Besides being great tools in assisting people in change, NLP and Time Line Therapy™ are an art and science that has been developing over the last 25 years. There is a growing interest in these fields because the results are powerful!

NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming Neuro-Linguistic Programming is the science of excellence and the art of change. NLP is the study of how our mind and language affect our behavior. NLP is a very pragmatic “how to” technology that teaches us how to use our brain, language and physiology systematically to produce the desired results.Neuro-refers to the neurological system, the way we use our sense of sights, hearing, touch, taste and smell to translate our experience into thought processes. Linguistic-refers to the way we use language to make sense of our experience, and how language can influence our performance. Programming-refers to the way we organize our thoughts and behaviors in order to achieve a specific outcome. Our internal personal programming controls all of our external behaviors. Through the awareness of our personal programming we can master the structure of excellence NLP is essentially a model of excellence and achievement, simply “what works.” It is a set of guiding principles, attitudes, knowledge, skills and techniques. NLP is a discovery about how people think, communicate, feel, and act. It is a field that is constantly evolving, innovating, and developing. It offers tools for creating profound personal change and offers countless professional applications. The processes are elegant, powerful, and always practical. Back To TopHistory of NLP
NLP evolved in the early seventies by the work of 2 people: John Grinder, then as Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Richard Bandoleer, a student of psychology at the University. NLP is based on careful observations of highly effectively people. Both founders studied the three top psychotherapists of this century in great depth. They are: Milton Erickson, known as the Father of Modern Hypnotherapy, Virginia Astir, known as the Mother of Family System Therapy, and Fritz Perls, known as the Father of Gestalt Therapy.John and Richard identified a great many of the underlying patterns of behavior and communication that made these great therapists so effective in assisting people in changing their lives for the better. They used what they found to create a set of models of human skills and capabilities that is known to us as “Neuro-Linguistic Programming.” Essentially, NLP models are based on the modeling of human excellence; another person’s behavior can be duplicated by studying what that person does inside his mind to produce results. NLP is a field that is continually innovating and developing until today. Back To Top Why Learn NLP?
One of the very important aspects of NLP is to build, develop, and maintain rapport with others. Successful chairmen, presidents, managers, and executives generate rapport. However, most practice it intuitively or involuntarily. Only a scarce few understand what it is and still fewer, how to create it. In NLP, it shows us how these rapport skills can be learned and effectively applied to business. In business, as in life, where there is no rapport there is no sale.Any change in an organization must begin at the individual level. NLP is a profound tool for personal development. All executives and managers need to be able to take charge of themselves first, so they can utilize the wealth of information that must be continually processed. These strategies can then be passed onto employees, so that they too can experience a sense of belonging and commitment to the work they do.NLP offers some of the most powerful communication skills available. Much of our success in life depends on our ability to communicate effectively and as you can observe the highly successful professionals they are almost certainly a great communicator. The wealth of communication skills that NLP offers will show you how to be more congruent in your communications and thus become an effective communicator.Through using NLP techniques, your personal happiness and professional success will be much more consistent and predictable. Your effectiveness working with others will be dramatically increased, and your ability to empower yourself for optimum results will be augmented as well. You will be able to generate empowering emotional states within yourself at will, eliminate any negative emotions, change limiting beliefs, and inspire yourself with a compelling future that will have much better chances of success.The usefulness of NLP has attracted individuals from all walks of life to indulge for their own growth and development. Some professions using NLP include Salespeople, Business Executives, Managers, Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Teachers, Trainers, Consultants, Counselors, Doctors, Therapists, Hypnotherapists, Psychologists, Athletes, Entertainers and Performers, Parents and etc. Back To TopApplications of NLP in Business Organizations
