Course Details

• All-New Content
• 3 New Trainers and a 5-trainer team. We are pleased to have international trainers Nick Kemp (UK), Danie Beaulieu (Canada), and Lucas Derks (Holland), along with returning trainers Andy Austin (UK), and Steve Andreas (US).
• 7 Full Days (one day longer than last year).
• Each Trainer will be sharing in-depth knowledge of the gems of his/her recent work. Plus we’ll be continuing the practice of live client-session demonstrations with people who have no background in NLP.

What is Provocative Change Works about?
The evening will focus on exploring Provocative strategies for therapy as created by Frank Farrelly, creator of Provocative Therapy and how these can be integrated with Milton Erickson's hypnotic work. I specialize in anxiety issues, phobias, anger, jealousy and food related problems.
Expect a lively evening with new approaches and ways of working.

Who is Nick Kemp?
I am the creator of Provocative Change Works™, a Frank Farrelly approved Provocative Therapy Trainer, ANLP Board Director, Creator of Human Alchemy Products. I co trains with Steve Andreas, Frank Farrelly, Andrew T Austin and Doug O Brien on an international basis and am known for humour, occasional mischief and excellence in communication...

Why will I find this interesting?
This approach is for anyone interested in producing excellence in communication whether in a therapeutic or business context. This "road tested" material that I use in my successful private practice where I regularly see up to 50 clients each month.
My philosophy is to share what works best. All attendees will automatically qualify for the early bird rate for the Oct London Provocative Change Works™ intensive!

Part 1: Provocative Change Works™ for Business - 8th October 2010 7-9.30pm

During this evening Nick Kemp will reveal many of the insights and strategies that have helped him to create a number of highly successful businesses, some of which had multi-million pound annual turnovers.

Here are some of the things you can expect during this evening session:

• Lighting the fuse - taking an idea to market and getting on the map
• Provoking client responses by provocative thinking
• Strategic thinking to create powerful creative business outcomes
• Creating impact in your communications in the visual and auditory realms
• Pricing and the psychology of pricing as a filtering system
• Creating the best delivery systems for your business

What the Business community is saying about Nick Kemp

"Everybody enjoyed the course immensely and I would like to thank you for guiding us through a very useful and insightful two days.Great feedback and lots of good work done after the course as well.

Jacqueline de Rojas
Vice President McAfee UK and Ireland

"Our day with Nick Kemp was a turning point. The solutions are obvious as we look back on them! But on the day Nick found us confused and stressed and left us clear and focussed. We changed the company name to reflect the range of products we now have and this has immediately helped to communicate to existing and new customers so much better. Nick's direction has meant these changes are felt within the organisation as well. The ideas came from ourselves with his guidance - and this means we have so much more ownership of the process. The follow-up from Nick has also been welcome - checking, tweaking and confirming the original plan as it rolls out. The focus and clarity Nick brought to us has meant increased sales activity as well as a more efficient work pattern to deal with this. From struggling to striding!"

Mal Williamson
Director Engage Now

"We wanted to help our staff consider that there is more than one response to a given situation, and help them explore a range of possibilities in terms of reactions. Alongside that is the awareness of the power and effect of language to help increase rapport, not only with colleagues, but with our customers.
Feedback from Nick's work was impressive, in the highly regulated world of insurance we do have to operate to a script when talking to customers to meet FSA requirements; however we are now looking at the specific words we use.
Additionally our staff are more aware of their 'state' as a major factor in improving our ability to perform tasks, and how to seek to control this."

Sue Lewis
Operations Manager Towergate Partnership Ltd

Part 2: Provocative Change Works™ Advanced Skills Workshop - 9th-10th October 2010

This is an opportunity to learn the approaches that make up the Provocative Change Works™ tool kit, which is equally effective in personal development, therapeutic intervention and business contexts.

Here are some of the things we will be learning during these two days:

• Identifying and utilizing the first 26 Provocative Icon cards for accelerated provocative change
• Exploring the "Full Representation Hypnotic Inductions" to change client "stuck states" to fluid states
• Time Framing client sessions - how to create a future client session while working in the "here and now"
• Practising the PCW exercises to develop multi-level sensory awareness and exquisite state control during client sessions
• Learning the art of improvised and creative interactions, for accelerated results in therapeutic and business situations
• Working one on one with Nick Kemp as demonstration subject (limited opportunities due to time considerations)

What people are saying about Nick Kemp in therapy and personal change

"You are totally disarming and beyond formalisation. There is ease and naturalness about you and you make people relax really quickly. You got the power man!"

Frank Farrelly, Creator of Provocative Therapy

"Do you know Nick Kemp? - (he is) exceptionally bright, and I have immensely enjoyed communicating...The kind of exchanges that I have been having... are the kind of activities that I think can really advance the field."

