The NLP Development Forum

…has ceased to be…

Something dies once its purpose is fulfilled. Steven Saunders founded the NLP Development Forum in the Autumn of 2003, to seek like-minded people who wanted to collaborate to take NLP into the territory of real science and deeper models that worked all of the time.

Three conferences were held in 2004, 5 and 6, to share current work. Proceedings are available on request.

The research fell into collaborations with Eileen Watkin Seymour 2004–5, and David Grove 2005–6, after which, the work evolved into developing the Holigral Method. To understand the new science of the self and group, read the book.

The following fundamental flaws were discovered in NLP (and similar psychotherapies, and coaching forms):

• All work based upon manipulating submodalities mixes up the signals of the gatekeepers for deep, personal transformation, and as such I refuse to let my graduates use any NLP techniques. In essence this is NLP, and so I disavow it.
• The projection of the facilitator seriously interferes with the emergence of the client, and so the perfect results can only occur in the cleanest of emotional and mental environments.
• The use of hypnosis is no longer necessary nor indeed desirable, as again the coach overly influences the client.
• Eye-to-eye, face-to-face work is overly projective and interfering with the client system.
• Clients discover blocks, holes and issues when the cross landscapes scarred by NLP type work. It is better to now ignore that stepping stone and migrate direct to Holigral.

There are plenty more reasons, which become apparent as the consciousness and shining self grow.