Whilst NLP is a powerful tool for personal change, the potential benefits to business and organizations can be nothing less than phenomenal. Today, NLP is widely used in the business environment. The U.S. Army has proved the effectiveness of NLP in an organization. After employing an NLP consultant in 1986, the U.S. Army were able to reduce their small arms marksmanship training from 6 weeks to 3 days with no detrimental effect on the pass rate!NLP is already being used in the business context to gain significant improvements in the areas such as communication skills, sales performance, decision-making, presentation skills, motivation, state control, leadership skills, rapport skills, persuasion, motivation, goal- setting, and almost every other aspect that you can think of.Ask the average person on the street about NLP and he’ll say, “NL..what?” But here are a few surprises…

More precisely, managers can use NLP tools to develop strong teamwork and relationships among members and also to foster positive interpersonal skills. Negotiations and problem solving sessions are enhanced to create solution-oriented, win-win approaches. Salespeople can employ NLP techniques to build deep levels of rapport, elicit and fulfill the criteria and values of clients, and develop effective methods for handling buyer’s remorse or future objections so the sales relationship is long-term and mutually satisfying. Human resource personnel can utilize NLP models for effective interviewing, hiring, training, and managing as well as for dealing with challenging learning environments. Directors can even apply the same powerful NLP tools and techniques on a macro level within the corporation so the whole organization will benefit. The NLP approach are also relevant for organizations that need to manage change or are experiencing high levels of stress.NLP techniques can help any organization to achieve, maintain, and enhance excellence. When employ in the business situations, NLP will help us to influence, persuade, and finalize any business deal with a quarter of the effort, in half the time, and with great positive results. Whether you are a salesman trying to be top producer, or a manager in line for big promotion, or a CEO who wants to have the cutting edge in leadership and negotiating skills, NLP offers a formidable business tool that will enable you to close that all-important sale, move up the organization, make your company its competitive best.The effectiveness of NLP has gained tremendous attention in the business community. Corporations have started to employ NLP tools to improve their organization performance. Some of the major organizations that have adopted NLP training include: IBM (Europe), Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, British Telecom, Cable and Wireless Marine, Fiat Corporation (Italy), BMW, Chase Manhattan Bank, Walt Disney Inc., US Air Force, Metropolitan Police (UK), The Tioxide Group, Motorola Corporation (USA), AT&T, U.S. Olympic Team and etc. Back To Top What Everyone Is Saying About NLP
“NLP has untapped potential for treating individual problems…it has metamorphosed into an all-purpose self-improvement program and technology.” TIME Magazine“NLP cannot be dismissed as just another hustle. Its theoretical underpinnings represent an ambitious attempt to codify and synthesize the insights of linguistics, body language, and the study of communication systems.” Psychology Todaythese phenomena…Thus it affords the opportunity to gain flexibility, creativity, and greater freedom of action than most of us now know…”
Training and Development Journal“NLP maybe the most powerful vehicle for change in existent.” Modern Psychology“NLP could be the most important synthesis of knowledge about human communication to emerge since the sixties.”
Science Digest“…real estate brokers and salespeople use Neuro-Linguistics to enhance their communication skills and provide them with more choices when working in a difficult situation…it shows how we make sense of the world around us and communicate.” Real Estate Today“NLP is a truly new and unique approach, the power to program your thoughts and behavior.” Norman Vincent Peale.Time Line TherapyäCreated and developed by Dr. Tad James, Time Line Therapy™ model is one of the most effective processes for creating immediate and permanent change for an individual. This powerful process eradicates the root cause of an event that set off a chain of events that leads to a certain set of unwanted behaviors or unwanted states. It is a revolutionary new approach which has become so popular because of its ability to create quick, long-lasting change. The techniques are a process of active imagination, were the client imagines floating above his time Line and letting go of his negative emotions and or Limiting decisions (or limiting beliefs).Then the client is also asked to imagine creating events in his future that support his goals or outcomes. Time Line Therapyä techniques have demonstrated results in a broad variety of presenting problems. It is a powerful technique which Allows clients to make long-lasting changes in a very rapid way. These powerful techniques are becoming the method of choice to make fast, effective, and