The Milton Model of NLP was designed by John Grinder and Richard Bandler by modelling the hypnotic techniques used by Milton Erickson.
The milton model relies on the use of indirect and imprecise language in order to establish rapport with an individual. Rapport is established through the use of indirect language as it allows the listener to interpret the sentence in their own way, as opposed to the way of the communicator as would be the case in a precise sentence.
Mastery of the milton model allows one to be able to direct the listener's line of thought onto just about any pattern of thought. Due to the vagueness presented by the communicator, the listener will believe that they reached the desired pattern of thought through their own free will, oblivious to the fact that they were coersed into a certain pattern of thinking by the communicator.
When combined with other skills taught in NLP, the communicator is able to use this change of thought pattern within the listener to be able to pickup non-verbal cues from the listener's body language as to what the listener may be unconsciously thinking.
The proficient NLP practitioner is further able to guide the thought patterns of the listener in order to create confusion whilst maintaining rapport, and thus creating a state of trance in the listener which can then be exploited through the techniques taught in covert hypnosis.
Vagueness and indirectness are the two primary forms of communication that the Milton Model plays upon.
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