I recently had a discussion with my peer group colleagues talking about certifications in NLP and Hypnosis and how increasingly they are described as "qualifications!" I have always been somewhat outspoken about the whole "certification = qualification" issue which has caused some interesting exchanges...
This kind of behaviour is not uncommon and many NLPers seek to present themselves as "therapists" having only had minimal training with no "fly time" or peer review facilities. I talked at length to Frank Farrelly about this kind of scenario and he was amazed by all the hype. He was also not impressed by people who talked about being Provocative Therapists and using Provocative Therapy after minimal training and exposure to this approach. Its almost like a cub scout collecting badges in order to try to bolster their image!
In many instances NLPers in particular greatly exagerate their own experience and "qualifications" (eh, sorry make that certifications) the result being all manner of titles which sound like academic qualifications which of course is not the case, as many are purely for attendance of an event. I have mentioned this previously in blogs and lamented how an approach which claims to have a linguistic ingredient, fails so spectacularly to pay attention to the mass of generalisation and claims made in this way. Of course NLP certifications are only recognised by the institute that issues them. They are however recognised by insurance companies and of course every practitioner and therapist should have appropriate insurance when seeing paying clients.
There are of course some excellent NLPers, Hypnotherapists and Provocative Therapists out there and I have been fortunate to learn from many of them. Some practitioners have IMO proved to be more skilled than those folks with Master Prac, trainer or even Master Trainer certificates! A great deal of how well a practitioner is able to produce great results is down to their manner and sensory acuity and not how many classrooms they sat in!
2008 is a busy year with a great deal of travelling and presenting in Europe and the USA, with a number of products and new sites in the pipeline. I'm conducting interviews with many specialists at the IASH SF conference who may not have grand titles,but crucially do have years of proven experience that has given them invaluable insights in how to best work with clients. Some of these interviews will appear on www.nlpmp3.com in due course
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Bandler on Farrelly
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This extract is from an interview I did with Richard Bandler a few years
ago when I asked him about Frank Farrelly.
"You know, Farrelly had to be one of t...
13 years ago
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I was recently thinking along the same lines. Any certification that you receive just from sitting in a room is a result of severe grade inflation!
On the other hand, many therapists who graduate from accredited colleges don't have the pragmatic change work skills of some NLP practitioners.
I'm wondering what kind of solution would exist to a problem like this, where what really matters (to me) is competence in one's ability to facilitate change. Perhaps recording all your private sessions and having them reviewed by a board of NLP trainers?
Apart from the issue of client confidentiality we then also have the issue of how capable are the NLP trainers!
I am here at the IASH Conference in SF USA and this is one of the hot topics being discussed...
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