User:PatrickMerlevede
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After obtaining a Master in Cognitive Science from the department of Psychology from the K.U.Leuven in Belgium (one of Europe's oldest universities) in 1992, I got interested in the field of neurolinguistic programming, and made that the area of my PhD research.
The aim of my PhD was to respond to the (valid) criticism that NLP research often lacks scientific proof, especially when seen through the research methodology now used in psychology. This is actually not surprising, given NLP's theoretical underpinings are to be found in linguistics (Grinder was an expert on Transformational Grammar, prior to co-founding NLP). I set up an NLP inspired modeling and research approach which adheres to the principles set out for medical statistics and statistics as used in the field of Psychology. I applied my methodology to Whiplash and adult learning. The research projects respectively resulted in a peer reviewed paper in a journal of Insurance Medicine and in a chapter in a book on adult learning.
The conclusion of my PhD is that distinctions such as NLP meta programs can be used for research projects in a way that will be acceptable to scientists from fields such as psychology and medicine, and will pass peer-review.
Since a couple of years, my findings are being used by jobEQ.com for applications in the HR industry (applications include modeling excellence for pre-employment testing, coaching, team-building, etc)
I co-authored several books, including 2 which are available in English: "7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence" (2001) and "Mastering Mentoring and Coaching with Emotional Intelligence" (2004).
More about me at Merlevede.biz.
