→Milton model: I've given the link to an article which delves into the Milton Models use of language so as to provide further evidence for the information provided in the text.
"Modeling" in NLP is the process of adopting the behaviors, language, strategies and beliefs of another person or exemplar in order to 'build a model of what they do.
NLP founders have said that we know our modeling to be more successful when we can systematically get the same behavioural outcome as the person we have modeled'.<ref>{{Citecitation webneeded|date=2020-04-27|title=HOWSeptember DO YOU BUILD IRRESISTIBLE RAPPORT WITH A CLIENT?|url=https://www.nlpkeys.com/how-do-you-build-irresistible-rapport-with-a-client/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=NLP KEYS|language=en-GB2017}}</ref> NLP consists of reduced 'models', consisting of patterns that can be more easily followed. The founders, Bandler and Grinder, started by analysing in detail and then searching for what made successful [[psychotherapist]]s different from their peers. The patterns discovered were developed over time and adapted for general communication and effecting change.<ref name="Bandler & Grinder 1979"/>{{unreliable fringe source|date=September 2017}} The original models were: [[Milton Erickson]] ([[hypnotherapy]]), [[Virginia Satir]] ([[family therapy]]), and [[Fritz Perls]] ([[gestalt therapy]]). NLP modeling methods are designed to unconsciously assimilate the tacit knowledge to learn what the master is doing of which the master is not aware. As an approach to learning it can involve modeling exceptional people.<ref name="Jacobson 1994">Jacobson, S. (1994) Info-line: practical guidelines for training and development professionals, ''American Society For Training and Development'' Alexandria, VA. [http://sidjacobson.com/institute/history.html Adapted version available online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610030957/http://www.sidjacobson.com/institute/history.html |date=2007-06-10 }}</ref> As Bandler and Grinder state "the function of NLP modeling is to arrive at descriptions which are useful."<ref name="Bandler & Grinder 1979"/>{{ufs|date=November 2017}} Einspruch & Forman 1985 state that "when modeling another person the modeler suspends his or her own beliefs and adopts the structure of the physiology, language, strategies, and beliefs of the person being modeled. After the modeler is capable of behaviorally reproducing the patterns (of behavior, communication, and behavioral outcomes) of the one being modeled, a process occurs in which the modeler modifies and readopts his or her own belief system while also integrating the beliefs of the one who was modeled."<ref name="Einspruch & Forman 1985">{{cite journal | author=Einspruch, Eric L. | author2=Forman, Bruce D. | title=Observations Concerning Research Literature on Neuro-Linguistic Programming | journal=Journal of Counseling Psychology | year=1985 | volume=32 | pages=589–596 | doi=10.1037/0022-0167.32.4.589 | issue=4}}</ref> Modeling is not confined to therapy, but can be, and is, applied to a broad range of human learning. Another aspect of modeling is understanding the patterns of one's own behaviors in order to 'model' the more successful parts of oneself.
==Milton model==
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The second aspect of the Milton model is that it uses ambiguity in language and non-verbal communication.<ref>{{Citecitation webneeded|date=2020-10-26|title=NLPSeptember Meta Model and Milton Model EXPLAINED!|url=https://www.nlpkeys.com/nlp-meta-model-and-milton-model-explained/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=NLP KEYS|language=en-GB2017}}</ref> This might also be combined with ''vagueness'', which arises when the boundaries of meaning are indistinct.{{clarify|date=September 2017}} The use of ambiguity and vagueness distracts the conscious mind as it tries to work out what is meant which gives the [[unconscious mind]] the opportunity to prosper.{{clarify|date=September 2017}}
