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Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety
disorder that can occur after experiencing or witnessing a
life-threatening event. A disorder that often leads to complex
consequences, PTSD is addressed through various traditional and
alternative treatments. The traditional treatments include talk,
cognitive behavior, exposure and group therapies. On the other hand, the
alternative treatments to PTSD are
information processing, hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Specifically, NLP makes use of language in reframing, redirecting and reorganizing the brain's coding experience. Simply put, through communication, NLP seeks changing the patterns of emotional and mental behaviors. NLP is a greatly effective therapy and it's benefits far exceed any other form of therapy.
NLP according to its proponents
Since PTSD is approaching an alarming proportion today, there needs to be a more efficient and effective PTSD treatment. NLP presents itself as a hopeful intervention for PTSD sufferers. Compared to other treatments, NLP focuses on the structure of the trauma itself which the proponents describe as a super-stimulus. This means that the trauma is even more intense than the traumatic experience. The difficulty of dealing with trauma is that it changes how a person perceives reality and interprets the events happening around him/her. The traumatic experience may be so strong that it can desensitize a person, but even this is successfully addressed by NLP.
Founded by Dr. John Grinder and Richard Bandler in 1970s, NLP can actually lead in resolving emotional pain caused by the traumatic event. An NLP therapist does not act as the expert but rather a facilitator and coach. There is a need for an active participation of the client to achieve sense of ownership. In this way, patient resistance, which is often a barrier encountered in other therapeutic approaches, is addressed and overcome. NLP is more interactive compared to other approaches and the intervention progresses with the help of the patient.
How NLP works
There are three components to NLP (neuro, linguistic and programming). Our nervous system, receives and processes our external environmental experiences through our senses. Verbal and nonverbal communication systems give meaning through neural representations. Finally, programming is an individual's ability of organizing communication systems so that goals and results are achieved. Through the mind and language, NLP helps in changing the way we perceive our external environment and then influences our body and our behaviors. Through NLP, the association between the memory of the traumatic event and its metadata like emotions, is removed.
Common to virtually all PTSD sufferers is the reinforcement of negative thoughts. NLP works in a way that it will isolate representation strategies among personal thoughts and then identify where they can be counterproductive. Through this, NLP can redirect the thoughts from negative to positive effects. NLP also makes use of the power of imagination and the subconscious mind. NLP also works thereby through focusing on the present, determining the desired outcomes and teaching the PTSD sufferer to change his or her thought process.
information processing, hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). Specifically, NLP makes use of language in reframing, redirecting and reorganizing the brain's coding experience. Simply put, through communication, NLP seeks changing the patterns of emotional and mental behaviors. NLP is a greatly effective therapy and it's benefits far exceed any other form of therapy.
NLP according to its proponents
Since PTSD is approaching an alarming proportion today, there needs to be a more efficient and effective PTSD treatment. NLP presents itself as a hopeful intervention for PTSD sufferers. Compared to other treatments, NLP focuses on the structure of the trauma itself which the proponents describe as a super-stimulus. This means that the trauma is even more intense than the traumatic experience. The difficulty of dealing with trauma is that it changes how a person perceives reality and interprets the events happening around him/her. The traumatic experience may be so strong that it can desensitize a person, but even this is successfully addressed by NLP.
Founded by Dr. John Grinder and Richard Bandler in 1970s, NLP can actually lead in resolving emotional pain caused by the traumatic event. An NLP therapist does not act as the expert but rather a facilitator and coach. There is a need for an active participation of the client to achieve sense of ownership. In this way, patient resistance, which is often a barrier encountered in other therapeutic approaches, is addressed and overcome. NLP is more interactive compared to other approaches and the intervention progresses with the help of the patient.
How NLP works
There are three components to NLP (neuro, linguistic and programming). Our nervous system, receives and processes our external environmental experiences through our senses. Verbal and nonverbal communication systems give meaning through neural representations. Finally, programming is an individual's ability of organizing communication systems so that goals and results are achieved. Through the mind and language, NLP helps in changing the way we perceive our external environment and then influences our body and our behaviors. Through NLP, the association between the memory of the traumatic event and its metadata like emotions, is removed.
Common to virtually all PTSD sufferers is the reinforcement of negative thoughts. NLP works in a way that it will isolate representation strategies among personal thoughts and then identify where they can be counterproductive. Through this, NLP can redirect the thoughts from negative to positive effects. NLP also makes use of the power of imagination and the subconscious mind. NLP also works thereby through focusing on the present, determining the desired outcomes and teaching the PTSD sufferer to change his or her thought process.
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