NLP Life Coach

This is a comprehensive advanced training to become a licensed NLP Coach either as a new career or as a new branch to an existing business. The course integrates a Master NLP Practitioner and TFT Practitioner with a comprehensive Coaching qualification.

What are the benefits of becoming an NLP Life Coach?

Be your own boss and architect of your own destiny
Gain respect from your family and community as someone who makes a difference
Work from home with minimum overheads
Opportunity to work with clients all over the world online or by phone
Enjoy working with clients one to one in person
Be unique by integrating the business with your existing skill set and network
High income per hour achievable
Work/ Life balance leading by example
'Variety is the spice of life' – no two clients are the same therefore providing challenge and creativity in communication

What qualities are required to be a successful NLP Coach?

Excellent rapport and communication skills
Successful track record in your own field
Good complimentary skill base to create a USP – unique selling proposition as a NLP Coach
Charismatic presentation skills
Creative – ability to think outside of the box
Sales success – selling of ideas is key to this role

Life Coach, Health and Wellbeing Coach
–your choice!

In the past, the route to practicing NLP therapy commercially has been via a hypnotherapy diploma qualification which has provided a basic skill set to practice. However, having trained hundreds of therapists over the years I discovered that in an overcrowded marketplace the ones that made it were the ones that stood out from the crowd. Less than 5% would go on to practice NLP and hypnotherapy as a career and the ones that succeeded had the following in common:

The majority were already qualified as a therapist, counsellor or alternative health practitioner and did the training to add another string to their commercial bow. This meant that they already had a client base on which to build on!
All of them were committed to continuing their professional development by training as a Master NLP Practitioner, TFT Practitioner or other discipline that gave them additional skills for their target market.
They all 'walked the talk' by integrating their NLP skills personally first, taking decisive and positive action to follow a well formed outcome towards making their business work.

Accreditation and Certification

NLP Logo On successful completion of this trainiing you will gain the joint accreditation of both NLP Master Practitioner and NLP Coach and be granted a licence to practice as a NLP Coach by the Society of NLP, the first and largest NLP certification, training validation and quality control organisation in the world.

Furthermore, as a reflection of the pedigree of your training your certificate is personally signed by the co-creator of NLP Dr Richard Bandler.

NLP Life Coach Aims & Objectives

Why choose this training?

The one to one style ensures it is tailored to you and the market that you intend to practice in.
The one to one approach ensures competency and specific feedback.
There is a requirement to have completed the NLP Coaching Practitioner or equivalent prior to acceptance on this training – this ensures you have had a comprehensive introduction to the subject and been able first and foremost to have applied it to yourself so you can 'walk the talk' this gives you the foundation and basic skill set to help others.
In traditional hypnotherapy diplomas, there is a lot of padding out of unnecessary theory and subjects that may not be relevant. This training concentrates on being good at the 20% that will deliver 80% of the results!
This training is modelled on the most commercially successful hypnotherapist / life coach of all time Paul McKenna and the way he works with clients. Paul never did a hypnotherapy diploma but instead learned from studying and modelling Dr Richard Bandler, the co-creator of NLP. In many ways Paul's style of working is predominately NLP coaching with mind programming CD's (hypnosis in other words).
This training allows you to dip your toes into a potential business, explore the potential for yourself at each stage and then move to the next stage when you are ready. By the time you have completed the NLP Coaching Practitioner, you will know if this is the right career path for you without being tied financially to a long and expensive course.
Earn while you learn, once you have completed the NLP Coaching Practitioner you can apply for professional indemnity insurance to enable you to practice as a coach or you can practice within the scope of your existing therapy insurance.
This programme combines a variety of learning models to ensure you get the best of all worlds in order to fulfil you learning potential:
1. Private Study - ideal for theoretical reading and research and to consolidate key concepts.
2. One to One Training – ideal for personal tuition and feedback with the benefit of being tailored directly to you. Also opportunity to practice your skills with someone and get detailed feedback that a group course could never give.
3. Group Training – the Boot Camp format for NLP and TFT is ideal to gain a lot of practice and skill integration with a variety of other people.
4. DVD/ Audio Programmes – access some of the best resources featuring top practitioners in the field demonstrating the art and science of NLP.

I therefore designed this training to enable people to develop a career in NLP by modelling what makes those that succeed successful. I also wanted to teach the skills that make the difference in a way that ensures competency and professionalism.

Finally, with so many courses demanding year long study and huge investment, I wanted to create a training that enabled you to dip your toes into a potential business, explore the potential for yourself and then develop at your own pace if and only if you are sure that it is right for you. I also wanted students to earn as they learn, by being able to coach clients professionally early on in their training.

NLP Coach Course Content

There are 16 modules divided into five phases with a written project and presentation required on the last module:

Phase 1 – NLP Personal Development Model

Introduction.- the difference between coaching, therapy, mentoring. The Coaching model, ethics, standards and coaching competencies. The coaching contract. Establishing trust, rapport and coaching presence. Sensory acuity and advanced body language and listening skills. Creating awareness through the power of perspective - perceptual positions, Jo Hari Window, S.W.O.T analysis, Wheel of Life and Meta Programmes are all integrated in this training.

Phase 2 – Conversational Change

Conversational Influence – Learn advanced questioning skills using the power of precision – gain clarity using the Meta Model and master the advanced language of influence – the Milton Model including the use of metaphor and storytelling.

