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Role of the Meta Model in NLP
Armed with a heuristic questionnaire, the Meta Model for Neuro-linguistic Programming endeavors to recover highly detailed and unambiguous information about the client, by challenging his beliefs and line of thought, and expanding his personally set boundaries into a more wider and open model of the world.
The model identifies any alterations, generalizations and omissions adopted by the client by concentrating on his language and choice of words. The meta model is a part of the foundation of Neuro-linguistic programming laid down by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, both experts in the field of linguistics.
The Neuro Linguistic courses based on the Meta Model are derived from the verbal patterning techniques designed by the renowned therapists Virginia Satir and Fritz Perls. The Neuro Linguistic training is designed to bring out the inherent feelings, attitude and outlook of the client. The questions used in the Meta Model are meant to bring clarity of thought and language for the client, so that his belief systems and thought processes can be understood and worked upon.
The actual work on language patterns was initiated by the Virginia Satir, who was a family therapist, and Fritz Perls who was a gestalt therapist. The language patterns also draw their influence from transformational syntax, which deals with Linguistic Patterns. Several claims state that the meta model is a more accurate and complete representation of the individuals model of the surrounding world.
The Neuro-linguistic Training on Meta model tries to extract the deeper structure behind the overlaying surface structure that is formed with the opening verbal language and expressions chosen by the client. By challenging the limits of the clients view of the world, and getting rid of or elaborating upon the deletions and alterations, a more complete model of the clients world map can be derived.
As a contrast to this theory, a reverse model exists, known as the Milton model originating from the works of Milton Erickson, which primarily relies on a skillful vagueness of the language pattern to derive the individual’s map of the world.
The Neuro Linguistic training on meta model essentially targets the analysis of the general semantics and transformational grammar used by the client. Neuro linguistic training involves the concept that language used by an individual is a translation of his underlying mental state into carefully selected words by the mind. This process is usually an unconscious behavior, and includes several noteworthy points.
For example, not everything that is being thought of is actually put into words, resulting in deletion of certain facts or observations. Several assumptions could be made by the individual and there could be structural incorrectness as compared to the facts, leading to a distortion in the event portrayed. There could also be an inclination to use wide ranging statements leading to generalization of the core idea or problem at hand. In addition to this, the listener or therapist himself might not fully comprehend or correctly interpret what is being said, and the image generated after being filtered through his set of beliefs and assumptions might drastically deviate from the actual truth.
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