How To Become An NLP Practitioner

It is estimated that there are over 50,000 NLP practitioners in the UK.  The widely varied applications of NLP mean huge variation in people who become Practitioners and also different motivations for NLP training.

To become an NLP Practitioner it is recommended to take a certified (American Board of NLP, ABNLP or Association for NLP, ANLP) training course, such as the one offered by NLP Creations or another NLP academy

Practitioner training is the first of three levels of generally available NLP training.  NLP Master Practitioner Training Courses build on what you learn at Practitioner level and takes you into more advanced areas.  The highest qualification in the field is that of NLP Trainer which is only open to people who have completed the previous two levels.

In this article, I'll be giving you the inside scoop on what exactly happens behind the closed doors at an 8-day NLP Practitioner course with us, this will give you an overview of what a popular NLP Practitioner training involves.

Structure of the course

Our Practitioner course is an 8-day experience split over two modules which can either be taken in an intensive format or with a break in between.   Prior to the course you will receive a pre-course study pack.  Module one focuses on basic NLP as well as core principles and techniques, whilst module 2 focuses on advanced applications of NLP.  The Practitioner course is very different to an NLP conference or seminar, being very hands-on and focused on "learning by doing".

To understand the real-world applications of what you will learn on the course, here are some things to ponder:

What Will I Gain from Module 1?

• How useful would it be to learn the real secrets to mastery by being able to pay attention to minimal clues and notice split-level communication?

• Imagine if you could know a person's unconscious response to something before they knew it!

• What if you knew there are only 3 simple steps to rapidly build rapport with anyone (in person or on the phone)?

• Discover hidden language patterns to elegantly lead a person or group to a more useful state or feeling.

• What is you could learn the linguistic tools of hypnosis, as modeled from the legend Milton Erickson, and use these to persuade, influence and appeal to emotions?

• Learn how to build a firm foundation for emotional intelligence.

• What if you could have the most useful beliefs for learning, change and ethical influence?

• And, you could discover how our personal reality is created and how it influences our feelings and actions in our everyday life.

• Gain the understanding of how our behaviours are governed by our state at that moment.

• Uncover 3 simple questions that will unlock the art of conversation; how to discover detail, explore values and resolve conflict.

• Learn the 7 steps to help yourself or someone else focus and achieve what it is they really want in the future.

• What if you could create a positive state or feeling to use in any context you choose.

• Learn the Meta Model which contains the most powerful questions to help a person be specific and expand their map of the world.

• If you could change a feeling you have in a particular context what would you choose? Learn how you can do this with guaranteed results.

How Will Module 2 Benefit my Life?

• Discover how people internally code their experience of the world, the 3 common preferences people have and use this to communicate more effectively, build rapport and influence with success.

• Learn the unconscious patterns that give away how someone is thinking.

• Learn NLP story-telling, the use of embedded commands, and how to craft metaphors for unconscious communication.

• How useful would it be to know the 6 areas to align individuals and organisations.

• Sky rocket your coaching and change work by discovering the quickest way to make changes (for yourself or others) by recoding experiences in how they are stored.

• Discover how to change unwanted feelings about a situation, problem or certain foods.

• Learn the simple process  for changing an old limiting belief and replacing it with a new empowering belief.

• Permanently remove an unwanted phobia. This will set you apart from most psychologists and psychiatrists simply because you'll have the tools to actually make a difference and rewire patterns to change a phobic response.

• Gain a tool to help someone resolve relationship issues and have insights about other points of view to aid decision-making & leadership.

• Learn how to discover unconscious thinking patterns for how a person gets the results they do, how they make decisions, how they become convinced of something and apply this to making changes and communicating more effectively.

• Create motivation for a personal identity upgrade or to carry out a particular behaviour.

• What if you could have 2 conversational techniques to assist someone in changing their mind or thinking differently.

• Discover how to build trust and communication between your conscious and unconscious mind.

• Change an unwanted habit, symptom or behaviour by utilising unconscious creativity.

• Achieve personal mastery and increase energy levels by addressing internal conflict

• How you can ethically and ecologically apply NLP in business, and NLP in education.

• Leading People - NLP Coaching - Effective Relationships - Persuasion & Influence

• Discover how you store time and remove blocks from the past

• How to create a strong conscious and unconscious commitment towards a future goal.

Once you have decided that you are at least interested in the possibility of a Practitioner training, the best thing to do is to contact us directly to discuss your specific goals and to make sure that a training will be right for you.