Product reviews for RESOLVE

Those of us who practise and teach NLP often encounter frustration when people ask us for proof of its credibility. Everyone can point to statistical evidence regarding Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for instance, but not for NLP in spite of its often more profound results. And then along comes Richard Bolstad with his extremely well-researched book, “Resolve”. Richard Bolstad is an authority on the therapeutic uses of NLP, and during the Balkans war, he used his NLP skills in testing circumstances to instruct helpers working with Bosnian and Kosovar survivors. In just two days, he and his colleagues were able to teach local psychiatrists and hospital staff NLP skills that proved extremely effective in helping victims get over trauma in record time.

The book provides excellent connections between NLP and other therapeutic ways of making change. For each area of NLP, Bolstad provides practical case studies and then sets the NLP model in the context of other models of psychotherapy. We often recommend it to our students who want to verify that NLP “works', as it provides a scientific basis for the NLP models we use.