NLP Meta Model
Posted by Ben TienMar 7
NLP Meta Model is a model of language, a model of questions that are used to specify information about someone experience. It is used to get clarity and exactly find out how someone is creating their experience and/or limiting themselves.
Every choice we make in our lives is made as a result of our experience, NLP Meta Model can teach you how to make new choices. So if you are someone that tends to make a lot of bad or negative decisions, NLP Meta Model can show you how to change the way to make decisions and start making positive decisions.
NLP Meta Model asks questions to find out quality and specific information. It is based on the assumption that all communication contains Deletions, Distortions and Generalizations.
- Deletions in language are when information has been left out. For example if someone says “I’m Anxious” – you want to figure out how they know they are not happy or when they know it’s time to be anxious.
- Distortions would be things like mind reading. For the example, “He doesn’t like me”. You are distorting reality and making up what you think is going on.
- Generalizations are where we draw global conclusions based on one or two experiences. For the example, “Nobody loves me”. Generalizing that no one in the world loves you.
Communication is ripe with deletions, distortions and generalizations and NLP Meta Model was developed to reconnect the client back to the experience so that they can get a fully idea of what else was going on. So, they can challenge their beliefs and the model of the world.
The Meta Model is used to break down those 3 different communication elements and give the therapist a way of meeting the client in their world and building a bridge for them out. It is used to both break down bad beliefs and build a more useful perspective of their world. Once you learn the basics of NLP Meta Model it becomes automatic and your communication skills will naturally use the method while you are communicating with others.
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