| NLP is Balderdash? (I like that word better than | | | | to help others become free from their addictions. |
| "Hogwash") | | | | That eighth rehab center used...you got it...NLP. |
| Balderdash: Stupid or illogical talk; senseless | | | | After studying NLP with great focus for two |
| rubbish | | | | years, including my NLP Practitioner, NLP Master |
| A woman I know found herself in one rehab | | | | Practitioner and NLP Trainer's certification, I have |
| center after another during ten years of drug | | | | found that even at this level there is so much |
| use, a total of seven rehabilitation centers. The | | | | more to learn. |
| people there knew, NLP is balderdash! | | | | NLP consists of a considerable body of knowledge |
| A friend of mine who has a Doctorate in | | | | of "what works" in psychology with: |
| Psychology and in Theology is a practicing | | | | 1. How you think on a conscious and subconscious |
| Psychotherapist. He works with homeless vets. | | | | level (Neuro), |
| He had 100 clients with issues that went from | | | | 2. How you communicate with others and |
| post traumatic stress disorder and beyond. His | | | | yourself (Linguistic), and |
| associates can tell you, NLP is not accepted as | | | | 3. Your patterns of action, beliefs and emotions |
| "traditional" psychology, it must be balderdash! | | | | (Programming) |
| A genius computer programmer and | | | | The people who have negative comments about |
| mathematician I have known for many years | | | | NLP, in every case that I have run into, do not |
| found it hard to do the work he loves. Two | | | | know about NLP. Before I went to the trainings, |
| traumatic events from his past would not "go | | | | I had only read about it and listened to CDs. I |
| away." His gift was being left to waste. His | | | | knew about it intellectually. It was at the |
| colleagues could tell you, NLP is balderdash! | | | | trainings that I experienced the power of the |
| Can NLP help with sciatica? Can NLP make you | | | | whole range techniques on myself, and saw how |
| look and feel younger? Can NLP take the | | | | they worked on others, in a large group setting. |
| emotional charge out of past events that just | | | | I did not find anything this powerful during my |
| "won't go away?" How could that be? Must be | | | | undergrad and graduate studies in Psychology. |
| balderdash. | | | | Nothing. Why isn't this taught in the |
| After four hours of using NLP with my | | | | Universities? What or who is the idea of |
| programmer friend, he was able to break free of | | | | "balderdash" protecting? |
| his blocks from the past, and is now prolific in the | | | | There are sub-groups of NLP practitioners who |
| field he loves. | | | | use it for, lets say, unecological uses. As with |
| The Psychotherapist who works with homeless | | | | anything of power, it may be misused. There is |
| veterans? The last time I spoke with him, which | | | | a fringe element in any field. It is this element |
| was six months after his NLP Practitioner course, | | | | that may contribute to the misperception of the |
| he only had 12 clients left. What happened to | | | | field. |
| the rest of them? They got better. According | | | | What truly is the significance of NLP? Consider |
| to the American Psychological Association, by | | | | the fact that the US government has been using |
| their own admission, only 4% (four percent) of | | | | NLP since its inception in the 70's. |
| patients actually get better using traditional | | | | Look around you, look at advertising, watch and |
| methods. | | | | listen carefully when the "polished" politicians |
| The woman who was using drugs...she went to | | | | speak. Notice how large corporations are spinning |
| one last rehab center. It was there that she | | | | their frame of reality for you. If you are not |
| found relief from her cravings. It was there that | | | | aware of the linguistic part of NLP, you may be |
| she started a new life. She now is happily | | | | influenced without your knowledge. Balderdash? |
| married with two children and a thriving business. | | | | Hmmm... |
| What does she do? This amazing lady uses NLP | | | | |