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What is the PCW Practitioner Course?

The PCW Practitioner teaches the three key elements of the PCW so you can apply these skills in real life contexts to produce measurable and productive results. There are 3 levels to this training:

PCW Level 1 - Overview

This is an overview of the tools available in the PCW model. You begin to explore the power and possibilities of adopting the PCW provocative stances. You learn how to get into the frame of communicating conversationally "as if talking to an old friend" while remaining in a resourceful state that will assist in client change. This level 1 training begins to explore how to use hypnosis in client sessions and techniques to change unhelpful internal dialogue providing new possibilities for the client.

This is what is included in PCW Level 1
•Ability to use initial provocative stances and understand stance implications
•Awareness of core provocative exercises and ability to incorporate exercises with icon cards
•Ability to demonstrate Voice Tempo Exercise
•Ability to adopt appropriate manner for client sessions
•Ability to demonstrate Arm Relaxation exercise

PCW Level 2 - Skill Management

This module focuses on becoming an effective practitioner with an ability to use these tools with ease. We concentrate on further developing the PCW tool kit and explore the provocative stances in more depth. We also discover how to identify and challenge the metaphors that have created the problem state. By doing this you also learn how to create a useful future feedback loop for the client by working in "the here and now". This is done in an improvised manner with exquisite state control allowing the client new ways of thinking. In level two we also learn how to identify the client's internal map through information elicitation and crucially how to challenge and offer new possibilities of behaviour.

This is what is included in PCW Level 2
•Ability to use improvisational skills in client sessions
•Eliciting and challenging client metaphors
•Ability to use PCW spinning feelings to change client states
•Ability to use suggestive predicates to direct client attention
•Ability to use all provocative stances with ease and understand the stance implications
•Identify drivers for behaviour and recognize problem patterns in clients
•Review an existing PCW client session on video and write up commentary detailing elements of PCW approach used during this session

PCW Level 3 - Real Life Applications

This module focuses on being able to demonstrate a full understanding of the PCW process with fluidity and elegance. By the end of this module you will be able to conduct a live client session in which you clearly identify the use of stances, elicit and challenge metaphors, identify and use language patterns/hypnosis tools and work in an improvised manner.

This is what is included in PCW Level 3
•Ability to identify stances, metaphors, language patterns in PCW sessions
•Strategic thinking 3 shapes exercise for creating productive individual and group outcomes
•Ability to demonstrate fluidity with all 3 aspects of PCW
•Ability to produce a feedback audio recording for client

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I have taken several trainings from Nick, read his materials and listened to several of his DVDs. Every one of his presentations and products meets the highest level of intellectual and practical value. His presentations are well organized, provide clear instructions and provide plenty of room for discussion. In every interaction with him, I have come away richer for it.
I am happy to recommend him as a trainer, teacher, therapist and a friend.” January 11, 2012

Richard Gray, Member, Institute for the Advanced Study of Health
worked directly with Nick at Nick Kemp Training LTD

“How do you some up Nick in one word - 'remarkable' would be my answer.

I have attended several of Nick's courses over the years and on each occasion I have come away both enlightened and re-energised. Nick's personable approach ensures you always feel welcome and involved. Coupling this with his no-nonsense approach means you learn quickly and get to the heart of any issues quickly and efficiently.

I would best describe him as a stealth 'bomber' trainer, slowly steering you towards the right outcome and then wham making a positive lasting change!

I have used Nick's skills and techniques at numerous times in my own career and in my own business. I am always amazed at how much emotion plays a part in business decisions - using Nick's techniques I guide my clients to the right decision they should be making. To name but one of many in a work environment I have used his techniques to steer around more career and less business focused individuals.

If you haven't been on a Nick Kemp course, you need to...” January 5, 2012

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert

Chris Hawley
hired Nick as a Personal Trainer in 2009, and hired Nick more than once

“Unassuming and yet beneath that quite persona there is a depth of knowledge and integrity. Very likable and easily approachable, Nick has that magical knack of making people feel good and his methodology is so easily understood that his workshops are refreshingly effective. I will recommend Nick to anyone wanting to have the tools for a better life.” January 4, 2012

Top qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity

Dr. .A. Abraham
hired Nick as a training in 2010

“I organized workshops presented by Nick Kemp in Warsaw. Nick in a brilliant trainer and the creator of Provocative Change Works(TM) - a method that dramatically increases efficiency and speed of personal change work (therapy and coaching). The participants were much more than satisfied.

As the sponsor of the events I honestly recommend Nick. It was a pleasure to work with him as a trainer and do a business with him as a partner.

Tomasz Kowalik” January 3, 2012

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Tomasz Kowalik
hired Nick as a Trainer and coach in 2009, and hired Nick more than once

“I have been an American living in the UK for twenty years. I run a business, and at first found that I was not always achieving the outcomes that I expected with my Clients. Sometimes, things were getting lost in translation. I realised that, especially in England, a lot of communication is coded: words are used carefully and people don't always say what they mean....

My communication needed to be more precise: I needed to notice and understand what others were saying on all levels, and learn to respond to each individually minute signal being sent to me with an appropriate signal in order to make the connections I wanted.

I wanted to find someone who could help me to learn more precise ways of communicating.

I contacted Nick Kemp, and he recommended that I attend an upcoming workshop that he would be running. I did attend, and participated and found it so useful that I attended another, and then another! This man has the power to communicate, and the skill and talent to teach others too.

