The Art and Science of Effective Patterning

Perspective Patterns, Proportional Patterns, and Precision Patterns

Created & Presented by: John McWhirter, Creator of DBM®

Translation: Presented in English with sequential translation to Spanish by Mari Carmen Abengózar

Dates: September 4 – 6 and October 2 – 4, 2026

Location: Online

When we think of patterns, we often think of repeating structures in fabrics and artistic design. When we think of them with regard to behaviours, relating, and thinking, we often think of recurring sequences. While these are both good examples, there is a lot more to patterns than this.

When we recognise a voice, a face, or a tune, we are doing much more than simply remembering an experience. When we recognise a friend at a distance, maybe with a new haircut and different clothes, we are identifying them from a new content experience. What we use are previous patterns, creating a new pattern through new patterning. This is an incredible skill that is easily overlooked and underappreciated because it is so common. It is an incredible mental achievement. As babies, we do it naturalistically. In school, when learning letters and numbers, we are without realising learning to pattern them. When this is achieved, we easily recognise new examples of different sizes, colours, and typefaces, having seen previous examples before.

Patterning is a very useful and practical skill that creates connections and dynamics within and across different contents. The patterns created give us an easy way to recognise similar things in the world from limited content. The more effective we are at creating and using patterning and patterns, the greater potential for effectively making sense of the world and managing ourselves and the world. This is especially useful for recurring patterns and complex patterns in behaviour, relating, thinking, and emotions.

John McWhirter has been modelling patterns and patterning for over 45 years. He has successfully identified the processing involved in patterning and the use of patterns. He has also extensively modelled the many negative applications of patterning, for example, the lack of patterning, the creation of false patterns and fantasy patterns, and the imposition of patterns. The DBM® Modelling checks of Verify, Falsify, and Beyonding are central to effective patterning.

In this new workshop, he will teach some of his latest modelling of patterns and patterning, a lot of which is only possible through his modelling of differential information as one of our core modelling skills. For this workshop on modelling patterning, John has selected three related types of patterns that are very useful to recognise, create, and use effectively. They are often poorly created and used, resulting in unnecessary bad results, damage, and suffering.

Perspective Patterns

John first modelled Perspectives in the early 1990s from his work with clients who had problems from getting things “out of perspective.” This often resulted in them suffering anxiety and emotional pain. In the years since then, he has continued to further develop these patterns and to model other ones.

Proportional Patterns

These are similar and different to Perspective patterns in that people often suffer from not doing them well. Getting things out of proportion and creating disproportional responses is at the centre of a lot of human suffering.

Precision Patterns

Another very important pattern is how we pattern precision. The lack of precision or inaccurate precision makes it very difficult to be effective in life. Precision patterns are less similar to the previous two and easy to miss. They are also closely connected to them, and all three work together.

Understanding and recognising all of them and managing them well can greatly improve our effectiveness in everything we do.

Syllabus Includes:

• Basic Patterning
• The difference between Patterning and Pattern Recognition: creating vs. recognising previous creations
• Patterns and Differential Information
• Patterning of Patterns
• More Complex Patterning
• Structural and Functional Patterns: Form, Sequence, Active, Interactive, Relationship, Creative
• Material, Spatial, Temporal, Effect, Affect
• Impact of Patterns
• Specific applications with: Perspective Patterns, Proportional Patterns, and Precision Patterns
• Benefits and Dangers from Patterning
• Verify – Falsify – Beyonding

Dates & Schedule

Dates: September 4 – 6 and October 2 – 4, 2026

Hours: Fridays 17:30–20:00 | Saturdays 10:00–20:00 | Sundays 10:00–14:00

Venue: Online

Pricing

• * Unemployed & Retired: 50% discount
• * Couples: 25% discount each
• Note: Only one discount applies.

Registration & Contact

Bank: Banco Santander

Account Name: Sensory Systems Training

IBAN: ES37 0075 0234 0506 7000 3179

For more information, please contact John McWhirter: johnm@sensorysystems.co.uk