It’s a matter of opinion
How do some of our opinions remain constant while others change without us noticing, and sometimes it is such a shock that we are left temporarily disorientated?
It takes two to tango
From a systemic perspective both parties in a relationship (often unwittingly) perpetuate recurring patterns. What needs to happen to initiate and maintain a new behaviour?
Foreword to ‘The Life and Work of David Grove’
Our endorsement of Carol Wilson’s book honouring David Grove’s contribution to the field of Clean.
Learning from a Master
Reflections on David Grove’s mastery published in Carol Wilson’s The Work and Life of David Grove: Clean Language and Emergent Knowledge
What’s the ‘Co-’ in Cooperating, Collaborating and Co-Inspiring?
What does it mean to collaborate, cooperate or co-inspire? What does a clean approach add to the mix? And how do we do them?
Self-nudge
Part 1 reviews theories about how we make (or take) decisions. Part 2 is a practical process for how to ‘nudge’ ourselves to beneficial behaviours.
When science and spirituality have a beer
Video of a Symbolic Modelling session in English & French, and annotated transcript with seven Indicators of a binding patten.
Calibrating whether what you are doing is working or not
How facilitators calibrate when “it’s working” and when it’s not. Definitions, considerations, assumptions and an annotated transcript.
What did Improv ever do for us?
The cross-overs between improvisational theatre and facilitating a Symbolic Modelling session.
Modelling how to act from what you know to be true
How to act from what you know to be true when you don’t know how to, or you’re frightened of the consequences
Cognitive dissonance and creative tension
What is cognitive dissonance? How does it relate to self-deception, double binds and the creative process?
Coaching in the moment
A model of Vivian Gladwell’s method of in-the-moment directing of trainee improvisational clowns, adapted for developing Symbolic Modelling skills.
Proximity and Meaning
The significance of adjacency, next to-ness, how to recognise it and how to work with it for ourselves and our clients.
Using Symbolic Modelling as a research and interview tool
Reviews how Clean Language has been used in research and interviewing and details the Minewater Project as an example
What is Therapeutic Modelling?
The similarities and differences between therapeutic and product modelling. Published in ReSource 8
Becausation
Using Aristotle’s four causes and a Cognitive Linguist metaphorical perspective to model causation.
When the Remedy is the Problem
How attempts at solving a problem can perpetuate or exacerbate that problem or create another problem.
Learning from relationship
Applying Gottman’s research plus five exercises.
Clean Conversations
How to use Clean Language in everyday conversations.
Preferences
What and how we like: Distinguishing between different kinds of perceived preferences.
Body Awareness
Exploring the mind in the body and the body in the mind with Julie Driver
The Jewel of Choice
Annotated transcript of two sessions using Symbolic Modelling
and the client’s view of changes that occurred. Published in ‘NLP News’
It’s happening now!
Part 6 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
A developmental perspective
Part 5 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
Levels
Part 4 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
Multiple perceptions, perspectives and perceivers
Part 3 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
Context matters
Part 2 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
Constructivism
Part 1 of the philosophy underpinning Symbolic Modelling.
Endings and beginnings
Thoughts and activities on a universal way of punctuating experience into starts and finishes.
Metonymy
Part-whole relationships – a process fundamental to language and cognition.
Modelling dynamic equilibrium
What it is, why it matters and how to make use of the idea of stability through change.
Perspectives to model by
Where and how we perceive makes a difference to what we perceive. Where do Symbolic Modeller’s perceive from?
Clean Language Without Words
How to use your voice and body to utilise clients use of space, their body and non-verbal sounds. Published in ‘Rapport’
Meta, Milton and Metaphor
Sensory and abstract are different kinds of subjective experience and there is a third kind not coded by Bandler and Grinder.
The most successful NLP Practice group in the world?
How the London NLP group built a self-organising community.
Your thinking virtually creates your reality
Living out of the two most fundamental NLP Presuppositions. Published in Rapport, 20.