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NLP Myths and Truths

posted on 6 November 2008 | posted in NLP Information

A good primer article for those who've just discovered NLP.

In his recent book, 'Tricks of the Mind' television illusionist Derren Brown says that NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) is "The Frankenstein grandchild of Ericksonian hypnosis". More than 30 years after the publication of 'The Structure of Magic', the seminal work on NLP by Bandler and Grinder, has the set of techniques come of age or had its day? Is there any scientific proof to underpin the claims made by practitioners? And if not, does it matter?