THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO MEDICAL NLP

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London: Hammersmith Press, January 2008

“… an elegant and wonderful book … this is the kind of book I hoped one of my students would write”

- Dr Richard Bandler, Co-creator and Developer of NLP

ABOUT MAGIC IN PRACTICE

Between a third and half of all patients seeking help from the medical profession are suffering from medically unexplained symptoms, and we are facing an epidemic of complex chronic conditions that have no easily discernible pathology or cause. Pressure for a model of ‘whole-person’ health care has been growing over the past 25 years, but, no practical, cost-effective, integrative model has been suggested, until now.

Medical NLP - developed out of the work of Dr Richard Bandler and the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - offers for the first time a practical methodology and explicit interventions to help tackle this debilitating array of problems. Supported by new research and extensive clinical experience, Medical NLP offers the only internationally recognised and licensed health practitioner training that seamlessly integrates psychosocial therapeutic approaches with the existing biomedical principles and time constraints of the consultation process. Written in an accessible style for doctors, nurses, therapists and all other allied health professionals, this is a book about solutions, rather than problems.

INTRODUCTION by Dr Richard Bandler

All I can say is: it’s about time. This is the kind of book I hoped one of my students would write. What Garner Thomson has done, with Dr Khalid Khan, is to take my work further and, with great precision, present tools for health-care professionals, while at the same time offering all those in NLP a solid understanding of how the technology of NLP works in the brain.

I have for years been very good at modelling successful healers, but have fallen short on providing the science. I have used magnetic resonance imaging scans since they were available to understand the mysteries of the brain. Now, these gentlemen have gone so much farther. I say thank you – and recommend that any Neuro-Linguistic Programmer read this over and over and over.

It seems obvious to me that the more we know about the brain and how it works well, the better off we will be. And the two most important applications of my work will always be education and health. My work has been accepted by psychologists and therapists. Over the years, I have trained thousands of doctors, teachers and health-care professionals. The American Dental Society claimed that NLP had the only cure for dental phobia. However, I doubt that myself: I believe there are as many ways for the brain to learn better behaviour as there is imagination in the world.

What this book represents is a startling step forward in filling in details and applying technology. Rigorous, yet easy to understand, this is a presentation of powerful patterns of human learning. I believe that, 50 years from now, you will find it on every health-care professional’s bookshelf. So be one of those exceptional people who lead the pack and get it there now.

I am proud to have been the inspiration for such an elegant and wonderful book. Having read it just once, I am now going to go back through it again. You should do the same.

The only other thing I can say is: Thank you!

- Dr Richard Bandler

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What leading health professionals are saying about
Magic in Practice

'This book shows us the structure of those times when we’ve watched a colleague with a patient and thought, “What a great doctor!” We know Medical NLP is effective, and, here, the reasons why it works are explained in terms of contemporary neuroscience. Applying what can be learned from this book will transform the way we interact with our patients, and make those interactions more exciting, stimulating and rewarding.'
Dr Jonathan Bannister
Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
Winner: Medical Futures Innovation & Enterprise Award 2007

'Every caring health professional needs to read this book. Skill-giving and beautifully logical, it will enrich and enhance your clinical world beyond belief, and will improve both your own and your patients’ satisfaction, experience and outcomes ...'
Dr Ayan Panja, General Practitioner and author
http://ayanpanja.blogspot.com'

'Be aware that Medical NLP is very powerful. It can and will change your life and the lives of your patients, for the better. Garner Thomson has all the skills to help you take you and your patients’ lives forward. How do I know? Well he did it for me - but don’t take my word for it. See for yourself in his book.'
Mr John Wood FRCS
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

'This book can help the counsellor to expand the art of the possible in therapy. It spells out the mechanics of ‘carrying hope’ and just how significant this is in achieving the goals of a therapeutic relationship'
Carol Ervine
Psychologist and counsellor

'The beauty of this book is that you can short-cut to doing it without having to dissect it. These are simple to use tools to help you, family, friends and patients. Of course, you don’t have to read this, just like you didn’t have to become a doctor; but you will be really glad you did. Go on … make your life easier'
Dr Khalid Hasan
Consultant Anaesthetist

'Learn how to establish rapport quickly and easily and discover how therapy can be embedded in conversational speech. Garner Thomson and Khalid Khan show how the techniques can be incorporated into everyday clinical practice'
Dr Carl Long
Consultant Physician in Care of the Elderly

'Using the sophisticated Medical NLP techniques Garner Thomson taught me has clearly empowered many of my patients. Learning about, and applying, NLP has been one of the most useful additions to my practice of nutritional therapy. My patients are more confident about their ability to change and the results speak for themselves.'
Mary Strugar
Clinical Nutritionist

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