Phase 3 – Goals -Setting a clear direction for the future

Planning and setting goals and designing actions that the progress and accountability are managed within the coaching contract. Well Formed Outcome in conjunction with the coaching G.R.O.W model, the P.A.W process, S.M.A.R.T goals, and Logical Levels are integrated within the skill set of the NLP Coach. Programming of goals is also mastered using visualisation, timelines and hypnosis.

Phase 4 – Freedom Formula for Change

A key phase of any coaching work is supporting clients to overcome obstacles. Identifying obstacles using the S.C.O.R.E model and overcoming performance barriers using the C.R.A.F.T model for change. Mastering the NLP Code of Change – submodalities -reprocessing past obstacles to achievement. Learn the fast change skill of Thought Field Therapy to reprocess complex negative emotions.

Phase 5 – Strategies for Success

Mastering the process of change - strategies to success -Integrating new habitual behaviour and installing new behaviour. Disneys creativity strategy. Presentation skills strategies. Installing new habitual behaviours - Covey's 7 habits of success. Provocative NLP Coaching Model.

Assessments and Project Presentation

There will be a research assignment set on each module to support the academic element of the learning which must be completed prior to taking the next module. On completion of the course you will be expected to present a project which will be demonstrating your innovative and creative application of NLP to the coaching model.

These modules are only a guide, we will discuss at interview stage the precise format to meets your specific needs.

A guide to how each module is structured is: 20-30 minutes feedback/ research presentation followed by 60 minutes tuition followed by 30-40 minutes practical coaching session and feedback.

This course is designed to be practical rather than academic – the aim is for you to be professionally competent as opposed to being academically knowledgeable.

This programme is designed for anyone who is committed to becoming a professional NLP Life Coach. The programme integrates a Master NLP Practitioner and TFT Practitioner qualification as part of the NLP Life Coach programme. The programme is holistic and flexible in that it will complement existing skill sets and styles. A NLP Practitioner certification is a prerequisite to being accepted on this programme. Furthermore, acceptance on this programme is subject to an informal interview.

So why do this NLP Life Coaching programme over any other?

Firstly, the one to one modules ensure you get specific feedback to YOU. In these modules you actually do the work with the trainer - this ensures quality feedback, assessment and development.
Gain the opportunity to explain and demonstrate your NLP skills as an assistant on the NLP Boot Camps.
Gain Master NLP Practitioner certification with the Society of NLP, the largest NLP quality assurance organisation in the world and as a measure of the pedigree of your training your certificate is personally signed by the creator of NLP Dr Richard Bandler himself.
Gain TFT Practitioner certification to diagnostic level with the international accrediting body ATFT (Association of Thought Field Therapy) and as a reflection of the pedigree of your training your certificate is personally signed by the creator of TFT, Dr Roger Callahan.
Gain access to a library of resources to complement your learning between modules. DVDs, videos, tapes, CDs and books of some of the top creators and innovators can be borrowed to study in your own time. The self study element is tailored to your own business or outcome.
Finally, the training is flexible to suit you. The one to one modules can be taken when you want at your own pace. You can start the one to one modules when you want, you can do the modules when you want as intensively as you want and in what order you want. The group training modules are each run twice a year. Real flexibility in training to suit you as a learner!

Steps to become an NLP Life Coach

NLP Coaching Practitioner (Prerequisite)

If you are already a NLP Practitioner or you have done NLP Business Practitioner or NLP Therapist Practitioner then all you need to do is a conversion programme of four more coaching modules that will train you in the introductory coaching syllabus that is included in NLP Coaching Practitioner. This is not required if you have already completed another coaching course elsewhere.

TFT Boot Camp Training (Included)

This thought field therapy training integrates perfectly with the coaching model as it gives you a fast and effective methodology to deal with emotional problems that inevitably come up without the need to become a therapist. If you are a therapist then this provides a complimentary process to your existing skill set. This is included in the NLP Life Coach training as a key skill however if you have already trained as a TFT Practitioner then the programme will be discounted accordingly to reflect this. This is not a compulsory part of the programme, so if you have trained in another energy meridian therapy such as EFT and prefer to use this as a NLP Coach, then the price will once again be discounted accordingly.

NLP Master Practitioner Training (Included)

This key one to one training takes you to mastery level in NLP enabling you to be both creative and innovative in the applications of NLP is included in the NLP Coach Programme. This can be done as a NLP Master Therapist or NLP Business Master Practitioner depending on your preferred route to market.

NLP Life Coach One to One

The one to one modules are direct with me at my clinic in Norwich. This course is run over 16 x 2 hour modules or intensively over 5 days if you are travelling from further a field.

The NLP Boot Camp and the TFT Boot Camp weekend modules are held twice a year. The next dates for these can be found on this website.

Investment: £2995 (Inclusive of Master NLP Practitioner and NLP Coach accreditation and license by the Society of NLP and TFT Practitioner accreditation from Dr Roger Callahan).

Payment Plan Alternatively, spread your payments over the duration of the training. The Payment plan can be £495 deposit followed by 16 x payments of £125 payable on each one to one module. There is a £500 fee due for the one day TFT Practitioner one to one training or 2 day TFT Boot Camp training. These terms are not available to those following the fast track programme.

Society of NLP accreditation is subject to 9 days of NLP training, 5 days one to one training and 2 x 2 days NLP Boot Camp group training. If attendence of the Boot Camps is not possible then other options of certification are possible by prior arrangement.