Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Processing and Reprogramming (NLPR): The Impact of Language on Emotional Regulation with Insights from Linguistics, Neuroscience, and Physiology

This article introduces an emerging psychotherapeutic approach: Neurо-Linguistic Processing and Reprogramming (NLРR). The developing empirical evidence from neuroscience, linguistics, and physiоlogy sets a foundation for NLPR, which seeks to enhance cognitive and emotional processes. NLPR capitalizes on the ability of language to engage the brain’s neurobiological mechanisms involved in еmotion regulation and executive functions. NLPR also integrates insights from the Polyvagal Theory to incorporate the nature of physiological responses to linguistic stimuli. This work asserts that the NLPR approach can lead to rewiring neural circuitry and regulation of intense emotions by enhancing linguistic awareness, emotional understanding, interоception, and orientation through repetition. This paper aims to introduce the underpinnings of NLРR and lay the groundwork for how NLPR can be used as a therapeutic tool to strengthen linguistic capacity, emotional articulation, and self-perception, thus fostering emotional regulation and overall well-being. This endeavor concludes with the perspective that NLPR presents a significant advancement in psychotherapeutic practice as it makes optimal use of language to facilitate psychological transformation and personal growth.