An introduction to NLP with Prof Bruce Arroll

This training is for counsellors, social workers, psychologists, doctors, nurses or anyone who deals with people in distress with an interest in changing behaviour and dysfunctional thinking.

Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is made up of three parts:

1. neuro -brain/mind how we think and feel
2. linguistic – how we use language to influence others and ourselves
3. programming – how we achieve the goals we set.

NLP started with the book by Bandler and Grinder 1979 – frogs into princes. It set off a wave of training and intervention. An NLP practitioner will talk about patients running the wrong programme e.g. you are wanting to write a novel, but you are using powerpoint not Word – you would be more effective with Word open. It is all about subjective experience which has a structure. So, if you change the structure, you can change the experience.

NLP has a mixed reputation as there are very few quality randomised trials in the clinical literature. Professor Arroll, together with others, has undertaken two randomised trials on NLP processes. These include the rapid phobia cure for fear of heights (the largest study done to date) and the methodology was used for another phobia study by the Psychology Department at Oxford University. The other intervention is the “symptom shift” where you can reduce moderate stress (and pain) in a patient in a few minutes – it does come back, but it shows the patient it is not part of them but rather, something they can control.

Where: Online via Zoom

Contact:  Nathalie – [email protected] / 021 066 9811

For more information and to register – please visit the website:

https://www.grow.co.nz/neurolinguistic-programming-a-brief-introduction