"Review: July
2004 NLP Master Practitioner Training Seminar"
Written
by Jeff Richards. CHt, Master NLP. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Steve –
I had a great time during my Master Practitioner
training. I had attended three short-form trainings and had earned my
Practitioner and hypnotherapy certifications prior to coming to
Prince George, and since each training had been with a different trainer
(or team of trainers, in once case) in a different city, I have a
variety of examples with which to compare this training. Yours was the
most information-packed, most useful, and most fun training I have
ever attended.
I loved Prince George. The Downtown Motel probably
won't rate many stars in the Michelin Guide, but it's clean and safe and
the management is very friendly. It was nice to have a variety of good,
reasonably-priced places to eat within a few blocks of the training.
Compared with my Practitioner training, and taking into account the costs
travel, meals, lodging and the NLP Training course itself, I spent about
$1,000US less for my Master Practitioner training than I did for my
Practitioner certification! Gotta love that exchange rate!
As you know, I earned my Practitioner certification
earlier this year through Paul McKenna Training in London, England, with
Paul, Michael Breen and Richard Bandler as co-trainers. While training
with Richard was a great experience, I am jealous of the Practitioner
delegates from your training. They got a much richer Practitioner training
experience than I got in London, were exposed to a lot more material and
received better guidance in how to use NLP in the real world. My
Practitioner training was held in a hotel ballroom with 450 delegates in
attendance. Even with the large number of assistant trainers they had on
hand -- perhaps as many as twenty-five on some days -- there was minimal
supervision during our exercises there. I enjoyed the fact that, by
choosing to limit your class size, you can observe our progress,
provide assistance when needed and add elements the the exercises while
we worked. That adds a lot to each exercise without us having to stop
working and direct our attention to the front of the room to receive new
instructions.
Another very important difference between
yours and the McKenna/Breen/Bandler training is the philosophy you take.
In London, we were taught only the longest way to perform any particular
technique. You placed emphasis on getting the best results with the
simplest form of the technique that will work in a particular
situation. Being shown both the long and shorter versions of the
techniques you taught allows me to be a lot more flexible with my clients.
An added bonus of your training is the option to
get a hypnotherapy certification at the end of the week. My previous
hypnosis certification course took me several months worth of weekends out
of town and, while I came away with some good skills, I also spent a lot
of time learning about things that I will never need to know when
working with clients (I have never, ever had a client ask me to
give a 'timeline of the development of hypnosis in the modern world', but
I had to know it to pass my test) and spent over $3,000US on the training
alone! For anyone interested in using their NLP skills to work with
clients right away, being able to be certified as a Hypnotherapist with no
additional training is a great opportunity. Even though I'm
already certified through another organization, I opted to get this
certification as well since the American Board of Hypnotherapy is much
better known.
My greatest concern when I signed up for your
training was the long days. In London, we went from 10:00 in the
morning until around 6:00 in the evening. Training for twelve hours per
day sounded painful. I couldn't have been more wrong. I left the
training room every night hungry for more! And whether we were out at a
meal or having an after-class beverage, I found myself using my skills
naturally and easily, and you were always available to answer
questions and encourage our progress.
Steve, you are a great trainer. You have the
skills of Richard Bandler and the energy and real-world focus
that are necessary to make training a real pleasure. I'm very glad
that I chose to be a delegate at your training and recommend to anyone
interested in NLP training, that they stop waiting and start planning
their trip to Prince George now for training with you.
Best wishes,
Jeff Richards. CHt, Master NLP. Columbus, Ohio, USA
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