NLP Technique | Progressive dissociation

Progressive Dissociation

Being able to associate and dissociate is a skill. This video introduces its importance in NLP.

This progressive dissociation technique will enable most of your clients to dissociate from pain, in this example, from a headache.

Progressive dissociation using a headache as an example.

1. Ask your client where the discomfort or pain is.
2. Ask them to hold your wrist, then ask a sequence of questions:

• What does your [client’s] head feel about the pain in your [client’s] head?
• What does your neck feel about the pain in your head?
• What does your shoulder feel about your head?
• What does your elbow feel about your head?
• What does your hand feel about your head?
• What do your fingers feel about your head?
• What do my fingers feel about your head?
• What does my hand feel about your head?
• What does my elbow feel about your head?
• What does my shoulder feel about your head?
• What does my head feel about the your head?

And then reverse through every step, all the way back to the client’s head, the last question being:

• And how does your head now feel about your head?

Many clients find, to their surprise, that their head will be pain free. Give it a try!

The next NLP technique we will look at is Self compassion.

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Key NLP Techniques Section Index

1: NLP Techniques
2: Affirmations
3: Amplify feelings
4: Bad memories (Dissolving)
5: Bad memories (Exploding)
6: Belief change
7: NLP Coaching
8: Perceptual positions
9: Fast phobia cure
10: Hypnosis and meditation and separately Free Hypnosis MP3s
11: Luck
12: Mental Rehearsal 
13: Metaprogrammes, Profiles and Preferences
14: Modelling
15: Progressive dissociation
16: Rapport
17: Self Compassion
18: Submodalities
19. Six step re-framing
20: Storytelling
21: States and anchors
22: Strategies
23. Swish
24: Timeline therapy
25: Visual Squash
26: Values
27: Summary