In his groundbreaking new book, Richard Bolstad's RESOLVE framework shows how to integrate the effective brief therapy of NLP into the personal encounter of psychotherapy. In this way, techniques are used that access the deeper structure of the brain for fast, permanent change.RESOLVE demonstrates: - How to identify which techniques work with which clients - How to create a relationship that empowers rather than merely conveys understanding - How to give clients the more basic changes in life-approach that make therapeutic change last - How to access people's own inner skills, strategies and strengths so that change is faster and makes sense to them - How to ensure that change is occurring in the deeper brain structures where older patterns of behaviour were first laid down - How to recognise which stage in the therapeutic process you are at, and respond most effectively for that stage. Richard Bolstad gives examples from his work with PTSD in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and with addictions, depression, anxiety conditions, personality disorders and psychoses in clinical practice in New Zealand and elsewhere. His framework is clear, easy to follow, and can be used by anyone wanting to help others, or themselves, make fundamental life changes quickly and comfortably.''Those of us who practise and teach NLP often encounter frustration when people ask us for proof of its credibility. Everyone can point to statistical evidence regarding Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for instance, but not for NLP in spite of its often more profound results. And then along comes Richard Bolstad with his extremely well-researched book, Resolve. Richard Bolstad is an authority on the therapeutic uses of NLP, and during the Balkans war, he used his NLP skills in testing circumstances to instruct helpers working with Bosnian and Kosovar survivors. In just two days, he and his colleagues were able to teach local psychiatrists and hospital staff NLP skills that proved extremely effective in helping victims get over trauma in record time.The book provides excellent connections between NLP and other therapeutic ways of making change. For each area of NLP, Bolstad provides practical case studies and then sets the NLP model in the context of other models of psychotherapy. We often recommend it to our students who want to verify that NLP works', as it provides a scientific basis for the NLP models we use. '' - Judy Apps, ABL World, Trainer and Coach
