Confident or Arrogant?

August 5, 2013

One of the most common issues people bring in therapy is lack of confidence. Whether it’s confidence in themselves or confidence in doing something. And that is generally closely linked with a lack of self-esteem. But what’s the difference between self-esteem and self- confidence? My...

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When the quick phobia cure doesn’t work

August 1, 2013

Richard Bandler put together his fast phobia cure a few years ago and supposedly in 10 minutes manages to free people from their phobia. In my experience however – and the one of a few of my NLP colleagues, it’s rarely that straight forward. The...

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Quick fix or Temporary fix?

July 25, 2013

One of the common theme I find when looking at the NLP world is the quick fix approach. I was reading today a blog by one of the most respected NLP pioneer, Steve Andreas, on resolving hate and anger. And his first case study got...

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5 ways to lose weight with NLP

July 20, 2013

So, summer is apparently here :-) And you might have planned some sunny holidays soon, and it’s time to think of getting in shape to fit into your swimming suit. I often hear people talking about dieting a few weeks before holidays. And perhaps, you’ve...

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NLP or Hypnotherapy?

June 19, 2013

I often have been asked the question “what is the difference between NLP and Hypnotherapy”? It is actually quite difficult to answer as they aren’t easily defined and there are multiple ways to look at hypnosis and NLP. But I’m going to intend clarifying that...

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I don’t know

June 14, 2013

When I work with clients, I generally start my sessions by asking lots of questions to find out what their issues are and what they want to achieve through the work we’re doing together. Those Well Formed Outcome questions are a therapeutic tool per se,...

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Why is Gratitude useful

June 10, 2013

I was listening yesterday to a talk between Dr. David Hamilton and Michael Neill and as always when I hear David Hamilton talking, he keeps coming back to the concept of gratitude. I find this rather intriguing as he has a very strong scientific background...

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What is depressing you?

June 6, 2013

One of my first step when working with depression is often reframing the issue and challenging the nominalization. What is a nominalization? it's a term developed by the creators of NLP, Bandler and Grinder that describes how an action has been transformed into a noun....

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