long-lasting transformation in behavior.Time Line Therapy™ is a collection of techniques that allow you to gain emotional control over your life. Unsupportive emotions such as anger, sadness, guilt, and fear are blocking people from achieving their desired outcomes in life. Tad james worked with Post-Tramatic-Stress victims and was very succesfull, the clients no longer had flash backs after releasing negative emotions with Time Line Therapyä . Time Line Therapy™ is also effective in releasing phobias. And setting free of your limiting decisions, such as “I’m not good enough,” “I’ll never be rich,” “I don’t deserve a great marriage,” and etc. These false limitations have hampered your ability to create reachable and attainable goals and outcomes. Time Line Therapy™ techniques enable you to eliminate many types of issues in your past, thus allowing you to move forward toward your goals and desires.Time Line Therapy™ is a registered trademark of Dr. Tad James, licensed exclusively to the Time Line Therapy Association, Inc. Association members are authorized to use this trademark in conjunction with their practice of Time Line Therapy™ techniques.Hypnotherapy Our minds work on two levels–the conscious and the unconscious. We make decisions, think, and act with our conscious mind. The unconscious mind controls our habits. In the relaxed state known as hypnosis, we can communicate directly with the unconscious mind. This is why it is quick and easy to change habits of a lifetime with hypnosis It’s a deep relaxing state that allows you to totally focus and concentrate. Hypnosis enables you to change habits, reduce stress and achieve your goals – much more easily than you can in a state of normal awareness. It’s been used successfully for thousands of years to help people with a wide variety of mental and physical challenges. Hypnosis can help …a growing body of research supports the ancient practice as an effective tool in the treatment of a variety of problems, from anxiety to chronic pain.”-Newsweek, 9/04
“In [hypnosis], you can attain significant psycho-physiologic changes.”Dr. Daniel Handel, National Institute of Health
-New York Times, 6/02
“Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses…”-Scientific American 7/01
“…hypnosis is not mind control. It’s a naturally occurring state of concentration; It’s actually a means of enhancing your control over both your mind and your body.”Dr. David Spiegel, Assoc. Chair of Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine,
-Jane Pauley Show 9/04
“Hypnosis has gained credibility in the past five years because of research using the latest brain-imaging technology…. Studies show hypnosis can help treat a multitude of disorders…”-Business Week, 2/04
“Hypnosis can actually help you lose weight.”Harvard Medical School psychotherapist Jean Fain
-Oprah Magazine, 8/04
“The technique has been accepted by the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association”Martin Orne, M.D.,
Professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
-Newsweek, 11/86
“Hypnosis: A safe and potent pain reliever”-Consumer Reports, 1/05
“The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being.”-The Mayo Clinic 12/03
“Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit.”-New Scientist, 10/92
“On hypnosis…His total loss, 35 pounds.”Losing It! The Ultimate Diet Challenge
-Dateline NBC 1/04
“… hypnosis often is used to modify behavior and overcome phobias and bad habits — it can help you make changes that you’ve been unable to make otherwise.”-National Women’s Health Resource Center 11/03
“With weight loss the evidence is conclusive…hypnosis does help people reduce.”-Smithsonian Magazine, 3/99
“I should have done it years ago…It’s amazing I didn’t even want cigarettes any more.”Matt Damon describing his hypnosis experience to Jay Leno,
-The Tonight Show, 12/04
“…throughout the medical mainstream, it’s common to be used for addiction…and psychotherapy.”-Diane Sawyer,
Good Morning America, 6/02
“…today it’s considered a respected therapeutic tool, a well-established method of reaching the subconscious mind. Many patients have tried it and successfully cut back on smoking or overeating…”Connie Chung,
-Eye-to-Eye, 12/94
“Hypnosis seems helpful in treating addictions, and the depression and anxiety associated with them…”-Psychology Today, 9/96
“Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! … no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it’s been shown as an effective means of helping people quit smoking, shed pounds, reduce stress, and end phobias.”-Jane Pauley Show, 9/04
“Approved as a valid treatment by the American Medical Association in 1958, hypnotism has become increasingly accepted by the medical community. Its use for chronic pain was approved in 1996 by the National Institutes of Health.”-The Capital (Annapolis, MD), 4/04
“There’s entrancing news about hypnosis; it’s gaining credibility as a treatment for a multitude of troubles, from nicotine addiction to post-traumatic stress disorder.”-Business Week, Feb 2/04
“It is employed today to combat phobias, control bad habits and enhance performance.”