Steve Andreas, NLP Author, Trainer, Developer

"Nick Kemp is what a trainer should be."

Doug O Brien - Master Trainer & Hypnotherapist

"I have known Nick Kemp for a number of years as both personal friend and mentor... no one has done more to promote Frank Farrelly and his highly effective treatment modality of "Provocative Therapy" than Nick Kemp. In 2004 when both myself and Nick met Frank Farrelly for the first time, the only readily available material was the classic 1973 book, "Provocative Therapy." Since that meeting, Nick and Frank have become firm friends and there is no doubt the rest of us have benefitted enormously from this unique relationship.

Andrew T Austin
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Neurolinguist & Author of "The Rainbow Machine"

You may also want to listen to:
Provocative Change Works™ Intensive interview in 4 parts with Nick Kemp.

Download the event flyer:
Provocative Change Works™ Intensive London (PDF - 0.4Mb)

This conference is for you if you work in any area of behaviour change and want to understand the influence of language on supporting individuals to achieve their (and your) outcomes quicker than you ever thought possible

All the presenters are experts in their fields of language and behaviour change and have years of experience of working with clients who have complex needs - successfully achieving positive outcomes for the clients and themselves.

The areas of work is broad ranging and includes mental health; mental well-being; phobias; weight loss and slimming; smoking; anxiety; confidence; alcohol; drugs (substance misuse); depression; obsessive compulsive disorder; panic attacks stress, personal coaching, well-being amongst many others.

Conference programme:
9.00-9.30 Registration

Presentations
What we say and how we say it - Andy Austin
Change work and words - Nick Kemp
The eyes have it - what people are saying without speaking and other body language stuff - Alan Johnson
Limiting beliefs - whose are they? - Nigel Hetherington

Workshops - there is a choice of 2 workshops
13.30 - 14.45 Workshop 1
Conversational coaching - LAB profile technique and working with groups - Lesley Hoyle
Metaphors and weight management - Andy Austin
Provocative change and health behaviour - Nick Kemp
Resources for recovery - alcohol and drugs - Alan Johnson
Language of change - Nigel Hetherington
15.00 - 16.15 Workshop 2
16.15 - 16.30 Final panel

Download the event flyer:
Mind Your Language (PDF - 0.5Mb)

Conference Presentations
Over 50 presentations to choose from, impossible to attend everything. Seven NLP presentations being offered concurrently throughout the day, all three days.

Full Day Seminars Oct 28, Nov 1
Pre- and post-conference seminars with Charles Faulkner, Al & Marylin Sargent, Shelle Rose Charvet, Nick Kemp, Dee Kinder, Diane Kramer & Diane Husinga, Richard Gray, Patrick Merlevede & Carl Harshman, Judith Delozier & Patricia Novick. Topics include NLP basics, "Provocative Change Works," wellness programs for the underserved, "Extraordinary Self" program, NLP & substance abuse, cognitive modeling, coaching for health, metaprograms measurement, and the structure of grief.

Documentary Film Screening, Sat
One World Wisdom explores core values running through Indigenous cultures. This half-hour film examines the meaning of healing and community toward global renewal. Features the Hopi, Lacand—n Maya and Quechua traditions.

The day will focus on learning and integrating the three key elements that form the basis of the Provocative Change Works approach, namely

• Using Provocative strategies and approaches to resolve client problems
• Integrating non specific hypnosis
• Using time frames to change client perceptions

All attendees will have the opportunity to use The Provocative Icon System designed to teach many of the strategies created by Frank Farrelly. The day will consist of a series of exercises that explore how to shift client "stuck states" conversationally by working in a multi layered manner. I will also be including exercises that I have found to work best with client conditions, that have been successfully "road tested" with literally hundreds of clients.

I will also be teaching the structure of creating a successful client session from initial enquiry, to the first session, step by step, detailing the use of time to create the very best results for the client. Attendees will need to have some background in NLP or Hypnosis as this will be a fast paced event with lots of emphasis on precision and working in a multi layered manner. I will also include a section on how to frame the session so that the therapist is effectively creating the session CD for the client by using language effectively so the client continues to learn in between physical sessions with the therapist.

During the day I will be doing a series of 1 to 1 demonstrations with delegates to show how to integrate the three key elements that underpin PCW can be used to maximum effect.

I will be teaching and demonstrating the Provocative Change Works approach that I use with great success in dealing with a wide range of client issues, including OCD, phobias, anger, jealousy and other issues. Attendees will also get the opportunity to work with The Provocative Icon card system

STOP PRESS Nick Kemp will also be hosting a discussion on a video session by Steve Andreas, NLP Developer and Author at the IASH Conference
This session shows Steve working with a client using some of Nick's PCW approaches.

