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1. Rapport.

2. Softening frames, such as the examples below, are introductory phrases intended to soften the interrogatory impact of some
Meta Model questions.
I'm wondering where did you get that from?
I'm wondering Who says?
That's interesting and who is that specifically?
I'm curious what stops you?

3. Questioning:

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1. Mind Reading: How do you know she doesnt like Recover source of
(Knowing Someone's Internal State) you? information.

e.g. "She doesnt like me."

2. Lost Performative: (Gather evidence) Recover source of belief.

(Value Judgements - Person doing the Judging is left
out) Who says it's bad? Recover performative.

e.g. "It's bad to be dishonest." According to whom? Recover belief strategy.

How do you know it's bad?

3. Cause - Effect: (A>B) How does what hes doing cause Recover choice.
(Where cause is wrongly put outside self) you to choose to feel mad?
e.g. "He makes me mad." (Counter e.g. or How specifically?)

4. Complex Equivalence: (A=B) How does her yelling mean she ..? Recover CEq.
(Two experiences are interpreted as being synonymous)
Have you ever yelled at someone Counter example.
e.g. "She's always yelling at me, she doesn't like me." you liked?

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3 Presuppositions:
1. How do you choose to suffer? Specify choice and verb.
1. I suffer.
2. How is he reacting? Specify what he does.
2. My husband acts in some way.
3. How do you know he doesn't Recover internal rep and CEq.
3. My husband doesn't know I suffer. know?
e.g. "If my husband knew how much I suffered, he
wouldn't do that."

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6. Universal Quantifiers: (Find counter examples) Recover counter.

(All, every, never, everyone, no one etc).
Never? Example - effects outcome.
e.g. "He never talks to me."
What would happen if he did?

7. Modal Operators: a) What would happen if you

a) Modal Operators of Necessity (Required) didnt?
Recover effects, outcome.
(Should, shouldn't, must, must not, have to, need to, it is (What wouldn't happen if you
necessary)
didn't?
e.g. "I have to work hard."
- or also: "or?")

b) Modal Operators of Possibility (or Impossibility) b) What prevents you? Recover causes.

(Can/can't, will/won't, may/may not, (What would happen if you did?)

possible/impossible).

e.g. "I can't stop smoking."

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8. Nominalisations:
(Process words, verbs, that have been turned into nouns)
Who's communicating what to whom? Turn back into a process

How would you like to communicate? recover deletion, and referential

e.g. We have a problem with our communication.
index. Process + specify verb.

9. Unspecified Verbs:

How specifically did he reject you? Specify the verb.

e.g. "He rejected me."

10. Comparative Deletions:

Compared to what? Recovers comparison.

e.g. "That's expensive!"

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Generalisations
Abstractions
Conclusions
Summaries

OUTSIDE INSIDE

Sensory Specific
Video Description

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OUTSIDE THEIR MAP INSIDE THEIR MAP

Lost Performative Presuppositions Mind Reading

Whose mapping? What is presupposed as real/existent? How do they know?

(that this map = territory?)

(Universal) Quantifiers Modal Operators Cause & Effect

What is the scope of the mapping? What are the qualities of How does the implied
Necessity/Possibility/Desirability between causal logic work?
contingent elements of the map?

Nominalisations Predicates Complex Equivalence

What processes have been Time and Space What behaviours, actions, feelings etc.
frozen and labeled? have been made synonymous?

Comparative Deletions Sensory Lack of Referential Index

What is the basis for comparison or Who or what, specifically,

drawing a distinction? isnt represented?

Non- Referring Nouns Unspecified Verbs

Who or what are the people, places and How much more detail is there regarding
things specifically? the verb?

With thanks to Michael Breen.

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OUTSIDE THEIR MAP INSIDE THEIR MAP

Lost Performative Presuppositions Mind Reading

According to whom? How do you know?

Where did you get that from?
Who says?

(Universal) Quantifiers Modal Operators Cause & Effect

All? Every? Never? Always? What would happen if you did? How does X cause Y?
What stops you?

Nominalisations Predicates Complex Equivalence

Change the noun into the verb form. E.g. Time and Space How does X mean (or = ) Y?
Relationship to Relating.

Comparative Deletions Sensory Lack of Referential Index

Compared to what? Who or what, specifically?

Non- Referring Nouns Unspecified Verbs

Who or what, specifically? How specifically?

With thanks to Michael Breen.

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OUTSIDE INSIDE
Lost Performative Presuppositions Mind Reading

(Universal) Quantifiers Modal Operators Cause & Effect

Nominalisations Predicates Complex Equivalence

Comparative Deletions Time and Space Lack of Referential Index

Non-Referring Nouns Sensory Unspecified Verbs

With thanks to Michael Breen.

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With thanks to Michael Breen.

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1. Mind Reading
People think Im boring.
How do you know that people think you are boring?
I know you must think Im a bit slow.
How do you know I must think you are a bit slow?

2. Cause & Effect (X Causes Y)

She makes me so angry.
How does what she is doing make you so angry?
How does she make you so angry?

3. Complex Equivalence:
Everyone hates me. No-one talks to me.
How does no-one talking to you mean that everyone hates you?
Do you ever not talk to people you like?

4. Lost Performative:
This is by far the easiest way to do it.
Easiest according to whom?
Hes not a very nice chap.
Who says?

5. Universal Quantifiers:
You never listen to me.
Never?
I always make a mess of things in the end.
So theres never been one time when you didnt make a mess of things?

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6. Nominalisations
I lack motivation.
How would you like to be motivated?
How would you know if you were motivated?
What would you like to be motivating yourself to do?
I need some help here.
How would you like to be helped?
What does help mean to you?

7. Modal Operators:
I cant do this.
What stops you?
I shouldnt do it really.
What would happen if you did?

8. Simple Deletions
Im puzzled.
What are you puzzled about?
I like him.
What about him do you like?

9. Comparative Deletions:
Thats a better idea.
Compared to what?

10. Lack of Referential Index

This is easy to learn.
What, specifically, is easy to learn?
Everyone is essentially, a learner.
What, specifically, is a learner?

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11. Unspecified Verbs:
She lashed out at me.
How, specifically, did she lash out at you?
Im totally confused now.
How, specifically, are you confused?

12. Non-Referring Nouns

Politicians are crooks.
All politicians?

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Temporal & Spatial

The following Predicates
predicates shift the Submodalities of Space

The following predicates shift the submodalities of space:

above all distance missing

across double move
against down on to
along with drop open
amidst duplicate out of
among expand outside of
apart from extend overlap
a part of fade away pop up
around flicker put aside
aside from forward replace with
behind front shrink it down
below go back shrivel it up
beside go behind side by side
between go by somewhere off to one
side
beyond halt split
bigger immense spread out
bottom in place of stop
closer increase stretch
come up to inside of turn inside out
condense instead of turn into
continue into
disappear look over
dissolve middle

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With thanks to Michael Breen

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Temporal & Spatial

The following Predicates
predicates shift the Submodalities of Time

The following predicates shift the submodalities of time:

abruptly finally quickly

accelerate finish reoccurrence
after frequently repeating
all day long from now on short term
already here, now since
anytime, now in due time soon
as long as in the future span
as soon as instantaneously speed up
at the same time last still
automatically lately stop
before long awaited successive
beginning look ahead suddenly
briefly look back the entire time
by the time that meanwhile then
cease moment by moment thereafter
consecutive near future until
continuing never wait
continuous never ending when
delay newness whenever
drag on next time while
during now yet
elapse often
end past
endless perpetually
every time prolong

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With thanks to Michael Breen

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