美国科罗拉多州政府曾给NLP下了这样的定义:
“关于人类行为与沟通程序的一套详细可行的模式。虽然它本身并非一套心理疗法,但NLP的重要法则可以被运用于了解人类经验和行为,并使之有所改变。NLP曾被运用于治疗方面,结果被证明是一套效果强大、快速和含蓄的技巧,能够在人类的行为和能力方面形成广泛和持久的改变。NLP专注于修正和重新设计思想模式,以求获得更大的灵活度和能力。”美国科罗拉多州政府(规章制定部)。
以下是这份定义的英文原文:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming is defined(by the Government of the Colorado State,USA)as:
“A detailed operational model of the processes involved in human behavior and communication.Although it is not itself a psychotherapy,NLP’s principles can be used to understand,and make changes in,any realm of human experience and activity.NLP,however,has been applied to therapeutic concerns,and the result is a powerful,rapid,and subtle technology for making extensive and lasting changes inhuman behavior and capacities.NLP deals with modifying and redesigning thinking patterns(for)flexibility and new capacities and abilities.”State of Colorado,U.S.A.
(Dept.of Regulatory Agencies)