WELCOME TO THE BEST NLP PRACTITIONER TRAINING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

If you want to study NLP, you start with what is called the NLP Practitioner course, this is the beginning. It is the introduction to NLP as a model and a set of communication tools. And today, if you want to study NLP and get your money’s worth, you have to be careful about your choice of Trainer and Training Center. That’s because there’s a lot of people purporting to train NLP who are actually unqualified. They may be unqualified because their own training has been inadequate and they may be unqualified because they don’t apply the model to themselves and only use it to trick and deceive others.

So what’s a person to do? Ask questions! Ask lots of good challenging questions so that you can flush out the unqualified and especially the manipulators and find a good ethical and caring trainer. Here is a list of questions you can ask and some distinctions to know when you are searching for a high quality trainer.

1) Is the training experiential?

NLP is experiential by its very nature, it is a practical, hands-on set of processes that incorporate the skills for precision communication, emotional intelligence, state management, etc. That’s why NLP training cannot be done by correspondence course. The bottom line after reading the books and watching the videos is to experience it via hands-on practice.

2) Is the training conscious?

Does the trainer encourage conscious understanding of the theory, premises, and processes? If not, beware of trainers who promises to “install the learnings unconsciously,” who disdains conscious understanding, and who think that they know better than you about what you need! All of that should set off alarm bells to move on as fast as you can!

3) What is the trainer’s focus?

The best NLP trainers have niches—business, therapy, coaching, personal development, health, consulting, something. Beware of generalists who claim expertise in all areas! Choose a trainer whose focus corresponds to what you want. Beware of the trainer who refuses to refer you to others, that’s a sure sign of an unprofessional.

4) Is the trainer congruent?

The best NLP is delivered by those who practice NLP and apply it to themselves. So

check them out. Do they use NLP on themselves or are they experts on using NLP on others? A congruent trainer will be open and forthright and talk about what he or her is still working on. Those who aren’t will be know-it-alls as act as if they are complete in terms of human development. Run from them as fast as you can!

5) Do you have a synopsis of the training?

Ask for a synopsis. Ask to see a detailed daily schedule of what will be covered in the training. In that way you can check on the times and length of presentations, demonstrations, and practices. Those who do not or will not provide such either have not created a structure for the training or will not follow it. I’d suggest, avoid them.

6) Will the training enable me to reach my goals? If so, how?

NLP is designed to enable the creating of well-formed outcomes so that you can make them happen. If a trainer talked about him or herself instead of facilitating you to understand your goals and out to reach them, their “ego” is probably in the way. Do they give credit to others? Do they acknowledge sources? Or do they present their training as “the best,” “the only real NLP,” the “pure” stuff, etc.? Beware of them. Professional trainers acknowledge sources and give credit to “the giants upon whose shoulders they stand.”

7) Will NLP Practitioner cover the seven basic models of NLP?

There are Seven Models in the NLP Practitioner Level. In Neuro-Semantic NLP we cover each of these models in the training:

1) Representational Model

2) Sub-Modality or Cinematic Model

3) Meta-Model Linguistic Model

4) Meta-program Model

5) State Model

6) Strategy Model

7) Time-Line Model

If the trainer doesn’t provide the basic model or doesn’t integrate the Meta-States Model, they are at least 17 years out of date!

8) Does the Trainer have a way to assess skill at the end of the training?

Ask, “How will you determine if someone has learned sufficiently to have the basic skills required to use the model?” Will there be some assessment? Will you do that yourself, have a team with you, have an assessment day?

High quality NLP training is life changing, transformational, and an enrichment of your life in ways that you would never imagine. So choose well and enjoy. To your highest and best!