Addressing the need for a discerning, research-based discussion of NLP, this book seeks to answer the many questions that clients, potential users and practitioners ask, including: what is NLP and what can it best be used for? This book looks at the research and theory behind NLP, also exploring claims that it is a `pseudoscience'.

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PAUL TOSEY has more than 15 years' experience of developing coaches and consultants at postgraduate level at the University of Surrey, UK. He is a Master Practitioner of NLP, has supervised doctoral research in NLP, published academic articles on the subject, and chaired the world's First International NLP Research Conference in 2008.

JANE MATHISON has been involved with NLP for many years and is an accredited NLP trainer. She gained her PhD from the University of Surrey in 2003, then worked as a Research Officer on the applications of NLP to transformative learning. Recently she has been exploring innovations in the use of NLP in qualitative research.

Inhalt
PART Introduction What is NLP? The 'Six Faces' of the Field Organisational Applications of NLP PART II The Road to Santa Cruz Discovering the Language of Change Exploring Inner Landscapes The Influences of Erickson and the Palo Alto Group Gregory Bateson and Cybernetics The Presuppositions of NLP PART III 'Useful versus True' Theory, Knowledge and Pseudoscience What Does Research Say About NLP? NLP and Ethics Outcome, Ecology and Integrity NLP as a Movement Values and Discourse PART IV Synthesis Quo Vadis?