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: Beliefs and belief change
7: Perceptual positions
8: Fast phobia cure
9: Hypnosis and meditation
10: Luck
11: Metaprogrammes, Profiles and Preferences
12: Modelling
13. Progressive dissociation (This page)
14: Self Compassion
15: Senses and Sub-modalities
16. Six step re-framing
17: Storytelling
18: Strategies
19. Swish
20: Time and timeline
21. Visual Squash
22: Values and value rules
23: Summary

NLP Technique Progressive Dissociation