Social Panoramas: Changing the Unconscious Landscape with NLP and Psychotherapy

Social Panoramas: Changing the Unconscious Landscape with NLP and Psychotherapy (2005)......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Table of techniques......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Preface - Denis Bridoux......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
About the expression 'unconscious social cognition'......Page 18
Theory and practice......Page 19
Psychology......Page 23
Cognitive linguistics......Page 24
Applying linguistics......Page 25
Introspection and population modelling......Page 27
Clinical field research......Page 29
01: The building blocks of the social world......Page 30
1.2 One must recognise one's own kind......Page 31
1.3 How we turn 'objects' into people......Page 33
1.4 A personification awakens......Page 35
1.5 Organising personifications......Page 36
1.6 Five types of personification......Page 37
1.7 Assumption 1: Personifications are parts......Page 38
1.8 People, animals and personifications......Page 39
1.9 Personification factors......Page 40
Nine personification factors - and what they mean in self-personification......Page 42
1.10 Why the personification factor location comes first......Page 45
1.11 Learning to personify......Page 47
1.12 Learning who we are......Page 48
1.13 Acquiring higher social skills......Page 50
Technique 1: The personification of your computer......Page 52
1.14 Limited social skills......Page 53
1.15 Concluding remarks......Page 55
02: The social panorama model......Page 56
2.2 The centre and the scale......Page 57
2.3 Finding the location of a personification......Page 59
Technique 3: Using the context and the problematical feeling to find the location......Page 60
2.3.1 Explanation of Techniques 2 and 3......Page 61
2.4 But it is not always that easy......Page 62
2.5 Recognizing patterns in social panoramas......Page 66
2.6 General patterns......Page 70
2.7 Changing basic social panoramic dimensions......Page 72
Technique 4: Changing general social attitudes......Page 75
2.8 Deeper into the social panorama patterns......Page 76
2.9 The social panorama and communication......Page 85
2.10 Cultural patterns......Page 92
2.11 Changing social emotions......Page 94
2.12 Basic techniques for the improvement of relations......Page 103
Technique 5: Moving to a better location with the aid of a reference personification......Page 104
Technique 6: Improving a personification with the help of additional abilities......Page 105
Technique 7: The single-sided improvement of very bad relationships......Page 106
Technique 8: Taking on a problem-personification as a baby......Page 109
2.14 Concluding remarks......Page 110
03: Self-awareness......Page 111
3.2 Talking about and changing self-awareness......Page 112
3.3 Exploring the world of self......Page 115
3.4 Patterns in the awareness of self......Page 118
Technique 10: Finding a contextual self-image......Page 131
Technique 11: Experiment with a group in 'The narrow alley'......Page 132
3.5 Voices of the will: The auditory self......Page 134
3.7 The function of self-awareness......Page 135
3.8 The social self......Page 139
3.9 Techniques for changing self-awareness......Page 140
Technique 12: Strengthening the transtemporal or contextual self......Page 142
Technique 13: Creating a positive self-image......Page 143
3.10 The self panorama......Page 144
Technique 15: The fusing of self-personifications......Page 145
Technique 16: A resource in the prologue to the moment of splitting off......Page 146
3.11 Some comments about collective identity......Page 147
04: The creation of power......Page 150
4.1 Making people important......Page 151
4.2 Metaphors about power......Page 152
4.3 Patterns of authority......Page 155
4.4 Problems with the highly placed......Page 157
4.5 The mystery of sudden submission......Page 162
4.6 From the description of patterns to their application......Page 170
4.7 Applications......Page 175
Technique 18: From subservience to equality......Page 176
Technique 20: Exercise in taking the second position......Page 177
Technique 21: From domination to equality......Page 178
Technique 22: Exercises for dealing with wealth......Page 179
Technique 23: Exercises for dealing with wealth......Page 180
4.8 Political power......Page 182
Technique 25: Determining a negotiation panorama......Page 185
05: Relationships with groups......Page 186
5.1 Patterns in unconscious 'pigeon hole' thinking......Page 187
5.2 Social attitudes in the social panorama......Page 189
5.3 Changing social attitudes......Page 203
Technique 26: Improving a social attitude by moving a group personification......Page 209
Technique 28: Depolarisation of the out-group......Page 211
Technique 29: Solving bi-locations in group personification......Page 212
Technique 30: Shoot! Neutralising hate for a group personification......Page 213
Technique 31: Figure of eightl......Page 214
5.5 Checking for objections......Page 216
5.6 Changing limiting social beliefs......Page 224
Technique 33: Tabula rasa! Convincing the younger self......Page 225
5.7 Demagogy, war and peace......Page 226
06: The family panorama......Page 228
6.1 The invisible family that surrounds you......Page 229
6.2 Assumption 5 again: Representation governs interaction......Page 231
6.3 Therapeutic applications of the family panorama......Page 234
6.4 A family consists of all types of personifications......Page 237
6.5 Support for the family panorama model......Page 238
6.6 Techniques for the exploration of family panoramas......Page 240
Technique 34: Exploring the family panorama......Page 242
6.7 Family patterns on three levels: Human, family and individual......Page 243
6.8 Deviations from the universal ideal image of a family......Page 251
6.9 Changing family panoramas......Page 257
6.10 The stimulus for change......Page 259
6.11 Techniques for changing family panoramas......Page 261
Technique 35: Moving the personification of a family member......Page 262
Technique 37: Unifying double representations on the line of life......Page 263
6.12 Standard order of family panorama techniques......Page 268
Technique 38: Determining indications - a flexible occupation......Page 269
Technique 39: Therapeutic objectives......Page 271
Technique 40: Deciding on a test case in advance......Page 272
Technique 41: Finding deviations from the ideal image by use of universal, collective and individual family panorama patterns......Page 273
Technique 42: Transference of abilities to the distant family past......Page 274
Technique 43: Testing locations in the second perceptual position......Page 276
Technique 46: Application to the test case......Page 277
6.13 Use of the constellation method......Page 278
07: The spiritual panorama......Page 298
7.1 Psychology and religion......Page 299
7.2 The power of spirituality and religion......Page 300
7.3 Patterns in unconscious religious social cognition......Page 304
7.4 Patterns in spiritual experiences......Page 310
7.5 The spiritual top level......Page 314
7.6 Experiences attributed to spirits......Page 316
7.7 Intimacy with spirits......Page 321
7.8 Heaven on earth: Whose is the true god?......Page 322
7.9 Spiritual authorities......Page 325
7.10 Beautiful words and resounding language......Page 327
7.11 The patterns of possession......Page 330
Technique 47: Dealing with grief......Page 343
Technique 49: Core state in the social panorama......Page 344
Technique 50: Lowering the spiritual panorama......Page 345
Technique 52: Possessed until the alarm goes off......Page 346
08: Training, teaching and teams......Page 348
8.1 The trainer's panorama......Page 349
Technique 53: Discover and change your trainer's panorama......Page 353
Technique 55: Optimising the trainer's self-image......Page 354
Technique 56: The 'out-framing' of false expectations......Page 357
8.2 Identification in education......Page 359
8.4 Modelling identification......Page 365
8.6 Trainers in tears......Page 368
8.7 Team-building with the social panorama......Page 376
Technique 57: Individual team-building......Page 380
Technique 58: Building a team......Page 382
Technique 59: Team panorama exploration in a group session......Page 383
Technique 60: Taming the dragon......Page 384
Technique 61: Dreaming a team......Page 385
Postscript......Page 388
Bibliography......Page 389