NLP TRAINER, FOUNDER OF TIME LINE THERAPY
Tad James
American NLP trainer and founder of Time Line Therapy. Built one of NLP's largest commercial training operations.
PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTION
Time Line Therapy methodology; spatial timeline work; large-scale NLP and hypnotherapy training operations.
Tad James studied with the early NLP community in the 1980s and went on to formalize what he called Time Line Therapy - a structured methodology for working with the spatial organization of memory along an internal timeline. The technique uses the client's unconscious organization of time to release accumulated emotion from past events and pre-frame future ones.
James built the Tad James Co. into one of the largest commercial NLP training operations, integrating NLP, hypnotherapy, and timeline-therapy certifications. The model has both ardent adherents and critics; critics argue that the trademarked branding around what was previously communal NLP knowledge has been commercially aggressive.
Key works
- 1989
The Secret of Creating Your Future
- 1988
Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality
With Wyatt Woodsmall
- 1999
Hypnosis: A Comprehensive Guide
LEGACY
Time Line Therapy is one of the most-recognized branded NLP modalities. James's commercial model influenced how NLP is sold and certified today.