Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a method of understanding the organization of subjective human experience. The NLP model provides a theoretical framework for directing or guiding therapeutic change. According to NLP, people experience the so-called real world indirectly and operate on the real world as if it were like the model of it they have constructed. If a client has a problem, it is due to a limitation in his/her model of reality. In couple therapy, there may be a problem with one or both members' model or with the couple's shared reality. In using NLP in couple therapy, meta model questioning techniques for clarifying relationship goals can be effective in defining issues and establishing well-formed outcomes. Another NLP tool useful in couple therapy involves"collapsing anchors," with anchors being classically conditioned stimuli. Clients are taught to recognize negative anchors and to replace them with positive anchors. Family of Origin work is also a useful technique for understanding the sources of trauma and how dysfunctional patterns of relating to others were developed. In NLP the emphasis is on making changes in the client's mental organization of reality so they can have more choices and can behave differently in a variety of contexts. The outcome of NLP-based interventions should be observable in the relationship contexts. (NB)