Many of the language patterns used in NLP were modelled from the work of the well-known hypnotherapist, Milton Erickson.While the analysis of his work by Bandler and Grinder and others is indispensable, it is also useful to go back to the original source and to watch Erickson at work. What strikes me as I watch him is his patience, his willingness to take exactly as long as is required to achieve the result. The slow pace certainly doesn’t result in anything nearly as entertaining as the fast inductions often demonstrated by Bandler and others, but conversely, the slow pace does provide an excellent chance to watch Erickson at work and to model his language patterns even more deeply.
The video is in five parts starting at this one: