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A new model is created when one realm of experience (e.g. “particle”) is used to describe another (e.g. electron) metaphorically, and then further developed through testing, statements of how to apply and refine this metaphor through mathematics, etc. The initial creative leap is followed by a lot of work to develop the detailed recipes and procedures that make it useful. It took over a hundred and fifty years from Michael Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic induction (a needle suspended by a thread next to a wire moving in response to a current in the wire)to the giant generators in today's power plants.
Once a model has been created it can then be applied to other events within the domain described by the model, or in some cases applied usefully to other domains. In NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder and others developed a number of models, (and borrowed others), while most of the “modeling” done by others (including ourselves) has actually been applications of these models. We assume that most modeling tasks will also be of this nature: applications of NLP models to a specific domain and outcome, rather than creating a new model. However, if someone is able to create a new model, that will be wonderful.
Of course there are plenty of other models available for understanding human functioning, healing, and development. Some, like crystal healing or aura balancing, do not share the epistemology of NLP—the requirement of rigorous testing, etc. Others, like standard allopathic medicine, share the NLP epistemology (at least theoretically), but their methodology and primary domain of application is quite different (though there is some overlap).
Those who might want to explore how to adapt or describe another model to include it within NLP practice would be wise to examine the other model at all three levels (epistemology, methodology, and technology) to determine whether there is (or could be) a basic compatibility between it and NLP.
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