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Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality

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I came across Time Line Therapy during my self improvement travels and use the audio cd Journey on the Time Line which the author has also produced.

My thoughts are do I really need the book, or do I want to use the method. If you are like me, and not a specialist, you may find the audio a quicker and more effective way to put the therapy to use.

Each time, after I listen the world seems a little brighter, my memories are brighter and my outlook is brighter because I have tackled a limiting behavior or belief.

Have you ever you noticed that people seem to behave the same way over and over with a similar negative outcome because they have not known how to overcome patterned behavior.

There are situations such as guilt, public speaking, phobias, shyness, unhappiness, anxiety, obsession, self esteem. Perhaps you have a problem getting past a certain situation or trauma.

With this therapy you have the tools to address these issues, by going back beyond the first time you experienced this behavior. Can you imagine going back in time and changing the way you felt before you were in that situation and to replace those feelings with more positive emotions. Then, as you go forward in time back to the present, you see all those other similar situations and all these are replaced up to the present time and going on into the future where you visualize yourself acting in a better way.

You also visualize your life as a (time) line, with a color. As you make these changes you imagine your line filling with color. You can see dark patches, bad memories being removed.

Because you have taken this action your world has changed for the better. These changes are made on a subconscious level.

I also highly recommend EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which is a simple acupressure technique which can be done in less than two minutes. Can you imagine easily letting go of emotional issues such as anger, anxiety, fear, forgiveness, sadness, stress, phobias, procrastination, trauma etc. You can research this further and download a free manual at [...], and buy various EFT books at Amazon. I hope this was helpful.

In the 260 pages of text this book contains, you'll actually get 3 books.

The first one is mostly Tad James' work and discusses the notion of "time line therapy", which are essentially NLP techniques in which a time line is used (the basic idea it to look for part occurrences of a problem that announces itself today, and "change" one's subjective experience, in order to live one without the problem - for instance, if one has a phobia of mice, go back to the first experience you had of being scared of mice, etc). You'll find more extended versions of the ideas discussed in this part in other NLP books, such as Bandler's Magic in Action, his "Using your Brain for a change" or the book "Magic demystified" by Lewis & Puchellic.

The second and the third part are mostly Wyatt Woodsmall's work. The second part deals with meta-programs, and borrows heavily on the MBTI (see Myers' "Gifts Differing) and the work of Leslie Cameron and her students (such as Rodger Bailey) - a more extended version of that work can be found in "Words that Change Minds". In the part on "values" you'll find the Graves model, which in meanwhile also has a full book dedicated to it, namely "Spiral Dynamics" by Don Beck and Christopher Cowan.

Unless you are already specialized in the topics covered in this book, you'll find them introduced in a readable way here. That by itself makes this book a good place to start. Afterwards you can always find more precise information in to the other books I referenced here.

The only reason why the book didn't get 5 stars is because it fails to quote some of the sources they got the material from, especially in the area of meta-programs. The fact that nobody filed a claim against the authors for that is probably the best proof that this material in now in "the public domain".

Patrick E.C. Merlevede -- co-author of "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence"

I've practiced time line therapy for a few years now and find the technique invaluable. The book, however, left a lot to be desired in that it referenced concepts not explained and jumped around alot. If you have taken a class or seminar this may be a good reference, but if you are just exploring the topic, I wouldn't suggest this book.

I studied with, and then worked with, both Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall in the early days of TimeLine experimentation. This book is the foundation I use when working with others and teaching timeline techniques for personal use.

The only drawback I have at all to the book is that working with a book by yourself to achieve these kinds of trances is challenging for the novice.

I say if you are a student of NLP or hypnosis, a therapist or a personal coach, the book is a good read and will give you very specific tools to work with for yourself and your clients.

If you are new to timeline theory and application you may want to have the experience of it first via audio study and then delve into the written word.

Time Line Therapy is an important contribution to the dynamic end of NLP. The book contains important concepts and patterns for those trained in TLT. It is not an easily practised book for those with no prior knowledge of NLP or the work of Tad James. THe Secret of Creating YOur Future is the easy intro to TLT with definite results. TLT & Basis...is however the definitive work on Time Line Therapy by its creator and will be easily understood by NLP practitoners.

I am certified as a Time Line Therapy practitioner and this was one of the "required-reading" books I had to read as part of my course. I've read it from start to finish and practiced it on myself as well as on others. It's been claimed that Time Line Therapy is 100% effective but I'd have to disagree on that. In my experience, it's probably about 85% effective, which is still incredible. This type of therapy can "cure" phobias, ease anxiety, get rid of fear, guilt, anger, and sadness. What I LOVE is that it is extremely easy to do and this book explains how to do it. I really don't have any complaints about the therapy itself, which (in a nutshell) simply lets you see your life as though it's super small on a timeline and you're looking at it far away. That type of view allows you to see the "big picture" of your life and fix events in the past.

This therapy has, for me, gotten rid of negative emotions easily and effortlessly. I've performed this therapy for many clients and they, too, got rid of it as well. However, some things still seem to come back. For instance, I hate hearing the sound of people eating and it causes great discomfort for me. I used this therapy and for several days, I felt I was "cured" because I could tolerate people eating without feeling irritated. It's now been over a month and I'd say that I'm about 50% less-annoyed than I was before, but not completely and totally. According to the therapy, I simply need to "go back in time, before the incident - higher and further back than before" but no matter how high I get away from my timeline (so far the timeline practically disappears), I still get irritated. Anyway, that's my personal experience. Not sure if that helps any of you, but I thought I'd share that.

The book itself is well-written and easily explained. As a whole, this really can help people on a very deep level. My mom, who is usually angry all the time, magically released all her angry emotions from the past within just 10 minutes using this technique. To this day, she no longer feels the previous anger.

Great book and a fun read!

I found the information very useful, easy to read and use. You don't have to be an experienced NLP practisioner to understand and apply the material, which I can not say for some of the NLP books I have read.

I have used the methods laid out in this book by Dr. James for over three years and they have made a tremendous difference in my life and the lives of the many people i am in business with. A must if you want to transform your life and this is the easiest way i know of.

THIS BOOK IS INVALUABLE TO ANY NLP PRACTITIONER. I had learned Time Line Therapy in my NLP Pract. Certification but hadn't really got it gripped until i bought this book which not only goes over the basics of it again but also gives several areas in which to expand your understanding, making this a more comprehensive and incredibly powerful NLP technique. Tad James might be annoying to watch on screen but he writes very well and it's easy to follow his logic.

The exercises and transcripts are VERY USEFUL. It gives more details on CHUNKING and META PROGRAMS (complex and simple)and a great section on CHANGING VALUES- which is probably one of the more difficult areas in NLP for new practitioners to master. Remember NLP is about the art of subtlety - so of course it has its usual references to MATCHING, PACING & LEADING but it is original in presentation and a must on the book shelf and in the brain. It's not a dummy's guide - it's a comperehensive text so don't think you can read it and then immediately be an expert.... but it is a very good reference book to enhance and strengthen current practice without being too academic for those who haven't time to read great TOMES. How much do i recommend this book? Well, i won't lend it out in case it doesn't come back to my shelves and if i ever lost it - i'd have to rebuy it. ENJOY

Muddy it up as much as you wish, but this is a simple idea.

We live our lives within the guidelines of decisions we made in the past.
Timelines allows us to mentally go back and revisit the moments we made those decisions with our present adult understanding, examine other interpretations and/or responses. Use imagination to test drive various interpretations and responses until you find one you like better.

Select a different response and you change your life.