Eliciting client information

One of the biggest mistakes made by NLP Practitioners and therapists is to engage in client sessions, without first eliciting appropriate information. In NLP we call this "mindreading" and of course this kind of oversight usually results in not producing a useful outcome for the client.

As well as talking to all clients prior to any agreed sessions, I also request the completion of a full set of client notes. This ensures that I obtain proper and appropriate information that allow me to determine "how the client is creating and maintaining" the problem. Key questions to ask any clients are

"What do you want?"

"How will you know when you have it?"