As we explained in this article, although Clean Language is a standalone change/coaching/therapy technique, it can be combined very effectively with NLP techniques. And that applies not just at the basic level – some of the most advanced NLP practitioners are very ‘clean’ in their methods. It’s also noticeable that some ...

Many practitioners of Neuro-Linguistic Programming combine Clean Language with their other tools for helping people to change: the two approaches are highly complementary.   This can be done in two main ways: by using Clean Language and NLP in separate sessions, and by ‘Cleaning up’ NLP techniques. Using Clean Language for a whole session, ...

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‘Six degrees of freedom’ is a mechanical term, referring to the ways in which a body can move in three dimensions: Moving up and down (heaving); Moving left and right (swaying); Moving forward and backward (surging); Tilting forward and backward (pitching); Turning left and right (yawing); Tilting side to side (rolling). Towards ...

Clean Language was originally devised by the therapist, David Grove. He discovered that as clients explored their internal metaphoric worlds, they reported that the symbols seemed to change and transform of their own accord, resulting in healing of the issues they were working on. The metaphors we use in our language are generated by our ...

This is one of the ways in which Clean Language is rather different from NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming). NLP pays particular attention to the representational systems (also known as sensory modalities or VAKOG) being used by a client. When they think about a particular thing, are they primarily seeing, hearing or feeling it ‘in their ...

Both teachers and parents are increasingly using Clean Language in education. At a simple level, the Clean questioning approach, with its acceptance of the subject’s view of the world and its fascination with imagined metaphoric landscapes, can be used to find out about a young child’s experience. For example, a parent could ask ...

No! Well, not very like, anyway. Both are questioning techniques, and both can be used to help people clarify things. There the similarity ends. For while the meta-model is typically used to challenge the way people perceive the world, Clean Language aims to understand it – and to help them to understand it. As such it feel respectful and ...

Can you give me some examples of Clean Language applications? There are almost as many applications of Clean Language as there are people using it! Clean Language is a very flexible way of working, which combines well with other tools and techniques in a huge range of contexts. Personal change The most common application of Clean Language is in ...

As a matter of principle, a Clean Language facilitator ‘keeps himself out of the process’, giving centre stage to the client’s language, the client’s metaphors, the client’s content. So people new to the Clean process are often curious about how it could possibly be useful in cases of self delusion, self denial or ...