Title : The effectiveness of neuro-linguistic programming methods and techniques in the process of facilitating change and symptom relief in trauma and addiction
Abstract:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, in the field of psychology and psychotherapy, is a topic of much debate, nowadays. The purpose of this present study was to examine how Neuro-Linguistic Programming can be effective in facilitating change and symptom relief in trauma and addiction. Trauma is stored in the body as implicit memory, one of the two main types of memory. The key point to remember is that as long as trauma is stored in the body, it can be easily triggered, by different events and external stimuli, completely detached from rational thinking. When people are triggered, fragments of memory are returning along with very strong and uncontrollable feelings, like intense fear or any other sensations which have been stored during the original trauma and now, being triggered, they are experienced again in the present moment as being real. Through its methods and techniques (Meta Model, Reframing, Association/Disassociation and others) Neuro-Linguistic Programming offers a very lucrative and on target support to individuals to challenge the implicit memory of trauma and its limitations, turning it into explicit memory, moving from “trauma stored in the body at an unconscious level” to “trauma stored in the brain at a conscious level”, explicit memory being, therefore, under the control of conscious mind, the place where positive changes can be settled consciously, on purpose.
Addiction is defined as the compulsion to continually engage in an activity or behaviour, no matter the negative impact on the person’s ability to remain functional and in control with the self, in the home as wellm as in the community. Neuro-Linguistic Programming has the answers to the Why a transition from recreational drug or alcohol use, for example, to compulsive drug-taking, and to the How to move from compulsiveness to step by step awareness, acknowledgment and control, leading to positive changes.
Audeince Takeaway Notes:
- The audience will be able to understand the difference between implicit memory in trauma and explicit memory after trauma and how Neuro-Linguistic Programming offers scientific base and educational support to individuals to move from “trauma stored in the body at an unconscious level” to “trauma stored in the brain at a conscious level” and work on specific characteristics of it so as to facilitate acknowledgment and control of the individuals over their minds that experienced traumatic events.
- They will get specific methods and techniques to address and challenge implicit memory limitations and the necessity of turning it into an explicit memory, at a conscious level so as to be properly addressed and solved. Psychologists and psychotherapist will gain specific tools to approach implicit memory in trauma and making it explicit, that type of memory that is workable and adjustable
