Criteria for selection of Certified NLP Trainer in India and abroad
To make the process easier for selecting the NLP trainer and certification course, below are the criteria set by Dr. John Grinder (co-creator of NLP). Additionally, I have written my own notes after each of the criteria: 1. ACT 2. NO CONTENT MODELS 3. DISCOVER 4. CONGRUENCE
1. ACT
An Experiential Learning
John Grinder: “The basis of effective training is the creation by the trainer of a series of contexts in which through experience the student may arrive at his own direct tacit knowledge of the patterning. In other words, the measure of effective training is whether the student can do it, never whether he can talk about it.”
Abhay Thakkar: “Participants of my NLP certification courses often share with me that one of the things they liked the most about my trainings is that there are many practice rounds. In addition, they enjoy the experiential learning.
I personally believe that lots of theoretical information is already available on Google, YouTube and NLP books. Hence, why spend so much time talking about it, how about rather practicing?”
2. NO CONTENT MODELS
NO Preaching in NLP Courses
John Grinder: “That all NLP training materials be carefully scrutinized to ensure that only formal (never content) patterning is being presented as NLP patterning. Would be NLP trainers unable to make this distinction are disqualified until they achieve such competency.”
Abhay Thakkar:“When I attended and I was a mentor in trainings facilitated by Dr. John Grinder, he spent ample time with us, as NLP Trainers directly certified by him – to distinguish between process and content since some topics that are taught by some NLP trainers is not NLP.
Hence, I ensure that the topics I teach in my NLP certification courses are based on formal and process patterning rather than content."
3. Discover
Creating NLP techniques/tools
John Grinder: “That the ideal design of the training inherently involves discovery processes by which the student achieves unconscious (tacit) competency prior to achieving explicit verbal competency. A pattern discovered belongs to the discoverer; a pattern presented belongs to the presenter.”
Abhay Thakkar: “I provide ample of ‘contexts of discovery’ for the participants in my NLP certification trainings. In other words, the participants get an opportunity to discover learnings on their own. Since if I don’t do so, I would rob away their learnings.
Hence this format provides an opportunity for participants to learn in an experiential and practical method. For instance- In my New Code NLP certification trainings, participants not only learn New Code NLP games, but they also create their own New Code NLP games.
In addition, I often have participants who have previously learnt various healing modalities. Since I too have learnt many healing modalities since 2008, it gives me the opportunity to discuss with participants how they can integrate what they have learnt in the NLP certification course with the other healing modalities."
4. CONGRUENCE
Is the Certified NLP Trainer Genuine?
John Grinder: “That the single most important variable in the training context is the congruity of the NLP trainer. Without an appropriate model (the facilitator) offering demonstrations of the patterning, the training is unlikely to achieve the desired results.”
Abhay Thakkar: “Since I love to learn, I continuously enhance my knowledge by attending various courses which may not only be Neuro Linguistic Programming courses. One of the criteria I look out for is the congruity of a facilitator and whether I ‘connect’ with him/her. I recommend that you could do the same as well.”
You can also find the above 4 criteria set by Dr. John Grinder in his NLP book – ‘Whispering in the wind’. Additionally, you can find similar selection criteria for NLP Certification course on A Consumer’s Guide to Good Training by Connirae and Steve Andreas (co-developer of NLP).
“By selecting an ITA NLP trainer, you have the assurance that your trainer has been trained and awarded certification as an NLP trainer personally by me, and New Code NLP co-developers – Carmen Bostic St. Clair and Michael Carroll.” – Dr. John Grinder (co-creator of NLP and New Code NLP)
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