Personal Injury Law

Neuro Linguistic Programming

By John A. Day

Paul Luvera has written an interesting post on neuro linguistic programming.  Those of you who have studied concepts such as mirroring and anchoring have explored some of the concepts that make up this field as applied to our craft.

The Oxford  English Dictionary defines NLP as "a model of interpersonal communication chiefly concerned with the relationship between successful patterns of behaviour and the subjective experiences (esp. patterns of thought) underlying them" and "a system of alternative therapy based on this which seeks to educate people in self-awareness and effective communication, and to change their patterns of mental and emotional behaviour."

I was introduced to this subject ten or more years ago by Eric Oliver, a trial consultant from Michigan. Eric is scary smart and the author of Facts Can't Speak for Themselves. 

Here is another article on the topic.  This is a fascinating subject.

Full post as published by Day on Torts on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).