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:''This article is about reframing, a Neuro-linguistic programming method. For reframing in cinematography, please see [[Reframing (film technique)]]

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'''Reframing''' is a technique in [[Neuro-linguistic programming]] (NLP) where an undesirable behavior or trait is conferred a [[Positive and negative (NLP)#Positive intent|positive intention]]. Alternatives to satisfy the positive intent are found, followed by negotiations with (parts of) self to resolve conflict, check for ecology and to implement the new behavior. '''Reframing''' can also be used in (NLP) to describe changing the context or representation of a problem. More precisely, one of the most effective techniques for achieving almost any desired change in NLP is the "six step re-frame".

In psychotherapy, after irrational beliefs have been identified the therapist will often work with the client by challenging negative thoughts on the basis of evidence, reframing experiences in a more realistic or positive light. This can help clients to develop more rational beliefs and healthy coping strategies.

Reframing occurs in life regardless of NLP, and is a common means by which meanings get created and lost in various situations, either deliberately or by happenstance.

==Examples==
{{cquote|...when discussion is held about "tax relief," two historic underst⏎
A bestselling author, motivational speaker, and practitioner of NLP wrote, "A sginal has meaning only in the frame or context in which we perceive it."  <ref>Anthony Robbins, ''Unlimited Power'' (New York: Ballandtings of taxation are lost: that taxes are the cost of admission to a civil society, and that those who want to evade taxes yet still use public assets like fire and police protection are freeloaders. Instead, taxes are cast [reframed] as something oppressive, from which we need relief. [http://www.buzzflash.com/hartmann/04/11/har04007.html]}}
What is not stated is that a "fair" level of taxation is in the eye of the beholder. Liberals who value government services reframe the tax question in terms of the cost of living in a modern society. Libertarians who want more value for their tax money reframe the question in terms of why the government is involved at all, and the fact that excessive taxing allows the government to do more than it is charged to doe, 1987) 291.</ref>  For example, if a person is resting in bed and hears his bedroom door open, that exact same noise will have two totally different meanings to him and evoke drastically different reactions depending on whether (1) he is alone in a locked house, or (2) he had previously invited his friend over and left the back door to his house unlocked.  According to the author, 

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[I]f we perceive something as a liability, that's the message we deliver to our brain.  Then the brain produces states that make it a reality. If we change our frame of reference by looking at the same situation from a different point of view, we can change the way we respond in life.  We can change our representation or perception about anything and in a moment change our states and behaviors.  This is what reframind is all about. <Robbins 291.</ref>
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For example, say a college student breaks his leg during summer vacation.  He is crestfallen, because he can no longer play tennis and golf with his family and friends.  A few days later, he realizes that he now has the quiet, alone time to learn how to play the guitar, something he had always wanted to do but had been too busy to attempt.  He then discovers he has a great aptitude for music and becomes a decent guitar player by summer's end.  One year later, he changes his major to music.  After graduation he embarks on a successful music career.  Years later, his friends recall how unfortunate his leg fracture was that summer, and he says, "Breaking my leg was the best thing that ever happened to me!"  From then on, whenever he is disabled by injury or illness, he recalls the lesson and takes the opportunity to do something he has ignored for too long.

==Six Step Reframe==
The Six-Step Reframe is an [[NLP]] technique used to replace an unwanted behavior or bad habit with a more desirable one - while keeping the benefits, or [[secondary gain]], of the old behavior.

NLP presupposes that "every behavior has a positive intention," and that any undesirable behavior a person has will also have a positive benefit behind it (often unconsciously).

(contracted; show full)*[[Framing (social sciences)|Frame]]
*[[Therapeutic metaphor]]
*[[Milton H. Erickson]]

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