A way of describing our relationship to an experience. In a memory, for example, you are associated when you are looking through your own eyes and experiencing the auditory, feelings, and other sensory awareness as if you are in the present moment.

A way of describing our relationship to an experience. In a memory, for example, you are dissociated when you see yourself in the picture and you are not looking through your own eyes. You are dissociated from the experience.

This is the induction of a state in a client or gathering information by asking questions or observing the client’s behavior and body language.

In Time Line Therapy®, we use the term emotional chains to describe an emotional gestalt. We rarely experience a single emotion at a time, and an emotional gestalt is a collection of emotions (usually negative) on the same event or experience. We see this when clients develop a pattern where one emotion is safer to express than another. For example, it might be safer to express hurt as anger than to feel exposed and vulnerable. We address emotional chains with the ‘DROP DOWN THROUGH’ technique.

Mentally rehearsing a future result after a reframe to ensure the installation of a new strategy to create the desired outcome.

In Time Line Therapy®, an emotional gestalt is a collection of a number of different emotional experiences (either the same or different emotions) in the same event or experience.

We describe a person as In Time if their time line goes through their body. This often means their future is ahead of them and their past is behind them; however, it could be organized differently. In Time people have certain character traits associated with the right brain functions.

A belief is a generalization we make about the world and our opinions about it. A limiting belief is a generalization that blocks a wider perspective and prevents us from accessing all our resources. A client can create many limiting beliefs to justify a limiting decision made during or in response to a specific event.

A limiting decision is generated during a negative or traumatic event for the purpose of protection and safety. For example, “All cars are dangerous” protects the client after a near-miss with a car. The limiting decision is created before the (potentially numerous) limiting beliefs.

Parts are a portion of the unconscious mind, which often have conflicting beliefs and values. In my training, I refer to minor parts as ‘towards-towards’ parts. This is when we have two choices and are unable to make a decision because both seem equally appealing. As the client realizes that both parts have the same higher intention, they become free to choose between the different options.

In Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Time Line Therapy®, we categorize major negative emotions as Anger, Sadness, Fear, Hurt, Shame, and Guilt. Minor negative emotions are lower levels of these emotions. For example, disappointment is a lower-level version of sadness. It’s important to note that the highest-level negative emotion is FEAR, and all other negative emotions are a representation of that.

Revisiting a past event in the mind after a reframe to ensure the installation of a new strategy to create the desired outcome. We’re checking to see if the client feels differently about the event.

Extreme fear is another way of explaining a phobia. It is a type of anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of both physical and mental symptoms and are present for more than six months. To be honest, phobias are rare.

In Time Line Therapy® and NLP, a prime concern describes our deepest identity-level belief. This can be presented as a semantically packed word (a word with lots of possible meanings and spanning more than one area of our life). We all have concerns in our life. A prime concern is one that spans all areas of life.

The process of changing the frame or context of a statement to give it another meaning. Effectively, it follows the same process as addressing and overcoming objections prior to breakthrough or agreement. A mindset shift is a reframe, enabling the client to see their situation from a different perspective.

Revisiting the representation of a past event in the mind of the client for the purpose of insight and reframing. The past event could be in the current lifetime, a previous lifetime, or within the generational timeline of the client. We use regression to gain insight, understanding, and to recover resources.

Parts are a portion of the unconscious mind, which often have conflicting beliefs and values. In my training, I refer to significant parts as ‘away-away’ parts. This is when we have a locked-in, no-exit point in the belief frame of the client. To unlock the frame, we usually need to work with negative emotion release, limiting decision/belief release, and prime concerns. Behavioral manifestations of significant parts are Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Phobia, Unhelpful Coping Mechanisms such as challenges with food, drugs, or self-harm, and engagement in unhelpful patterns of behavior. All parts are created for safety and protection. An example of a significant parts conflict in relationships might be – “I don’t want to be alone, but I don’t want to commit to a relationship.”

We describe a person as Through Time if their time line sits in front of or behind their body and does not pass through it. Generally, their future is to the left or right of them, and their past is to the left or right of them. Interestingly, this often matches with writing direction. Through Time people have certain character traits associated with the left brain functions.

Our Time Line is the way we store our memories of the past, the present, and the future.