Time Line Therapy And The Basis Of Personality (Pedagogy for a Changing World)

'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' is a compelling study of the important elements that make up a person’s core personality, and a detailed exploration of – and introduction to – how 'Time Line therapy' works in practice.

Written by Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall, 'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' is a compelling study of the important elements that make up a person’s core personality, and a detailed exploration of – and introduction to – how 'Time Line therapy' works in practice.

Utilizing discoveries made by Richard Bandler, 'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' expands and updates our knowledge of how people actually store their memories, and sheds light on the effect that the system used for memory storage has on the individual. The authors contend that the concept of Time Line, or the notion of time that you have stored in your mind, shapes and structures your experience of the world, and therefore shapes your personality. 'Time Line therapy' is therefore based on the premise that the client goes back to the first time they remember a particular problem, does change work – utilizing Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to eliminate irritating behaviors or issues – and, if necessary, goes to subsequent times when their behavior or response was a problem, and undertakes further change work to resolve it.

Written in an informative and engaging manner, 'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' offers readers the opportunity to see how 'Time Line therapy' works – providing a clear description of how to elicit the Time Line, and sharing step-by-step methods to subsequently help the client to release a limiting decision or trauma, remove anxiety, or set a future goal. All of these key aspects are explained using clear language and easy-to-follow steps, and the authors’ expert commentary is further complemented by examples, exercises and transcripts in order to help the reader transfer the theory into effective practice.

In Section I, the authors explain the NLP Communication Model and share their in-depth analysis of the filters – values, beliefs, attitudes, decisions, memories and meta programs – which we subconsciously use as we process the world around us and which form the basis of our personalities. Section II provides a comprehensive description of the Time Line and how it works: laying down a theoretical basis for the technique before offering insight into its practice and application with a demonstrative transcript of Time Line elicitation and change work in order to illustrate the concepts explored. In Section III the authors move on to carefully survey simple and complex meta programs (and how they can be changed) before exploring the formation, evolution and changing of values in Section IV, which includes a helpful exercise that gives guidance on how to elicit values from the client.

Exploring many interesting contexts and how personality can be positively changed to help people live happier lives, 'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' is a worthy addition to any therapist’s or NLP practitioner’s library and is suitable reading for anyone interested in behavioral change.

Sections include:

Section I: Introduction

Section II: Time Line Therapy

Section III: Meta Programs

Section IV: Values

'Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality' was originally published in 1988 by Meta Publications.

Previously published as ISBN 978-091699021-3

<P>Dr Tad James has been teaching Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line therapy and hypnosis for over 35 years, and has served as President of the American Board of Hypnotherapy for over 20 years. He is the author of seven books in the field of hypnosis and NLP, including the bestselling Hypnosis: A Comprehensive Guide and Presenting Magically: Transforming Your Stage Presence with NLP. Tad s books, audios, videos and seminars have been used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world to create happier, more fulfilling lives. <P>Wyatt Woodsmall, PhD is certified by the Society of NLP as a Master Trainer and Master Modeler. He is a pioneer in applications for modeling excellence, having done it both in government and in the private sector, and continues to be actively involved in ongoing modeling projects and related training.