• Application: Coaching, Personal Development, Therapy
• Level: NLP Practitioner and above

In this one day workshop, trainers, Andrew T. Austin and Nick Kemp will be sharing some of their techniques and strategies for creating better business.

This workshop is designed with the small business and independent entrepreneur in mind.

Andrew T. Austin will be covering much of his work from his "Metaphors of Money" training which covers cultural patterns and limiting beliefs about money, self sabotage, confidence and procrastination.

Subjects covered:

Three Primary Processes

1. acquisition (i.e. earning, wealth creation etc)
2. storage (i.e. saving, investing)
3. disposal (i.e. spending)

Common Metaphors of Money

"Money doesn't grow on trees."
"[The love of money is] the root of all evil."
"I'm in the money."
"Filthy rich."
"Dirt poor."
"Filthy lucre."
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needles than a rich man to enter heaven."
"Money doesn't buy me love."
"I'm not made of money."
"I'm minted."
"Look after the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves."
"Throwing it all away."
"Going up in smoke."
"Frittering it away."
"Mr Money Bags."
"Spending like it is going out of fashion."
"He's got the midas touch."
"Saving for a rainy day."
"Money for old rope."
"Money for nothing."

Cultural stereotypes: rich jews, tight arabs, corrupt bankers, etc
Social class stereotypes: working class, landed gentry, etc
Having money: "I'm loaded", "I'm broke", "I'm penniless", "I'm minted", "I'm comfortable".
Economic theories and perception: Game theories, zero sum game etc.
"Only so much to go around."
Exchange systems and token economies: What money is actually worth.

Nick Kemp will be covering:

• Generating States - How we can identify and get in and out of useful states
• The Power of Language - The way in which we use language in influence
• Rapport Building - Connecting with others
• Delivery Systems - The different ways in which we can communicate
• Strategic Thinking - Developing effective strategies for successful communication

These trainings are highly interactive and our role as trainers is to provoke useful insights and realizations from the workshop attendees. The key areas we include in relation to language are

• Suggestive Predicates - phrases that create client attention
• Sensory Rich Language - Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic language
• Command Language - Language that directs attention
• Elicitation Patterns - Language to elicit information
• Failure Patterns - Language patterns that communicate failure and lack of trust

In this workshop, Andrew T. Austin, inspired by the work of Charles Faulkner, demonstrates how to overcome stuck states and create effective movement towards your personal goals.

Clients often arrive in therapy complaining of a lack of movement in their lives, both metaphorically and literally. Common expressions of how the person feels that reflects this lack of movement include:

• I feel stuck
• I don't feel like I am going anywhere
• I am stuck in a rut
• I feel like I am going around in circles
• I'm not making any progress at all
• I am not moving forward
• I feel like I am going backwards

There are many expressions that reflect a lack of movement in a person's life. In addition to this, many people lack direction:

• I don't know where I am going
• I don't know which way to turn next
• I feel lost
• I lack direction in life
• I feel disorientated
• I feel like I'm going the wrong way in life
• I don't know the right way forward

Instead of paying attention to these metaphors of movement and direction, all too often in therapy there is an excessive attention paid to the kinesthetic system and the emotions. As a result we often find a person who finds themselves unable to move forward until they have the right feeling in place.

It is often noticed that many martial arts and systems of physical movement are highly philosophical in nature, an example that is well known to many people is from Aikido, where an opponents movement is not blocked, but instead is redirected. In this Metaphors of Movement workshop, Austin demonstrates the relationship between the way a person moves their body and the way a person moves through their mind and through their life.

Nick Kemp will be introducting his Provocative Change Works model which draws both inspiration and strategies from the work of Frank Farrelly, Milton Erickson and Richard Bandler, among others to create a powerful set of tools for accelerated change. Provocative Change Works™ can therefore be "described" in terms of Provocative Therapy, NLP and Hypnosis, but is different to these specific individual disciplines.

Nick Kemp have found this combination of tools to produce the fastest, most successful and lasting results when working with clients. He used the Provocative Change Works™ approach in 2006 when appearing on BBC Radio for a 6 month series of live one hour programmes where he cured phobics live on the air using these tools.

Nick also uses this approach in his private practice and the approach is demonstrated extensively on the "Provocative Change Works™ for Phobias" DVD set, which shows him working with long standing phobics producing some really excellent results.

Frank Farrelly provides narration and commentary on these DVDs commented -

"You'll find his work on phobias using PT mixed with NLP and hypnosis quite a blend and Enlightening!!"