The NLP treats and analyzes the influence that language has on our mind programming and other functions of our nervous system, as well as the linguistic patterns that we use in our communication and thought. The Neuro-Linguistic Programming It is a mental process, through which we use the senses with which we perceive our environment, with which we can encode information about our behavior.
It is used in various fields, work, education and, as behavior therapy or for combat phobias. NLP uses both verbal and non-verbal language. the five senses of smell, touch, taste, sight and hearingThey provide us with information from other people, therefore, an incorrect use of these languages makes this image negative. Using these senses change according to people, for example, there are people who perceive better through their sense of sight, so in their vital behavior they look for situations where this sense is greater importance than the rest. According to this variation between people, they are classified into visual, auditory and kinesthetic.
Visual individuals perceive their environment better through the sense of sight and are characterized by speaking faster than usual, their tone of voice is higher, their posture is rigid, and their breathing is shallow and rapid. These individuals like activities nice to look at, such as cinema, theater, arts, landscapes, etc.
Those auditory individuals perceive their vital environment better through the sense of hearing and are characterized by a more relaxed posture, a telephone listening position, fairly wide breathing, a well-sounding voice, a medium rhythm, and the frequent use of words. auditory (hey, listen). These individuals like activities related to the listen, such as: music, telling stories, interacting with other people, etc.
Finally, there are people considered kinesthetic and are those who perceive their environment through the senses of taste, touch and smell. The characteristic of these individuals is a very relaxed posture, movements that care for words, deep and wide breathing, deep voice and slow rhythm with many pauses. These individuals prefer activities Physical and contact with other people. At present there are different types of tests, which can help to locate with greater clarity the sense with which we best relate.
Psychotherapeutic use of NLP
The NLP has two main uses at the therapeutic level, as a complement for psychologists who practice in other therapeutic disciplines and, as a specific therapy called Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy. It can also be used for interpersonal communication and persuasion, including business communication, management training, sales, sports, interpersonal influence, teamwork, public speaking, negotiation skills, and marketing and communication.
The therapies based on NLP allow a improvement of internal communication and with the people in the environment, breaking mental barrierschanging conducts and behaviors, eliminating limiting beliefs, resolving inconsistencies at the level of identity and eliminating emotional situations.
NLP allows us to better understand and explain the information we receive and transmit in our personal lives, familiar surroundingswork environment and social group, giving us the ability to influence better with the actions we take. Likewise, NLP is very important to model successful strategies and generate lasting and almost immediate changes through its use therapeutic.
NLP can also be used as a personal program and definitively resolve situations associated with emotional problems such as: stress, anxiety, depression, aggressiveness, fears, addictions, change of habitsstop smoking, give up drugs, eliminate phobiassome types of allergies, attention deficit in adults, modify limiting beliefs and eliminate mental blocks.