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An extensive catalogue of NLP research is kept on the Internet by the University of Bielefeld in Germany and can be reached at
http://www.nlp.de/research
The following are examples of studies completed on NLP.
Health: A one year study May 1993 to May 1994 run with the approval of the Department of Health in Denmark studied the results of using NLP methods to reverse the physical effects of asthma. This gives a good example of the effectiveness of NLP in physical health care. After an average of 13hours of NLP work, the subjects increased their lung capacity by 200ml (healing several years of damage in the one year of the study), dropped use of inhalers to nil and reduced sleep disturbances to nil. Other studies show similar results with disorders such as high blood pressure.
Brief Therapy: Medical doctor David Muss studied the NLP brief treatment for phobias and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In 1991 he worked with 70 police involved in the Lockerbie airplane bombing. He reported in the British Journal of Counselling Psychology that the treatment worked successfully in every case, requiring a maximum of 3 sessions. In 1998 New Zealand NLP Trainers Dr Richard Bolstad and Margot Hamblett trained a group of 25 psychiatrists in Sarajevo to use the technique with survivors of war in Bosnia and Kosovo. They reported immediate success using the process after only two days training.
Sales Performance: A 1981 study at the University of Oregon examined highly successful sales people (the top sales person in each company was selected), and compared their methodology with a group of average sales people. The study revealed that the success of the top sales people was based on their use of precise language patterns codified in NLP. Scott Degarmo, editor-in-chief of Success Magazine says of NLP - "I have never seen a more powerful technology."
Sports: NLP is used in sports by top performing athletes and sports people. Ian Woosnam MBE, World Number 1 Ranking Golfer in 1991 and US Masters winner says simply: "NLP helped my game. It will help yours too." Top New Zealand triathlete Steve Gurney says: "A big thanks for the NLP work we did before the Coast to Coast race. It totally turned my thinking around 180 degrees to a resolved and determined attitude. Race day was incredibly enjoyable and was just a breeze."
Personal Development: In 1990 and 1992 Psychological Reports magazine published research on the effects of NLP training, showing that those attending increase their sense of being in control of their lives, reduce the level of anxiety in their lives and demonstrate higher "self-actualization". The Nightingale-Conant Corporation, the world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programmes calls NLP "the most powerful mind technology for self-change developed in the last twenty years."
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