Collapsing Anchors
Collapsing anchors is an effective technique to remove or lessen the impact of an unwanted anchor.1) Identify a response you'd prefer to have in place of the unwanted response. Identify an occasion where you strongly experienced that preferred state. Step into this memory and intensify it. Anchor it on one part of your body. Fire the anchor to make sure that the state is powerful and the anchor properly set. Change state by shifting body position, humming a tune, looking around the room and so on.2) Next think of the state you wish to change. As you re-experience this undesirable response, anchor it on another part of your body. Test, then change state by shifting your physical position.3) When you've tested to make sure each is properly set, fire both simultaneously. The effect of two contrasting anchors integrating is usually mildly confusing. Hold the anchor until any confusion subsides.4) Slowly lift the the anchor of the unwanted state, followed a few seconds later by the anchor for the resource state.5) Test by trying to trigger the unwanted response. Instead, your response should be more neutral, or the resource state should dominate.From Tranceformation by Richard Bandler and Garner ThomsonYou may be interested in Michael's What is NLP? Video or his Certified NLP Training.
