Neuro linguistic programing is also known as NLP. It is a type or psychotherapy which was invented in the 1970s and involves interpersonal communication. This form of interpersonal communication is achieved by monitoring certain types of body language, facial expressions, tone of speech and posture. This allows the ability to understand what a person is exactly trying to say.
NLP basically revolves around the theory the vast majority of communication between humans is actually not that of words. It is set about 90 per cent human communication is achieved by things other than speech itself. It claims to be able to solve a number of problems and to open up a world of possibilities and hidden truths.
It is also consider where self improvement as well as a type of psychotherapy. As a psychological therapy, it claims to be able to solve problems such as depression, bad habits, certain types of learning disorders and phobias. There are plenty of techniques involved and most of the techniques of NLP originated in hypnosis.
There has been a considerable lack of scientific evidence to back up the sometimes extraordinary claims of NLP. Because of this, it has little to no respect in the scientific community and it is made no impact on academic psychology and is generally not taken seriously and mainstream psychotherapy.
Nonetheless, there are still a very considerable number of followers of NLP. Many people still believe in it and claim that it was done quite amazing things for them. Due to its remaining popularity, NLP is still popular in the private psychotherapy, self-help industries and private counseling. Many people still report a degree of success of its methods.
