Elena Tecglen: "There are tools to eliminate negative thoughts".

Interview with coach Elena Tecglen, who works helping people to adopt new habits.

There are many ways of interpreting what the human mind is, and many of them have given rise to paradigms of intervention in the fields of therapy, education, work, etc.

Among them, the views that understand the psyche as a computer are very popular, given the clarity with which they portray mental processes. In this case we will focus on one of them, NLP, through the experience of coach Elena Tecglen..

Interview with Elena Tecglen: what is NLP?

Elena Tecglen is a Life Coach with a practice in Palma, and NLP is part of the elements she works with in her daily life. In this interview she explains in brief what it consists of.

What is NLP, explained for someone who has never heard of it?

NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. It is a science of personal excellence that provides us with techniques, tools and skills for interpersonal communication and in our daily lives teaches us to act, think and feel effectively and positively.

How did the concept of NLP come about?

Neurolinguistic Programming emerged in the seventies when two American researchers, John Grinder (linguist) and Richard Bandler (mathematician, psychotherapist and computer programmer) set out to find out why three young psychologists (Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir and Fritz Pearls) were more successful with their patients than the rest.

After a thorough investigation, they found that their success was centered on the use of specific communication patterns and techniques. They came to the conclusion that if they could get to know these successful patterns and techniques in detail, they could make them known so that anyone could put them into practice and achieve the same results. In this way they became "behavior modelers".

Does the term "programming" imply that from this perspective the human mind is understood as a computer?

Indeed, the term "programming" refers to the processes of organizing the established mental programs that govern our thinking and behavior, which we can program in a similar way to how a computer would be programmed to perform certain functions. So it is very interesting and fascinating to think that we can reprogram our mind.

Why did you become interested in this concept before delving into it?

For my work as a coach, it is essential to know the techniques provided by NLP, as they are part of the tools I use daily with my coachees in my therapies.

What kind of problems do you usually address through NLP-based forms of intervention?

With NLP techniques, you can address phobias, fears, bad habits? There are several tools to eliminate negative thoughts, to anchor habits such as security, confidence... the mind can be reprogrammed to act in an effective and positive way. In short, NLP can transform your life and make it fulfilling.