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A book by Joseph O'Connor and John Seymour, originally from 1990, about the main methods of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).

NLP is a practically oriented collection of methods for better understanding of oneself and others, for influencing people, and, possibly, for rapid changing of own or others' behavioral and psychophysiological patterns. The book covers filtering, rapport, pacing and leading, representational systems, submodalities, accessing cues, elicitation, calibration, anchoring, feedback, learning loops, levels of learning, beliefs, various linguistic patterns, reframing, timelines, conflict and congruence (incl. in business settings), psychotherapy, phobia cure, modeling, accelerated learning, and more.

"Introducing NLP" is a dense book packed with information, drawing, obviously, mainly on the original works of Richard Bandler and John Grinder, but also adding some bits from others, too. Some people have said it's a bit dry and boring, but I personally liked it this way -- even though the proper working through the book took me quite some time, I felt a lot more knowledgeable afterwards, whereas the typical more easygoing books (such as the book I reviewed recently: "Crucial Conversations") sometimes tend to annoy me a bit with their excessive dilution and repetition.

Whereas the book is quite a good in-depth introduction to NLP, I would recommend to complement it with watching Richard Bandler's 10 hour video set "An Introduction to Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning", recorded at his seminar in Edinburgh. These entertaining videos drive the main points home a lot more efficiently and vividly than the book, but the latter, on the other hand, is a lot more detailed and practical.

More info about the book at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1855383446/

Note: The version that I read was not the English original, but a translation into Estonian, named "NLP. Sissejuhatus neurolingvistilisse programmeerimisse": http://www.tnp.ee/raamat?id=701