficulties designing well-designed studies in psychotherapy etc. You will most likely find personal testimonies rather than numerical data. There was an RCT by Krugman 1985 on comparing speech anxiety of subjects with waiting for 1 hr against single session phobia intervention, disproofing any differences between the two. However, this study did not reflect authentic clinical problems, such as PSTD, so it is hard to extrapolate actual clinical effectiveness from this study alone. Acosta et. al. discussed about the use of various techniques like NLP, Ericksonian hypnosis, Emergency Medical Hypnosis by emergency mental health practitionners in situations like the 9/11. Int J Emerg Ment Health. 2002 Spring;4(2):119-26
 * 2) Ericksonian therapy is not NLP-derived. It's important to distinguish 2 versions of Ericksonian hypnosis, namely, Ericksonian School of Hypnotherapy, based on teachings of Erickson, Rossi et.al., and Ericksonian Hypnosis as modeled by Richard Bandler (NLP map of Ericksonian Hypnosis). Like most forms of psychotherapy, it is extremely hard to evaluate Ericksonian hypnotherapy using randomized controlled trials. I think Ericksonian hypnotherapy has a slightly better recognition in psychiatry than NLP, but it is still far from mainstream. Also it is a lot easier to train residences to prescribe psychotropic medication and train residences to do therapy. There are a number of case studies on Ericksonian hypnosis (non-NLP version) published in peer-reviewed journals. (see Pubmed) --Dejakitty 00:05, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Posts related to sockpuppet master user:HeadleyDown (blocked)
Linking NLP Disambiguation Page to Principles of NLP
 * I am sorry to see the mess with NLP on Wikipedia. I have asked the admin Violetriga to make a link from the disambiguation page to the principles of NLP in addition to the Neuro-Linguistic Programming article. Violetriga has also inserted a link from the disputed Neurolinguistic Programming article to the Principles article. Unfortunately, Headley has removed the admin's edit. Good luck with your project. --Dejakitty 12:59, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Comaze's request for help
 * So Comaze, what did you want help with? HeadleyDown 12:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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Paul McKenna
The above article has the NLP navbox even though the McKenna article is not referenced in the Navbox. Is there a NLP category that the article could be tagged with instead? -- The Red Pen of Doom  10:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

goals
I have added three goals, to improve the quality of the coverage on this subject, and strengthen the articles--all in light of the comments at Articles for deletion/Neuro-linguistic programmingDGG (talk) 18:32, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Having read that and some of the other discussions I have been looking at some of the articles which use the NLP template. - Future Pacing seems especially problematic, I've just tagged it for lack of references amongst other things. I'm also curious what the justification is for using the template on Therapeutic metaphor which seems to have a much wider usage than NLP, indeed all the text of the article says about the connection is The use of therapeutic metaphor is discussed within neuro-linguistic programming circles.   Perhaps in line with the new goals those articles could be looked at. -Hunting dog (talk) 12:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

AFD
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