When I run any adverts for my NLP courses I always use the word pragmatic in the description of the course. Something which always bothered
me about my profession was that claims were sometimes that NLP was all you needed, it could change anything and you could create changes in
any sphere you wished.
What bothered me most was that ultimately our profession was doing exactly the same as others and in fact limiting itself within its own
boundaries as the only choice
One of the main themes of Neuro Linguistic Programming is that it is not a do to process, it is a do with which I perceived always to be
an encompassing statement of not only the client or groups you are working but also the learning and experience you are developing and in
effect the evolution of the techniques you are using.
Now, the only way we can do this is by learning, understanding and utilizing the expertise and experience of other professions to in fact
make it as do with as possible and in turn making the entire discipline as beneficial to those we work with as possible.
The ethics and original intent of NLP work incredibly well with other professions and frequently there is an overlap which when taken out of
its own context bear similarity and therefore should in fact be complimentary to one another.
However, due to the inflexibility of other professions AND people within the NLP community the opportunity of working together is as far
apart as when
NLP courses first came into notice in the USA in the 1970s.
Ultimately, if less time were taken attempting to prove others wrong or their therapeutic content to be less effective then maybe the
combining of therapies would produce faster results and further research into the areas which need the most work, for instance eating
disorders which is so dreadfully underfunded and neglected in this country. There are so many therapeutic methods which compliment medical
interventions and which could still be kept under the supervision and approval of the medical establishment.
The most successful therapists I have known, were completely open to the possibility of other therapies and were more intent of the recovery
of the client than the protection of their one small section of intervention work.
The NHS has now a complimentary therapist register which is semi regulated which hopefully at some stage will bring about another level of
regulation to encompass fully other certain complimentary therapies which will be recognized and used by the medical authorities.
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