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A response to only one part of this:

In article <1992Dec13.182903.6826@samba.oit.unc.edu>
wilkman@med.unc.edu (Alice Wilkman) writes:

   Lee Lady has on several occasions implied that NLP is not 
   suitable for "self-improvement" type programs, sometimes in 
   the same posting where he mentions NLP Comprehensive.  I 
   understand that because of his training, especially his 
   training in the early 80's with Leslie Cameron-Bandler when 
   NLP  was geared mainly toward therapists, he continues to 
   stress its usefulness as techniques for therapy, for 
   therapists working with clients.  

I think you may be over-generalizing Mr. Lady's statements.  The
following is my own opinion, but I believe that he would agree (Lee?
Any comments?).

NLP is indeed valuable for self-help in many instances (Hell's bells,
I am using it myself for several things, including controlling my
diabetes).  Most of the instruction courses assume a helper / client
situation, as observation is more effective this way.  Therapy is only
one aspect of these situations; others include management, training,
and education.

Applying various NLP techniques to oneself has various problems.
Among them are those grouped under the term "ecology" (does this
change agree with the total mind/body/spirt/belief matrix that makes
up the person? (a slightly more general definition than that Mr. Lady
gave in a previous message)).  It can be much more difficult to
identify these in oneself than in another person; this level of
introspective objectivity is fairly rare.  Usually some will work and
some not.

					Dave Barton
					dlb@hudson.wash.inmet.com