Training Plan for NLP Trainer Training starting 5th February 2026
Welcome to the 2026 NLP Trainer Training. Your investment in developing your skills in understanding people, sharing knowledge and creating change will be stretched in new ways over the 12 days of this training and beyond, and it is absolutely my pleasure to join you for this part of your exciting journey.
Here's a welcome video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbTEdOp-3Nw
To get the best experience from your investment in this training, I recommend the following:
- Watch any tutorial videos and join the live sessions on a desktop PC or laptop with as large a screen as possible. You might even plug your computer into your TV's HDMI or VGA input for a more 'immersive' experience.
- Place your webcam or laptop camera close enough that you are clearly visible in the Zoom window, so that your fellow students can interact with you more easily.
- Use high quality headphones or external speakers, as poor sound quality might adversely affect your learning experience.
- Ensure that you are not likely to be disturbed for the duration of the training. If you do miss anything, you can watch the recording, though joining live is probably better.
If you don't already have a free or paid Zoom account then sign up before the first session and then register for the call as you will need to be signed in to Zoom in order to join securely - the free account is fine for this.
The live sessions will be recorded and you will be able to access those recordings for one month after each module, so do download them if you plan to make use of them.
If you have any trouble accessing the live sessions or recordings, just email or call me.
You should have received a set of books, if not let me know. The NLP Trainer Training Manual will be useful for you, but we will not be following it rigidly therefore don't expect it to be a day by day account of the training. Consider it a companion guide.
In preparation
If you have already received your books, I'm sure you'll have started reading The NLP Trainer Training Manual which will certainly give you some idea of what to expect from the training. In terms of format, you'll find many similarities between this and other NLP training you have attended, particularly if you have attended mine and experienced the combination of theory, practice, reflection and personal insight which is to be expected, as we can't learn the principles of personal change without changing ourselves.
You might take some time to consider what the role of NLP trainer is. As a trainer, are you a teacher? An instructor? A guide? A threshold guardian? Take a look at Joseph Campbell's work on the transformational journey of the hero, aka 'the hero's journey' if you want to find out what a threshold guardian is. Perhaps you are a hero on your own adventure, walking only a few steps ahead of your students? Whatever literal or metaphorical description you find for your role, we can't lose sight of the equally important role of the student. Like all job descriptions, trainer is relational. So instead of thinking about the role of the trainer, you might think about the relationship which the term implies. And when you can equally place yourself in the role of teacher and student, perhaps another perspective emerges.
It goes without saying that in order to teach NLP, you will need a thorough understanding of the techniques of NLP. At Practitioner level, the syllabus is reasonably standardised. At Master Practitioner level, there is far more variation between different training schools, and you must decide what mastery of NLP means to you, beyond the basic recipes taught at Practitioner level.
Over the 12 days of NLP Trainer Training, and the time between the modules, and of course the lifetime of learning surrounding our time together, we will share, explore and discover ways of understanding the relational role of the trainer which may be obvious to you, or may surprise you, or may even unsettle you from your old habits and ideas. I almost used the word 'paradigms' there, but let's not get carried away.
If you intend to inspire change in others, then the starting point for your journey must be to first discover the potential for change within you. Let's take our first steps together.
Live sessions
12 days in total:
Module 1: 5, 6, 7 February 2026
Module 2: 26, 27, 28 February 2026
Module 3: 19, 20, 21 March 2026
Module 4: 9, 10, 11 April 2026
Zoom details
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mhmJtycDSRm0RXWugAn8DA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Times
We will take two breaks during each training day and aim to minimise our time in front of a screen, so our schedule will be as follows:
10:30 - Main training session begins
12:30 - First break
13:00 - Training session resumes
14:30 - Second break
15:00 - Training session resumes
16:30 - Main training session concludes
Live session recordings
Recordings will be available here after each training day.
Assignments
Assignment 1 Outcomes
Assignment 2 Learning plan
Assignment 3 Practitioner session
Assignment 4 Learning
Assignment 5 Kolb
Assignment 6 Deconstruction
Assignment 7 Video review
Assignment 8 SNLP test
Assessment
The new assessment process can be found here.
The assessment process is modified from the original SNLP process which may have worked in the 1980s but doesn't, in my opinion, support today's students.
Support
You'll have a year of mentoring to support you in developing your practice and business. You can send unlimited emails, though you might not always get simple answers, 3 group meetings and up to 6 individual meetings which are for you to arrange.