Future Pace

Mentally rehearsing a future result to install a recovery strategy so that the desired outcome occurs. Future pacing is used at the end of most NLP interventions to test and solidify the change by having the client imagine themselves in a future situation where the new behavior or response will be needed. This neurologically 'locks in' the change and ensures it will generalize to real-world contexts. Future pacing is closely related to the concept of Creating Your Future® in Time Line Therapy®.