TAKING NLP MASTER PRACTITIONER TO A NEW LEVEL

In Neuro-Semantics we train people in basic NLP as various Neuro-Semantic Trainers around the world run the traditional trainings called “NLP Prac.” (Practitioner) and Master Prac. The Neuro-Semantic difference is the Meta-States Model and so we have designated these trainings as Meta-NLP and Meta Masters.

One of the things that Colin Cox and myself have experienced at NSTT, along with the other Trainers who form the leadership team at NSTT, is the very low quality of NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner training that people experience around the world from many (not all) of the other schools of NLP. How do we make this evaluation? How do we experience the low quality of NLP training?

1) The Linguistic of NLP. The first and most obvious thing that alerts us to this problem is the low level understanding of the Meta-Model and its use. This shows up whenever I ask a simple question about some word or phrase, “In the Meta-Model, what is this term?” Suddenly the room goes silent. Ah, trance! Even after I cue people the silence often continues, “Is this an unspecified noun or verb? Is it a lost performative?” and so on. Upon further exploration people tell about going through NLP Prac. without ever studying the Meta-Model. They are supposedly “Neuro-Linguistic Programmers” and yet somehow the linguistics part was skipped or downplayed in their training!

And why is that? Because whoever trained them was not trained in the Meta-Model themselves and have not learned how to effectively use the linguistic distinctions and questions of the Meta- Model. And no wonder. Just try to read the original books, The Structure of Magic. They are not easy books to read. That’s one of the reasons we use and recommend the 25-year update on the Meta-Model, Communication Magic (2001, Crown House Publications) as the text to use to actually understand the Meta-Model and how to train it.

In the Master Prac. Course we teach the Mind-Lines Model as a practical use of the Meta-Model. The focus is on framing and reframing and provides a person the ability to identify, detect, and address the structure of meaning in everyday conversation.

2) The Modeling of NLP. The next thing that provides a warning signal about poor NLP training quality is that people were not taught the basic processes for modeling a human experience. They were short-circuited in learning the TOTE model of Cognitive Psychology (Miller, Pribram, and Gallanter) and the Strategies Model as presented by Dilts (NLP Volume I,

1980). When I get a sense of that, I always ask the group, “How many of you did a modeling project in your Master Practitioner course?” Typically, very few raise their hands.

Again, no wonder about this. This is not one of the easy or quick facets of NLP. To learn how to model an experience of subjectivity requires exercising your brain and applying everything you know about the basic NLP Communication Model. And to make things more complex, if you are trying to model a complex state only using Strategies and Sub-Modalities and Representations, you will miss the most critical facets of that experience. That’s why you need the Meta-States Model which enables you to truly model a complex state like self-esteem, forgiveness, resilience, leadership, management, healthy lifestyle, etc.

Sadly, so many NLP Trainers have not stayed up with the field and don’t even know that I have written five books on modeling that we use in Neuro-Semantics to model layered and long-term experiences like wealth creation or expertise in coaching (Meta-States, NLP Going Meta, the Matrix Model, Advanced Neuro-Semantic Modeling, Cultural Modeling) and several books on applications of modeling (Sub-Modalities Going Meta).

3) The Meta-Levels of NLP. Meta Masters most obviously differs from most Master Prac. Courses because it includes training in the Meta-States Model, typically three days of training (the APG training). It is this model that actually explains how the processes and patterns of NLP work. There’s a reason for that. Without understanding the systemic nature of the mind, self- reflexive consciousness, and how we are always creating layers upon layers of states (the so- called logical levels), a person won’t understand how the patterns of NLP actually enable a person to “run his or her own brain” and change things according to those patterns.

By the time a person comes to NSTT training, I want to know if a person understands the processes. So often I will invite someone to explain how a specific pattern in NLP works, perhaps the Swish Pattern or the Phobia Cure. What makes this pattern work? What are the key distinctions that make this pattern work successfully? Those who don’t understand the meta- levels inevitably can’t explain it. They just believe it does. And that’s perhaps fine for the Practitioner level, but not for the Master Practitioner level.

When a Neuro-Semantic trainer trains the NLP Master Practitioner course, it is at least 14 days in length and covers minimally the following.

The Meta-States Model The Meta-Programs Model The Mind-Line Model of Conversational Reframing (Advanced Sleight of Mouth) Modeling and a Modeling Project Advance Trance Induction Skills Business Application of the full NLP range of skills (or another specific application)

Want NLP? Try Neuro-Semantic NLP! Here’s a list of some of the Master Practitioner trainings around the world in 2012 taught by Licensed Neuro-Semantic Trainers.

Master Practitioner Courses offered by Neuro-Semantic NLP Trainers in 2012

1) Auckland, New Zealand. January 7- 19, 2012. Second one: June 2-14. Colin Cox and Lena Gray, Contact: 64 027 4774 561; office: 64 09 950 3379. [email protected]; Website: www.ignition.org.nz APG is a prerequisite for this training.

2) Indonesia: Mariani Ng, March 9 to May 27, 2012 (week-end class) in Jakarta-Indonesia, 14 days of training, sponsored by METAMIND Training Coaching Institute, contact: [email protected] Phone:+62-21-5595 8332.

3) Sydney Australia, Joseph Scott and Jay Hedley, Sept. 1-9, Oct. 13-19, 14 day intensive. Contact: Joseph Scott; [email protected].

4) Sweden — Patrik Fordell: Master Prac from 14th of September to 28th of October 2012, in Swedish, with NLP Trainer Anders Wallin. Järna is outside of Stockholm. Entails 4 weekends of three days each and NLP Prac and APG is a pre-requisite. Contact: [email protected] and NLP Trainer Anders Wallin [email protected] see www.innerpower.se.

5) Sweden – Niklas Daver [[email protected]] will do a Master Prac. From Jan. to May.

6) Hong Kong — Mandy Chai, [email protected]. Begins in Feb. for six months. Venue: Asia Professional Training Institute, 3rd floor, Tung Nam Commercial Center, 42 Pitt St. Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. www.apti.com.hk. (852- 2770 8886).

7) Hong Kong — Dr. Paul Chan, dates beginning in March 2012 and going through 2013. [email protected]. 14 days with an emphasis on NLP in Health for Doctors and Nurses. Venue: Hospital Authority A&E Training Center 3/F Tang Shui Kin Hospital; 282 Queen's Road Wanchai Hong Kong. Website: www.hksems.org.hk

8) Hong Kong — Salina Lee. Venue: Tsimshatsui Contact email : [email protected] Mobile no: (852) 9301 8091. Dates: March through May.

9) India — Nelson Negi, Contact: M: +91 9833 080 407: www.tekton.co.in. When: Saturday 12 - Friday 25 May 2012 (14 Days). Saturday 8 - Friday 21 Dec 2012 (14 Days).

10) Norway. In Oslo, Norway, and in Norwegian, Lene Fjellheim at CoachTeam, Contact: [email protected].

11) Italy. From May through Oct. Venue: Dozza, Italy. NS Trainers: Lucia Giovannini and Nicola Riva. Contact: [email protected]

12) Mexico: In Mexico City, from March through Sept., Contact: Ivan Robles; [email protected]. All 14 days, one weekend a month for 7 months.