Aligning Perceptual Positions

by Connirae Andreas, Ph.D. and Tamara Andreas, MM, ©1991 first published in Anchor Point, Feb. 1991 (Vol 5 No 2) – with minor edits April 2006 “Perceptual Positions” has been an important and useful distinction in NLP, one that can be used to enhance our flexibility, wisdom and resourcefulness.  There are three major perceptual positions: …

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Gaining Additional Perspectives in Relationships*

by Steve and Connirae Andreas ©2000  Introduction              Over 200 years ago, Robert Burns wrote the following (in modern English): Oh, would some power the gift to give us, To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notion.             The ability to experience ourselves as someone else does …

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A Strategy for Responding to Criticism

by Steve Andreas & Connirae Andreas, Ph.D.     One of the fundamental presuppositions of NLP is that “There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.” That’s a nice thought, and it points in a very useful direction. However, for a majority of people it’s just a cute sentence that doesn’t automatically change their experience or …

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Escaping the “Black Hole” of Judgement

by Steve Andreas ©2004  “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” — Shakespeare (Hamlet)  Introduction           In English, there are two basic meanings for the word “judgement.” One meaning is clear thinking–to be able to perceive a situation, gather information, assess it, and come to a conclusion or decision, as in …

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