Reframing & Language Patterns Flashcards

A client says, 'My anxiety causes me to avoid presentations.' The Meta Model violation present is:

Answer: Complex equivalence or cause-effect

Stating that anxiety 'causes' avoidance implies a deterministic cause-effect relationship that can be questioned with 'How specifically does anxiety cause avoidance?'

In Sleight of Mouth, the 'counter example' pattern works by:

Answer: Offering a specific instance that contradicts the limiting belief

A counter example provides one case that disproves the universal generalization embedded in a limiting belief.

When using reframing with a client who has a phobia, the NLP practitioner's primary goal is to:

Answer: Change the meaning or context of the feared stimulus so it no longer triggers the old response

NLP reframing in phobia work (such as the Fast Phobia Cure) targets the internal representation and meaning of the stimulus, not its history.

Which statement demonstrates the use of a 'positive opposite' reframe?

Answer: 'Instead of being stuck, you are taking time to gather your thoughts.'

A positive opposite reframe restates the problem behavior using language that implies a positive, resourceful alternative meaning.

The Milton Model phrase 'You don't have to relax too quickly' uses which pattern?

Answer: Negative command that focuses attention on the desired behavior

Saying 'don't relax too quickly' causes the listener's mind to process 'relax,' embedding the command even as it appears to negate it.

In NLP coaching, 'reframing a problem as a resource' means:

Answer: Identifying how the problematic pattern has served or protected the client in some way

Every behavior or problem state has a positive intention; reframing it as a resource honors that intention while opening space for new choices.

A coach says, 'Some people find that simply noticing a pattern is the first step to changing it.' This Milton Model pattern is called:

Answer: Unspecified referential index

Using 'some people' rather than 'you' is an unspecified referential index that allows the client to self-select into the suggestion without feeling pressured.