Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the many people who have assisted us in bringing
this book into being. My sister and co-author Tamara Andreas first
proposed writing this book several years before publication. Her talent,
inspiration and dedication to producing the book made it possible. Tamara
wrote the first draft during a time when I was already overly busy and had
given up the idea. I am thankful to have had her personal sensitivity, her
conceptual understanding of the Core Transformation Process, and the
depth of her experience with client work and teaching the process.
Next thanks goes to Virginia Hopkins who played a major role in
everything from editing to publishing. Tamara and I were grateful to work
with someone so capable who immediately understood the heart and soul of
the book. We thank Dan Ragland for his exquisite cover design, and
Nicholas DeSciose for the cover photograph.
A big thanks to my husband, Steve Andreas, whose editing skills and
ideas about organization and sequence significantly enhanced the finished
product.
Thanks to the many readers who gave us detailed input, and to the office
staff at NLP Comprehensive in Boulder, Colorado for many kinds of
organizational support. Thanks to the many clients and seminar participants;
particularly those who offered to share their experiences in this book. We
realize how much these experiences enrich the book. Special thanks to
those who have been using this process with their clients: John Parmater,
Colleen McGovern, Gerry Schmidt, Mark Hochwender, Christina Boyd, Jan
Prince, Jessie Milan, and Larry Iverson each contributed experiences with
their clients to the personal reports we share in this book.
I thank also my many teachers over the years, including Richard
Bandler, John Grinder, Leslie Lebeau, Robert Dilts, David Gordon and
Judith Delozier. Their work in developing the field of NLP was the
foundation upon which I developed the Core Transformation Process. I
would like to especially acknowledge Leslie Lebeau, whose work has in
some ways paralleled my own.
 I thank my friends and colleagues Mark Hochwender, Laing Reynolds,
and Richard Schaub for helping me deepen my understanding of the
spiritual, as I found myself in what was for me uncharted territory.
Thanks to you the reader, for making this book worth writing.
 Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Finding the Way to the Wellspring Within

SECTION I
MAPPING OUT THE TERRITORY
Keys to Core Transformation

1. THE JOURNEY BEGINS

How Do We Get There from Here?
2. BEFRIENDING THE UNCONSCIOUS
Why Understanding Rarely Leads to Change
3. FINDING POSITIVE PURPOSES
Learning to Communicate with Our Inner Allies
4. THE FIVE CORE STATES
The Nature of the Wellspring Within

SECTION II
THE CORE STATE EXERCISE
The Heart of the Core Transformation Process

5. A DEMONSTRATION WITH CATHY

Having It Your Way
6. THE CORE STATE EXERCISE
Understanding the Structure
7. A QUESTIONNAIRE
Finding an Unwanted Behavior, Feeling or Response