Nick Kemp – an NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and Provocative Therapist

When people think of the term "therapist", "Hypnotherapist", "NLP practitioner" and "Provocative Therapy" these terms can often conjure up all manner of associations. I am personally less interested in the academic study , scientific verification, labelling and analysis of any approach, than in the effectiveness of what works best with private clients.

The founders of NLP

The creators of NLP of course were similarly interested in "effectiveness" of the best therapeutic approaches and concerned with the "how and what questions" rather than "the why questions" In other words both Richard Bandler and John Grinder sought to determine what each client was doing to create "the problem" rather than "why" they had the problem.

Both co-creators of NLP originally studied Gestalt Therapy, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Provocative Therapy and other successful therapeutic approaches. All these forms of personal change are far more common place these days than in the 1970s and lots of therapists, life coaches, NLP Practitioners, NLP Master Practitioners and NLP Trainers will use aspects of these different ways of working in their practice.

Some people when first exploring Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP, may be interested in focussing on specific NLP techniques. These include working with timelines, which has been also referred to as "Timeline Therapy" and it can be quite daunting getting past all the jargon terms as some people get confused by the apparently endless terms including TFT, EFT, DHE, NHR among others.

Finding the Best Therapist

My view is that BEFORE deciding to invest any time or money in seeing a therapist or NLP Practitioner, first explore what they have to offer. Look at their website and explore how long they have been working in this sphere, what training they have had and especially their own philosophy for change work.

The proof of the effectiveness of any approach is in the results with the clients. My opinion is that the best practitioners create their own approaches using what resonates with them the most. Frank Farrelly originally studied Client Centred Therapy or CCT with Carl Rodgers before then creating his own Provocative Therapy.

Nick Kemp the Therapist

I have been fortunate enough to study with Richard Bandler since the 1990s and then from 2004 onwards spend considerable time with Frank Farrelly, these and other influencses have led me to create my own "Provocative Change Works" approach. I use this approach in my Leeds private practice. I called my own approach to change work by this new name as it is not classic NLP, Hypnosis or even Provocative Therapy, but draws inspiration from all these approaches. In Sept 2008 I am giving a number of presentations at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Health or IASH conference in San Francisco detailing the differences between NLP, Provocative Therapy, Ericksonian Hypnosis and Provocative Therapy. Read the many different articles on this website and then get in touch to find out even more about working with Nick Kemp

The internet is of course full of claims for miracle cures using NLP, Hypnotherapy, counselling, CBT and Hypnosis, but ultimately the individual practitioner’s own manner, approach and rapport building are some of the key elements in producing great outcomes for clients.