Ultimate NLP Practitioner Training Program

© Matthew G Barnett 2018 | www.cognitiontraining.co.uk | www.meetmattbarnett.com | www.headgearlabs.com

 Ultimate NLP Practitioner Training Program

THE META MODEL

Pattern Response Prediction
DISTORTIONS
1. Mind Reading: Claiming to know someone's "How do you know I don't like Recovers Source of the
internal state. Ex: "You don't like me." you?" Info.

2. Lost Performative: Value judgments where "Who says it's bad?" "According Gathers evidence.
the person doing the judging is left out. Ex. to whom?" "How do you know it's Recovers source of the
"It's bad to be inconsistent." bad." belief, the Performative,
strategy for the belief.

3. Cause⎯Effect: Where cause is wrongly put "How does what I'm doing cause Recovers the choice.
outside the self. Ex: "You make me sad." you to choose to feel sad?" (Also,
Counter Ex., or "How Specifically?"

4. Complex Equivalence: Where two "How does her yelling mean that Recovers Complex
experiences are interpreted as being she..?" "Have you ever yelled at Equivalence. Counter
synonymous. Ex: "She's always yelling at me, someone you liked?" Example.
she doesn't like me."
5. Presuppositions: Ex: "If my husband knew (1) "How do you choose to Specify the choice & the
how much I suffered, he wouldn't do that." suffer?" (2) "How is he (re)acting? verb, & what he does.
There are 3 Presuppositions in this sentence: (3) "How do you know he doesn't
Recover the Internal
(1) I suffer, (2) My husband acts in some way, know?"
Rep., and the Complex
and (3) My husband doesn't know I suffer. Equivalence

GENERALIZATIONS
6. Universal Quantifiers: Universal Find Counter Examples. "Never?" Recovers Counter
Generalizations such as all, every, never, "What would happen if she did?" Examples, Effects,
everyone, no one, etc. Ex: "She never listens Outcomes.
to me."
7. Modal Operators: a. Modal Operators of a. "What would happen if you
Necessity: As in should, shouldn't, must, did?" ("What would happen if you
Recovers Effects,
must not, have to, need to it is necessary. Ex: didn't?" Also, "Or?"
Outcome.
"I have to take care of her."
b. Modal Operators of Possibility: (Or
Impossibility.) As in can/can't, will/won't, b. "What prevents you?" ("What
Recovers Causes
may/may not, possible/impossible. Ex: "I would happen if you did?")
can't tell him the truth."

© Matthew G Barnett 2018 | www.cognitiontraining.co.uk | www.meetmattbarnett.com | www.headgearlabs.com