There is a local skeptic that defends NLP
Take at look at this position she takes:
So here’s how I handle it. I choose to use the experimental unproven medicine of NLP in situations where I believe it is warranted. I have seen it work. Is that a cry of Placebo! I hear from the back row? Yes maybe… but that would make me no different from any other practitioner. If I am not sure of some of it and I still continue to use it, does that make me a charlatan? Well, if you believe that the administering of a placebo to a trusting client without them knowing it is a crime, then perhaps you might believe that. Of course we all understand this is the only way it works.
ready … set … go >:D