Guide
Editorial Principles
The NLP Knowledge Base is written for readers first. Practitioner models are labelled as practitioner models. Sources are named only when they have been checked.
NLP Knowledge Base Editorial · Reviewed 21 September 2026
These principles govern every public page.
Readers first
Write in accessible language. A newcomer should be able to follow a cornerstone essay without a training-room dialect. Technical terms are introduced, then used.
Practitioner tradition is labelled
When a page describes how NLP talks, it says so: “In NLP practitioner literature…” or “Traditionally presented as…”. Those sentences are not disguised as laboratory findings.
Evidence is separate
Empirical claims need a checked source. Overlap with coaching or communication skills does not, by itself, validate a wider theory of mind. Criticism is represented fairly. The field is not dismissed because criticism exists, and it is not promoted because a technique can be useful in a room.
No manufactured references
If a citation has not been checked, it is omitted. Historical NLP books are cited as historical context, not as proof of later popular claims.
No sales voice
Pages do not list fees, dates, “enrol now” calls, city batches, or invented testimonials. They explain the field. Where a reader is looking for a specific current programme, a page may point to that organisation’s own published information.
See also Evidence and criticism and Sources.
See also
- Evidence and Criticism
NLP is a practitioner field with a mixed and often disputed evidence record. This page states the site’s stance so that later technique and model pages do not have to pretend otherwise.
- Sources and Further Reading
This site names a source only when it has been checked. The list below is a starting set, not a complete bibliography of NLP.
- About the NLP Knowledge Base
NLP Knowledge Base is a reference resource for understanding Neuro-Linguistic Programming — its terminology, concepts, models, techniques, applications, history and areas of debate.
- NLP glossary
Look up terminology used in this article.