NLP 1001 · Foundations of NLP

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The intellectual architecture of NLP before the techniques — the origins, the modelling methodology, the presuppositions, and the structure of states and neurological levels that underpins all change work.

1. Module 1

   The Origins of NLP — Modelling the Masters

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   The question

   What is NLP, and how did it come to exist? You will study the emergence of NLP from the modelling of Fritz Perls, Virginia Satir, and Milton Erickson at UCSC in the early 1970s, the methodology that produced the Meta Model and the Milton Model, and the scope of appropriate use — what NLP is for, and what it is not.

   Outcome

   You can situate NLP intellectually — explaining its origins, its methodology, and the contexts in which it is and is not appropriate.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 The Modelling Question Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 1.2 Scope, Context and What NLP Is Not Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   The NLP Presuppositions and the Map of Reality

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   The question

   What does the NLP practitioner assume, and why? You will study the NLP presuppositions as operational working assumptions — the map-territory distinction, positive intent, resource availability, flexibility, and the ecology check — understanding what each commits the practitioner to in practice rather than as metaphysical beliefs.

   Outcome

   You can work from the NLP presuppositions as operational assumptions, applying each to concrete practitioner scenarios and running an ecology check on proposed interventions.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.1 The Map Is Not the Territory Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 2.2 Flexibility, Feedback and the Ecology Check Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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3. Module 3

   States, Physiology and Neurological Levels

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   The question

   What is a state, how is it generated, and where in the system is a problem sitting? You will study the two components of state (internal representation and physiology), association and dissociation, changing states through physiology, and Dilts' six neurological levels — the diagnostic model that tells the practitioner where change needs to happen.

   Outcome

   You can use state management and neurological levels as diagnostic tools, identifying where a problem sits in the hierarchy and why interventions at the wrong level fail.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 3.1 States and Physiology Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 3.2 Neurological Levels Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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