Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133946 in Books
• Published on: 1990-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Using NLP for health - easy to read but lacking in substance
The book is based on a "Beliefs and Health" workshop run by the authors. It uses standard NLP techniques and applies them to health. There are many examples of actual therapeutic sessions carried out in the workshops. Topics covered are beliefs, strategies, re-imprinting and criteria. Some chapters end with a useful summary (but not all). I believe the workshop was aimed at already qualified NLP practitioners, and this is reflected in the language used and the references to NLP techniques not explained in the book.

I was rather disappointed overall. None of the topics is covered in much depth and there were only one or two things presented that were new to me (I am an NLP practitioner). However, I believe the jargon used is too technical for the NLP novice, and some of the techniques referred to are not explained at all. I would recommend "NLP and Health" by O'Connor and Seymour instead.

Excellent book for therapists
I didn't find the above review helpful and it nearly put me off buying it, but I was advised that Dilts has written some excellent stuff. As a Hypnotherapist I found this incredibly useful from a work and a personal perspective, it is easy to read and a lot of the learning is done subconsciously due to the writing style, much like Bandler & Grinders "Trance Formations". If you liked Trance-Formations this is a must for your book collection, some very powerful methods of change.

profound health applications
The difficulty with this book is the fact it is written in a workshop format. However if you are interested in NLP and health this has more in it than you may at first believe. For example it seems that part of the problem with modern medicine is the "problem" space that it holds. Whereas as an NLP approach create an outcome and resources which can whatever people may think can radically change the symptoms and can in fact reverse disease altogether. (Not a popular view as we are so dependent on drugs, but the mind is powerful) . The trainers are very congruent with their work and this is a gem that would be a wonderful gift. NLP knowledge very helpful or you could just get curious about its applications.