Anchors are one of the more important concepts taught in NeuroLinguistic Programming or NLP. They explain how we’re constantly being influenced by things (and people) in our environment.
Coincidentally (?) I've been processing a lot of emotional memories lately by purposely listening to popular songs from the early 80's (I was very young then, but the music was able to encapsulate information in such a way that I didn't need language at the time to store it). When I listen to these songs now, I'm able to retrieve otherwise unavailable memories - it's like a time machine.
As for the Eriksonian method, Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" couldn't exist without it haha!
The anchoring process is also used in appreciative inquiry, which is one of the most successful change techniques for organizations. The most used approach to the technique is called the 4D method for the phases of Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny.
The Discovery stage focuses on identifying and exploring the strengths, successes, and positive aspects within the team or organization. It is essentially positive anchoring. There are many techniques to do this but one that I have used in interesting. We would construct an environment full of things like toys, Legos, and other fun items. We then work with executives in a series of exercises with the items to generate positive memories and then broaden them to the group with dialogue.
It is a very powerful technique developed by David Cooperrider at Case Western University.
Deeply insightful and useful, Thom.
Coincidentally (?) I've been processing a lot of emotional memories lately by purposely listening to popular songs from the early 80's (I was very young then, but the music was able to encapsulate information in such a way that I didn't need language at the time to store it). When I listen to these songs now, I'm able to retrieve otherwise unavailable memories - it's like a time machine.
As for the Eriksonian method, Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" couldn't exist without it haha!
The anchoring process is also used in appreciative inquiry, which is one of the most successful change techniques for organizations. The most used approach to the technique is called the 4D method for the phases of Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny.
The Discovery stage focuses on identifying and exploring the strengths, successes, and positive aspects within the team or organization. It is essentially positive anchoring. There are many techniques to do this but one that I have used in interesting. We would construct an environment full of things like toys, Legos, and other fun items. We then work with executives in a series of exercises with the items to generate positive memories and then broaden them to the group with dialogue.
It is a very powerful technique developed by David Cooperrider at Case Western University.