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The Function of Language Patterns in Human Communication
Looking from a therapeutic context, these language patterns exist in all forms of human communication. For example, a client may make a statement such as “Why did it happen to him?” In this case, an expert practitioner using Neuro Linguistic courses will try to find the real meaning behind this statement.
The meaning of “it” is not known at this point, which is supposedly the major cause of distress and concern for the client. The experience of the client is a response based on his particular perception of the sounds, images and feelings he felt during the time of the event. The client has then categorized this experience based on his past experiences, beliefs, fears and feelings, and then labeled it with certain specific words. The concept of the meta model to use the information-deprived language and words and recreate a more rich, precise and detailed experience captured by all the primary senses of the client. Only then can constructive and positive changes be brought about in the life of the client and his behavior.
Neuro Linguistic Programming using the Meta Model can be applied in our day to day lives and behavior. There are several techniques to identify the underlying thoughts of a case by further probing. For example, a presupposition made by a client is an inherent assumption where the actual truth is known or taken for granted. A negation of the expression used by the client will not change the presupposition, such as “I want to marry again” or “I do not want to marry again” both hint that the subject has been married before once or more than one time. A presupposition should not be confused with an implication, where the rule of negation might not always work.
The Cause and Effect Analysis
Other examples of Meta model based Neuro Linguistic Programming include the cause and effect analysis, wherein one event most likely results in another event provided everything else remains the same. A mind reading violation is said to have occurred when a person claims he knows the thoughts and predicts the actions of another person without and direct evidence. A universal quantifier is said to have happened when a person attempts to characterize a whole bunch of people into having a particular belief or action, that is a thought or action is true for every related thing or person.
Other techniques included in neuro-linguistic training use unspecified comparators or indices for explaining an idea or event. Thus, by improving the clarity of thought and communication, the actual problem and issues can be identified and dealt with.
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