of the originators.
Reiki Practitioners and Martial Artists love to use this too. Everyone wants to be the Grand Master’s favourite. Chances are they were one of 500 people in the room.
Some Trainers will offer you tapes and CDs to listen to before you do the course, BUT THESE ARE BY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON! Make sure if you are listening to pre-study materials that they are by the Trainer you may be training with.
Too many people in the room – no personal attention
I heard recently of a course that had 1000 students in the room and 10 assistants. That means there were 100 people looking for guidance for every assistant in the room.
The governing bodies have no enforcement powers
Are you aware that within 18 months, the Department of Health are planning to bring in legislation regarding psychotherapy, psychology and counselling which will almost certainly affect how NLP is licensed, trained and practiced within the UK and Europe?
As an Independent Financial Advisor in the UK, I was under the close scrutiny, continual assessment and strict codes of practice enforced by governing bodies that had full legal clout behind them. If a client was unhappy or had felt they were misled, the full weight of the law could be brought down upon the Company that was responsible.
This doesn't exist in the NLP world yet!
The so called "Governing Bodies" in the NLP community have no real power, no enforcement and weak assessment. Frankly, you can buy your way up the NLP ladder and become a Trainer even if you've never seen a real live client in your life. So when a student asks them "How have you used this with real clients?", how can they answer honestly?
Here's the truth - I know of one NLP Trainer who, despite allegations against him for child abuse, continues to work exclusively with children. Unbelievable! Ironically, the same individual has set up a fictitious "Institute for NLP Ethics"!!! Hmmm...
Several female clients have complained to me [privately of course] about seduction and hypnosis techniques being used inappropriately, but they're all too scared to challenge the male NLP Trainer doing it. Can you imagine?
I know of 3 so called "Life Coaches" whose experience consists of a 3 day training course and 12 written homework assignments! But will it tell you that on their brochures and websites? I doubt it...
The best the NLP associations can do is void a person’s certificate, but in an unregulated industry, that won’t stop them from doing what they’re doing.
Jonathan Clark is an NLP Trainer and author with 17 years of NLP experience - watch the video at training NLP
