Oooh congratulations, this sounds so incredibly cool!
I've read some really interesting things on NLP (some of the Bandler books) and find it *fascinating* but haven't really put it into practice. I've dabbled quite a bit with self-hypnosis too, nothing too deep, mostly just help falling asleep
If you come across any great books, and you think of it, I'd love to hear about them!
And if you need another guinea pig at some point, you're welcome to try it out on me, if we can figure out the computer thing (my computer is a desktop in one room with no comfy chairs - argh - my bed is in the next room over.)
I have loads of issues, so finding something to fix would really not be hard *LOL*
Good luck with your studies!