The Lightning Process™- What is it?

The Lightning Process™ is a TRAINING PROGRAMME not a therapy and so you will be trained in techniques by Jan a lightning process practitioner, over a three day course (5 hours per day on each of the 3 days) which you will then practise at home whenever you recognise the negative  cycle starting.  Some people find they practise regularly in the beginning whilst others barely ever need to use it after a short while. The Lightning Process™ is a powerful combination of techniques using philosophies of osteopathy, NLP and life coaching.  There are some similarities in terms of thought stopping, cognitive reappraisal and self talk. However, the Lightning Process is fundamentally different in that it teaches you how to effect change with M.E, anxiety, panic attacks and FM in an incredibly short space of time, using a range of techniques. There is absolutely nothing “quirky” about The Lightning Process™, as suggested on certain forums by people who have never seen it!  It is based on proven theories, studies and techniques, combined in such a way as to provide a successful recipe for change. The Lightning Process™ is not just about positive thinking. It teaches you a technique to change your physiology eg. switch off the sympathetic nervous system and return to normal, quiescent parasympathetic nervous system. There is nothing unusual about this- relaxation, meditation, yoga, Tia Chi and many other techniques teach people to access quiescent states but the Lightning Process is a very rapid technique

Published Surveys About the LP

Our survey found that 81.3%* of clients report that they no longer have the issues they came with by day three of the LP course.

The ME Association’s survey – the largest ever survey of patient and carer evidence on issues relating to management of ME/ CFS issues – found that the Lightning Process came top of their poll for apporoaches that “greatly improved” the symptoms of ME/CFS. Click here for the full report.

Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the Sussex & Kent ME/CFS Society recently ran a survey about the experiences over two years of those affected by CFS/ME. 457 people completed the questionnaire and the Lightning Process was rated as the most helpful approach, with 44 per cent finding it very helpful. Click here for the results table, sorted in order of most helpful.

So whether you have a clear diagnosis, or just have some of the symptoms, this approach, which looks at what can be done to rebalance those body systems, could be right for you.


The Lightning Process is working with the NHS on a feasibility study. Please click here for further details.

*feedback from a survey of 1092 clients after day three of the LP training

Our Snapshot Feedback Survey has been designed as a tool to collect data from clients as to whether they feel they have gained any benefit from attending the Lightning Process course.  Although the data was collected from over 1000 people, the results are naturally subjective.  Lightning Process practitioners are not medically trained and are therefore relying on client information about their diagnoses, symptoms and issues that they bring to the course.

For more information about our collaborations with independent research teams please click here.

Is it like any other therapy?

No. Firstly it's not a therapy, it's a training programme. Secondly, no other programme I know of is developed on a combination of NLP, osteopathy, self hypnosis and life coaching.

Is it like Reverse or Mickel therapy, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?

Some people are concerned that the Lightning Process might be similar to Reverse or Mickel therapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and because they've already tried RT, MT, CBT they are not sure whether the Lightning Process will help them. However, The Lightning Process™ is in no way allied to or developed from or in conjunction with those approaches or those approaches designers.

Is it Positive Thinking?

No, Positive Thinking on its own is unlikely to make you recover from M.E CFS, FM  PTSD or anxiety. The Lightning Process™ is not just about positive thinking. It teaches you a technique to change your physiology eg. switch off the sympathetic nervous system and return to normal, quiescent parasympathetic nervous system. There is nothing unusual about this- relaxation, meditation, yoga, Tia Chi and many other techniques teach people to access quiescent states but the Lightning Process is a very rapid tequnique.

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