Neuro-Linguistic Programming

I played around with hypnosis and suggestion as a teenager, discovering the power of suggestion and the unconscious mind. Later, in the late 1990s one of my friends raved about the NLP training he was receiving through work. I read a bit about it at the time and did not take things further. It did, though, strike me as interesting, particularly as it seemed all to be very much about the power of language and the power of the human mind. It took me a while, though, before I began learning to really unlock the extraordinary power of NLP.

Curiously, it reminded me of my experiences in Spain, and specifically about learning to speak Spanish. I always believed that learning was linear. Learning Spanish proved to me that it is not . I’d progress with the language, and then get stuck, seemingly not able to learn more. And then, suddenly, there’d be another burst of learning. I gradually realised my unconscious mind needed time to process what I’d learned, and then, when it had done so, I could learn more.

Over the years, I’d often thought about NLP. It wasn’t, though, until August 2016 when I took some action, attended some training and became a qualified Practitioner of NLP, a qualified Practitioner of Hypnosis, and a qualified Practitioner of Time Line Therapy®. I followed that up in January 2017 when I became a Master Practitioner of all three. And then, in September 2017 I became a trainer of NLP and Hypnosis. I am also now a trainer of Time Line Therapy®, which I completed in October 2024.

I am proud to be registered with the ABNLP and the Time Line Therapy® Association.