TAD JAMES

 

 

Tad James is originally from Washington DC. He earned his master’s in Mass Communication from Syracuse University and began his professional career working at a radio station, eventually becoming a business consultant. He received a PhD from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy in 1991. He began to study Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and ultimately developed a discipline of this therapy known as Time Line Therapy (TLT). He published his first book in 1988, Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality. Time Line Therapy has been used throughout the world, including in war torn areas, to help alleviate symptoms of post-traumatic stress in people living in those regions.
James founded the Tad James Company, an organization that trains, teaches, and practices NLP. Together with his wife Adriana, they strive to help people improve their lives and reach their maximum potential.

Contribution to Psychology

Time Line Therapy is a therapeutic discipline that involves readjusting an individual’s internal programming created from life experiences. According to TLT, each person has an inner photo album and uses that to create perceptions of their past and their future that can be distorted, based on the life events they have endured. Through TLT, a client is guided into their unconscious mind and given permission to release any negative emotions resulting from traumatic life events. A therapist teaches the client how to reprogram their response to the mental photo album, resulting in positive emotional expressions. Ultimately, a person who undergoes TLT learns how to respond to events as they occur, rather than basing a response on previous perceptions and past maladaptive behaviors. The goal is to provide a client with an overall sense of healthy well-being and productive coping skills.

Time Line Therapy integrates several different techniques based on NLP that allow a person to transform their behaviors and thus their lives. Feelings that can often overwhelm people, such as anxiety, depression, or fear, may create blocks that impair human potential. TLT practitioners argue that these feelings are rooted in deep beliefs resulting from life experiences that are often exhibited unconsciously. With TLT, these behaviors and emotions can be identified, addressed, and changed, within weeks, to allow for more positive beliefs and behaviors. TLT allows clients to create the emotional states they need to embrace life’s challenges in a healthy and productive way.