Time Empowerment Techniques™ were developed by Richard Bandler and Tad James in the 1980s (who called it Time Line Therapy™), as an extension of NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis. Using guided imagery, quantum linguistics and the mind's organization of memory, these techniques quickly and effortlessly allow a client to release negative emotions and limiting decisions. The release of the negative emotions around the initial event causes the gestalt of emotions/memories to release at once. Elicitation of the initial event is crucial to the effectiveness of Time Empowerment Techniques™.

Time Empowerment Techniques™ differ from other therapeutic modalities that use past memories, in that the client is generally not associated into the memories, thereby allowing the client to release the memories or decisions without reliving the trauma of the events associated with them. Additionally, the client is in an imagined visual position with regard to the event that allows them to "disconnect" the negative emotions from the event or series of events. This provides a powerful release, allowing the client to move into thier future without the baggage of the past.

Time Empowerment Techniques™ are useful in releasing phobias as well as negative emotions.

The release of negative emotions does not mean that the person will never feel those emotions again - it just means the the emotions attached to past experiences are released, allowing the client to have a new view of the world, one not shaped by old habits or feelings. Indeed, the person who has released the negative emotions associated with past events now can live life with renewed enthusiasm, knowing that whatever happens tomorrow will be experienced with a clear mind and no preconceptions.

Releasing a limiting decision affords the client a new perspective on what is possible for them. Giving the client more choices is one of the primary outcomes we focus on as trainers and changeworkers.

A great reference book is "Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality" by Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall. 

These techniques were created by applying a therapeutic process to this concept of an internal memory storage system. The result was a collection of techniques which produces long-lasting transformation very quickly--faster than what is currently called Brief Therapy. These powerful Time Empowerment^TM techniques are becoming the method of choice to make fast, effective, long-term changes in behavior.

Background

Throughout history, humankind has been aware of the passage of time. Aristotle was the first to mention the "stream of time" in his book Physics IV. William James spoke of linear memory storage as early as 1890. Finally, the concept, nearly forgotten, was revived in the late 1970's by the developers of NLP.

Your "Time Line" is how you unconsciously store your memories or how you unconsciously know the difference between a memory from the past and a projection of the future. Behavioral change in an individual takes place at an unconscious level. People don't change consciously. The Time Empowerment^TM process allows you to work at the unconscious level and release the effects of past negative experiences and change "inappropriate" programming in minutes rather than days, months or years.

Compared to other older techniques like Time Line Therapy, Time Empowerment^TM Techniques adds current research and it focuses on the application of the technique in different modalities. Business requires a much different approach than self-help. Therefore, we use different approaches, ones based on the different modalities or contexts of use.

Be free from your past, create your future! Make it so with Time Empowerment^TM techniques.

As an application of NLP, Time Empowerment^TM is a collection of techniques that allow you to gain emotional control over your life. Inappropriate emotional reactions, such as bursts of anger, periods of apathy, depression, sadness, anxiety, and chronic fear, are responsible for preventing people from achieving the quality of life they desire. Limiting decisions, such as "I'm not good enough," "I'll never be rich," or "I don't deserve a great marriage," create false limitations and hamper your ability to create reachable and attainable goals and outcomes. Time Empowerment^TM techniques enable you to eliminate many types of issues in your past, thus allowing you to move forward toward your goals and desires.

Applications of NLP and Time Empowerment^TM Techniques:

Achieving Professional Excellence: Whether you're already succeeding in your profession, having some difficulties, or if you're transitioning into a new position, NLP and Time Empowerment^TM techniques can help you achieve, maintain and enhance excellence.

Achieving Personal Excellence: Whether in your family life, personal relationships, health, or breaking through a creative barrier, Time Empowerment™ techniques can help you break through limitations and achieve the results you desire.