Rewarding Self-Liberation. The Use of NLPt in Lifestyle Improvement and Weight-Control
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2019, Vol 22, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Environmental changes are exponential, while innate and acquired predispositions fall short of adjustment, hence average individual stress levels increase and express in weight gain (Sominsky & Spencer, 2014). Uncontrolled instincts – together with unrealistic ambitions – play a major role in the erosion of self-esteem and condition the subjects’ mindset for incapability due to biased attribution of failure, and are intensifying the psychological discomfort that induced self-rewarding habits (Thomas et al., 2008). Objectives: Symptomatic treatments – especially those which promise quick and effortless results – are harmful both in psychological and, consequently, in medical terms, as subjects tend to experiment with increasingly radical procedures after moderate attempts fail (Collins & Bentz, 2009). Based on current obesity studies, a non-invasive, low-intensity approach promises a practical solution for the complex bio-psycho-social challenge. Methods: As perceptible somatic issues often originate in – individually varying but generally similar – psychological syndromes that trigger unhealthy habits (Gluck et al., 2001; Goodman & Whitaker, 2002) and therefore continuously deteriorating the biochemical equilibrium that reinforces reactive behavioral responses (Alexeev et al., 2018; Osadchiy et al., 2018), these self-sustaining cycles are reversible with systemic approach and NLPt methods. Results: The recently developed mental training based on the allergy-process (Dilts et al., 1990; Biró, 2006, 2015) and increased habitual control offer sustainable results by the improvement of lifestyle-related cognitive and affective factors – e.g.: identity, motivation, strategic thinking – and promote decisional consciousness, even in abruptly adverse situations. General experiences and selected cases are presented. Conclusions: NLPt methodology permanently enables to provide solution for weight-related issues by enhancing self-control and consciousness. Psychological, biochemical and neurobiological advancements supporting the theoretical model behind practical results of lifestyle-changing and weight-control are discussed.
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Roland Kasek
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