Letting Go By Rachel Hott, Ph.D. One of our current NLP trainees asked me for assistance regarding a story about letting go. She was going to be running a group and part of her project was to inspire them to begin new ideas, to let go of the old rigid thoughts and behaviors. In our [...] Read more »
Two Therapeutic Techniques to Become Centered and Whole by Rachel Hott, Ph.D.,Clinical Psychologist
Both Steven Leeds and I feel very fortunate to have studied with hypnotherapist and psychologist, Stephen Gilligan, PhD. Stephen had been a student of Dr. Milton Erickson’s from 1974-1980. He was one of the students who directly modeled Erickson and proceeded to take what he learned and evolve beyond his mentor’s teachings. Now 36 years [...] Read more »
It Takes Two by Rachel Hott, PhD
Steve and I have been married for 27 years. We work with couples and individuals who are dealing with relationships both romantically and professionally. What we have discovered is that no matter how skilled you are in communication inevitably it takes two to make it work. Fortunately one person can set the tone, lead the [...] Read more »
NLP App; How to Motivate Anyone
The Husband Motivator App This is not the first NLP app, but it is the first NLP trainer we know who has created one. Shelle Rose Sharvet, www.weongozi.com, has created an app called, Husband Motivator. It is based on the meta programming patterns, specifically the motivation patterns. In this app you determine who it is [...] Read more »
Eleventh International Ericksonian Conference by Dr. Rachel Hott
Back from the Ericksonian Conference, Rachel Hott, co-director of The NLP Center of New York had the opportunity to present at the Ericksonian Conference in Phoenix this past December. Her topic was “Using Trance Phenomena to Frame Your Therapeutic Interventions.” This is something that she teaches in our Level II hypnosis training. She had 22 [...] Read more »
Wipe Out by Rachel Hott, PhD
I have been a beginner, advance beginner skier for almost 35 years. When I first went skiing at age 19, the teachers were convinced that I was already at intermediate level. I always attributed that to the way I stood straight and confident. It was at the mogul moment that they discovered that just because [...] Read more »
How To Remember Names
What is in a name? Apparently a lot, when it comes to remembering people’s names and the impression it makes. When I (Rachel) was presenting at the International Coach Federation’s NYC chapter meeting there were over 60 people in the room. I did my best to introduce myself to as many people possible. Each time [...] Read more »
What is NLP?
Rachel had the opportunity to present for the International Coach Federation (ICF) New York chapter in three venues in late September. She began with a live television show on Channel 56 with Terry Yoffe and discussed NLP. The very first question was, “What is NLP?” The next venue, two days later at a presentation to [...] Read more »
How to Build a Bad Relationship
We all enter into relationships with certain communication skills. Some will lead to healthy ways of relating that will be mutually satisfying and some not. Some will last a lifetime and some will lead to an early exit. Most of the things we do, we do without actually knowing how we do them. We do [...] Read more »
Do Ask! Do Tell!
If you have attended as many personal development seminars over the years as I have or have been in the presence of someone who has, then you have probably heard someone say, “Don’t assume. When you do, it makes an ass out of u and me (ass-u-me).” Catchy. It gets a lot of laughs. But [...] Read more »
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