Re:NLP

Perhaps Francine Shapiro will comment on your historical anecdote.

Most therapeutic approaches include similar phenomena, though they are labeled differently and hypothesized to have variant mechanisms consistent with their broader theories.

If we are looking for the actual origins of the specific dissociative (memory-affect) technique concerning NLP and EMDR we may have to study Mesmer, Puységur, Braid, Charcot, Erickson, Wolpe, H. and D. Spiegel, etc.

Therapists are aware that patients (clients) will sometimes report that they spontaneously discovered an experience, principle, or technique that was briefly introduced in a session. However, they sometimes don't consciously connect the therapy experience to their acquired behavior. This seems to more often occur when there is any altered-state-of-consciousness involved, such as with relaxation, focused attention, hypnosis, and ego-state methods.

If the previous anecdote that seems to support the idea that Shapiro actually was taught the "eye-movement" component of EMDR from NLP, and we give Dr. Shapiro the benefit of the doubt, maybe she assimilated an experience that was consciously connected to an origin that was a different time and place.

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