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Nlp Training: Understanding The Communication Model
Author:
People Building
NLP is an art and a science. It is based on the idea that the sensory information
around us is translated into thoughts and ideas, which affect our state, physiology
and behaviour and therefore our results. Our words also affect our experience and
the experience of others. NLP teaches us how to use communication more effectively.
NLP also tells us that we code or represent information to ourselves in certain
ways. How we do code information varies between events we perceive as positive and
negative. NLP teaches specific strategies and techniques that we can learn in order
to represent this information differently to produce better results. These strategies
are taught during NLP courses and NLP training, during NLP practitioner courses.
The NLP communication model explains clearly how we process and use information
and how this affects our state, physiology and behaviour. This is why it is a good
starting point for therapy and I will always explain it to clients attending their
first session of NLP or Hypnotherapy. This model was taught to me during my NLP
practitioner training course with People Building an NLP training company. It is
a tool I find invaluable. It is really important for clients to understand this
model in order to be able to make changes to how they view their world.
What we know is that every second we are bombarded by sensory feedback (an estimated
2 million bits of information every second) from our 5 senses Visual (sight), Auditory
(hearing), Kinaesthetic (feeling & touch), Olfactory (smelling) and Gustatory (tasting).
In any given moment we are selective as to what information we pay attention to
because of course we cannot possibly hope to process all of the information. Memory
theorists suggest we can handle or remember about 7 new bits of information at once.
This means that we filter the 2 million bits of information into about 7 bits. The
way we do this is by deleting, distorting or generalizing. Deletion means we do
not attend to information that is not relevant in the moment, distortion means we
adapt the information to make it fit with what we believe or are on the look-out
for, generalization helps us to relate new information to what we already know.
These three processes are crucial, as they prevent us from being overloaded with
information and allow us to function.
However, what this also means is that we do not have the full picture because we
have ignored or changed information during the filtering process. Using the 7 bits
of information that have filtered we recreate the outside event inside our mind.
This is called an internal representation. This mean that what we represent to ourselves
inside our minds is never true to what is actually happening in the event
Our internal representations are a re-presentation of the original information after
filtering. Because the information we take in is via our 5 senses, our internal
representations are made up of thoughts, feelings, sounds, pictures, smell and tastes.
Importantly, the way we represent or code information in our internal representation
affects how we feel, which in turn affects our physiology and behaviour. What we
know is that happy people tend to filter and represent information differently to
depressed or anxious people. More importantly via cognitive therapy such as NLP
or hypnotherapy, Herts, people experiencing mental distress can learn to filter
in a way that allows refreshed perspectives and a different emotional experience.
The communication model is something that you will learn by attending an NLP course
such as an NLP practitioner or master practitioner course. People Building, an NLP
training company, run free NLP taster events during which the NLP communication
model is taught.
About the Author:
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Nlp Training: Understanding The Communication Model
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