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Provocative Change Works Foundations Course for existing PCW students

£150.00 ~~£499.00~~

PCW Foundations (4 modules)

6 – 8.30 pm UK time June 4, 5th 11, 12 202

What You'll Learn — 4 Modules

Module 1 — The Art of Provocation

Lighting the fuse with Frank Farrelly's Provocative Therapy, so you understand the origins of the method and why it produces results that conventional approaches can't
The misconceptions about "provocation" debunked so you can confidently explain this approach to sceptical colleagues and clients without apologising for it
Exploration of the 27 PCW stances so you have a complete toolkit of provocative interventions you can deploy in any client session from day one
Why PCW starts with "What's the problem?" instead of "What do you want?" so you stop accidentally reinforcing your client's stuck patterns and start disrupting them immediately
The ethical and conversational use of provocation so you know exactly where the line is between productive challenge and recklessness, and never cross it
Why PCW works equally well in coaching, therapy, academia, business, and sport so you can apply what you learn across every context you work in, not just one
Exercises in being both client and coach so you experience the method from both sides and understand what your clients will feel when you use it on them
Live 1-to-1 session with Nick so you see the method applied to a real person with a real problem, right in front of you, with nothing scripted

Module 2 — Trance and Time Framing

How trancework expands and complements the 27 PCW stances so you add a powerful dimension to your sessions that most practitioners never access
The two techniques Steve Andreas voted the best of all tools for working with clients so you walk away with the specific processes one of the most respected names in NLP considers indispensable
The arm relaxation exercise so you can create a portable, repeatable scale of relaxation your clients can use anywhere, any time, without you being present
The voice tempo exercise for dismantling unhelpful internal dialogue so you can resolve the negative self-talk that drives anxiety, self-doubt, and rumination, often in a single session
Why "simple is best" when using hypnosis and why Nick rarely uses inductions longer than 5–8 minutes so you stop over-complicating trance work and start getting faster, cleaner results
Time framing and recording every session to create a feedback loop so your client keeps changing between sessions, not just during them, accelerating results without extra work from you
Live 1-to-1 sessions with Nick so you watch the provocative-hypnotic combination in action and see how the pieces fit together in real time

Module 3 — Integration and Fractionation

Using fractionation conversationally so you can move clients rapidly between stuck and fluid states, making it increasingly difficult for them to hold onto the old pattern
Working with groups using PCW so you can scale beyond one-to-one sessions and apply the model in workshops, team settings, and corporate environments
How everything is essentially problem-solving so you simplify your entire practice by focusing on what actually creates and maintains the problem, rather than endlessly analysing it
"Catch-all" hypnosis patterns and "weasel phrases" so you can shift client states conversationally, without formal inductions, in a way that feels natural and unforced
Applications across therapy, coaching, business, sport, and education so you see real examples of how PCW adapts to radically different contexts and client types
Live 1-to-1 sessions with Nick so you continue to build your pattern recognition by watching the model applied to increasingly complex situations

Module 4 — The "Mystery Curveball Module": Show and Tell

Highly unpredictable sessions designed to develop fluidity and improvisation so you learn to trust the process and work in the "here and now" instead of clinging to scripts and techniques
Live demonstration and evaluation of your skills so you get direct, honest feedback from Nick on your work and know exactly where you stand as a practitioner
Certification evaluation for PCW Practitioner status so you leave the programme with a recognised credential and the confidence that you've earned it through demonstrated competence, not just attendance
Next steps in your PCW journey so you know exactly where to go from here to continue developing your provocative skills beyond the foundations

Pricing – discounted rate 150 for existing PCW students, 499 full price for the public

This is an interactive training, but you will also get access to the full video of the sessions, so you can further develop and integrate the learnings and improve your own skills.

About Nick Kemp

Nick Kemp has been involved in the field of personal change for over thirty years, having studied many forms of communication and personal development, including hypnosis, provocative therapy, and NLP. Between 1980 and 1998, he taught workshops on personal development. Nick works on a group and individual basis for professional and personal work. He runs a successful private practice and provides business training to companies by appointment. In 2004, Nick Kemp met Frank Farrelly (creator of Provocative Therapy and influence on the creators of NLP). He began an intensive training with him to become one of a very small number of Farrelly internationally approved Provocative Therapy Trainers.

Nick and Frank became firm friends, co-presenting at Provocative Therapy events as well as spending far too many hours watching classic movies at Nick’s home cinema in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Nick set up The Association for Provocative Therapy (AFPT) and released “Provocative Change Works for Phobias”, which was the first of many DVD sets with commentary from Frank Farrelly himself. As well as teaching classic Provocative Therapy (PCW), Nick has developed his own Provocative Change Works approach, which he teaches internationally and with private clients.

Frank Farrelly made the following comment about Nick‘s PCW work -

“You’ll find his work, Provocative Therapy mixed with Hypnosis, quite a blend and Enlightening!”

Frank Farrelly

In 2006, Nick was a guest for 26 consecutive weeks on BBC Radio, working with clients live on the air. Individuals would be invited to contact the show, and Nick would then work with them and they would then report back, all within the one-hour time frame of the show itself. In recent years he runs in house trainings for business as well as his own Provocative Change Works trainings for the public in Asia, USA and Europe

Nick has contributed a chapter on Provocative Change Works to “Innovations in NLP” published by Crown House Publishing where he outlines how this approach can be used to produce lasting client change. He also contributed to Steve Andreas’s “Transforming Negative Self Talk” explaining his voice tempo exercise for resolving anxiety problems. In 2013, he created the first-ever PCW practitioner pilot for medics in Japan interested in his work. Nick also runs an ongoing PCW online course for international students, e-mail info@nickkemp.com for information. He currently runs online trainings for USA, European, Asian and UK professionals as well as working with Leeds University helping post PHD students.