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Save a Life. Tell A Story.
Dr. Jack Schafer, a retired Special Agent for the FBI, described how telling a story can help you prevent suicide.
If You Don’t Call It “Anchoring…”
…then it isn’t NLP, it’s science. Right?
A 21-yr-old student reacted with severe anxiety in test-taking situations. She was successfully treated by cue-controlled relaxation methods. The procedure involved (1) training in deep-muscle relaxation, and (2) pairing of breath exhalations while relaxed, with a self-produced cue word—“calm”. After five weekly training sessions, follow-up results were reported on the Interpersonal Anxiety Scale and for midterm and final exams. The potential advantage, under certain conditions, of cue-controlled relaxation over systematic desensitization is discussed.
Research Into Pacing
There’s some suspicion among researchers that pacing of behavior is associated with a feeling of closeness and trust, and that it makes it easier for people to talk with one another. Have you ever heard of such an idea?
The UK-based Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) is currently funding Ph.D.-level research into “nonverbal mimicry.”
My research aims to find out whether it is possible that if the interviewer was properly trained in mimicry they could use it as an information elicitation technique.
By the end of 2019 I will have completed the first experimental study of my PhD. Results of this study will illuminate whether nonverbal mimicry does increase according to relationship closeness. I will then be carrying out my second study, based entirely on the outcome of study one.
Is nonverbal mimicry an important tool in eliciting information?
Two new to the blogroll
After two years of benign neglect of this site, I updated the blogroll. I added two and wanted to draw your attention to them.
Andy Smith’s Practical NLP Podcast is just profoundly good. He explains the fundamentals of NLP in such a way that you can put them to immediate use in your everyday life no matter what your level of training.
Barking Up The Wrong Tree is… difficult to describe. I’ll let you have a look.
Got a favorite blog for NLP, hypnosis, persuasion, or related topics? Let me know in the comments!
Carmine Recovery
If you’re not already aware of the mess surrounding Carmine Baffa’s recent arrest for rape and statutory rape, I won’t bother you with the details. You can Google it and get the news and opinions.
If you feel you have been harmed in any way by Carmine Baffa, though, my old friend Jackie Patti wants to hear from you. She has formed a Google group for you and those in your position.
From a recent post in this NLP Connections thread:
This is a closed group, only those who’ve been involved with Carmine directly are eligible to join. It’s not for cops or investigators, not for folks just following the soap opera, but for people who knew him who need to talk about it.
I know a lot of the victims myself. If I don’t know you, you’ll have to email me and explain who you are, how you knew Carmine, and why you want to join. Anyone who wants to join should send email to jpatti@ccil.org*
Please spread the word that this group exists to any victims of Carmine that you know.
To join, go to: Carmine recovery | Google Groups
*I obfuscated Jackie’s e-mail address. It should work fine if you click the link.