Nick taught me to listen and hear in a sensitive way, and to look, and see, and fully understand what others are saying. He taught me to slow everything down- I used to rush through things, due to a lack of confidence. Now, I truly understand the value of my own time, and of my own skills. I take the time to listen carefully to what others are saying, and I take all the time I need to formulate a response. It is interesting to notice that when you do this, people will attach more importance to your words, and the whole exchange becomes more respectful and more valuable. I learned to communicate on a lot of levels all at once. It's amazing to truly grasp the power of speaking in plain words and also in metaphor, and to use body language in a way that reinforces your words. People will respond to you with more thought and care, and you will connect with them in the way that you wish.

In an economic boom I was operating like a bull in a china shop, and business was slow. It's now 2012, and we are in global recession, and my business is flourishing, thanks to my precise communication skills.

If you need more Clients, if you need fewer of the right Clients, if you want to sell more, if you want to achieve, if you want to work at your personal relationships, if you want to work on yourself, then do contact Nick and he will have a chat with you to find out how he can help, and be sure to listen, because, honestly, this stuff is gold dust!” January 1, 2012

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Cheri LaMay
hired Nick as a Business Consultant in 2004

“Simply put, there is no one I could recommend more highly than Nick Kemp.
Whether for seminars or individual consultations, Nick does the job done right - and in a good humored and delightful way.” December 31, 2011

Doug O'Brien, Owner, Doug O'Brien & Associates - Center for NLP & Hypnosis
worked directly with Nick at Nick Kemp Training LTD

“Nick's therapeutic work is a great example of how diverse one can help a client to find their strength in themselves to resolve what is limiting them.
The mixture of hypnotic techniques with provocative dialogue is unique to him. Beside the effectivity theroff, it is also very amusing to watch.

Lucas Derks, Netherlands” December 30, 2011

Lucas Derks, Owner, sociaalpanorama
worked directly with Nick at Nick Kemp Training LTD

“Nick and I offer a variety of therapeutic interventions in the North and North East of England, and are members of the prestigious Just Be Well team based in Harley Street.

Having listened to the glowing comments made by several colleagues who had attended various training events organised and run by Nick, I decided to attend one myself.

Everything was exceptionally well organised and professional and I can wholeheartedly recommend his services. I took a great deal home with me.” December 30, 2011

Denis Niblett, Owner, Denis Niblett Clinical Hypnopytherapy
was with another company when working with Nick at Nick Kemp Training LTD

Trainer Nick Kemp Training
“There is a placidity in Nick's style which creates a perfect setting for one to be jolted in to self realization!

Nick and Provocative Therapy Workshop in Trivandrum, India, 2010, opened the doors to a fresh perspective in understanding self and others.” August 26, 2011

Maya Sadasivan, NLP Programme Administrator, MindMasters
worked directly with Nick at Nick Kemp Training

“In my opinion Nick is one of a few current pioneers in the world of therapy and changework. He has done a fantastic job of modelling, developing and creating new approaches which are pragmatic and powerful. As a trainer I have been inspired by Nick's attitude and style and recommend him very highly an outstanding therapist and trainer.” August 5, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Ben Dowman
hired Nick as a Training in 2009, and hired Nick more than once

“Nick is a 'dynamo'. One of the nicest and insightful people I know, who will help you ground useful and practical skills. In an industry where nonsense is the norm, Nick brings much needed sense, pragmatism and value.” July 27, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Beju Shah
hired Nick as a Training in 2005, and hired Nick more than once

“I met Nick Kemp for the first time last August in Boulder Colorado at an Advanced Mastery Training organized by Steve Andreas.
He introduced his Provocative Change Works by working with clients from the street. It was amazing how efficient
the change was. Nick is a brilliant trainer and therapist. He has a deep understanding of human nature and
an excellent sence of humor which is universal and creates an atmosphere where change can happen easily.
Nick was in Budapest in March and enchanted the Hungarian audience. We can hardly wait for him to come to Budapest again in October!” July 26, 2011

Top qualities: Expert, High Integrity, Creative

Gyorgyi Stenger
hired Nick as a Personal Trainer in 2011

“Nick is an excellent trainer who is deeply knowledgeable, interesting and congruent with his message. He was honest about what people can expect and deliver on his promises. Nick is also one of the more attentive and personable trainers I have met. If you have a chance to take his trainings or work one on one with Nick, you are going to see results. I highly recommend him.” July 26, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Gene Plotkin
hired Nick as a Training in 2009, and hired Nick more than once

“I first met Nick at a group event years ago. Since then I have attended many of his events, including Provocative Change Works, Stories from the Outside Inn, Powerful Presentation and others. Each event has given me the skills to achieve better and more deeply satisfying results in my business life, because Nick hears what you are saying on all levels, and he responds to you personally. He instils skills and abilities including confidence, creativity, and, importantly, the ability to learn.

In fact, I can say that Nick has been instrumental in the growth and development of my business and in myself as a professional. I was running a budding (small!) garden design business back then, and now I am a Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers and teach garden design at Degree level.

I have also had private therapy sessions with Nick. These have been enormously helpful in strengthening my relationships and in my personal life. If you are thinking of engaging with a trainer, I absolutely recommend that you get in touch with Nick Kemp Training.” July 26, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Cheri LaMay
hired Nick as a Personal and Professional Training in 2004, and hired Nick more than once

“Nick Kemp is one of the few trainers in the personal development and change work field that is able to deliver the goods. With an eclectic background, Nick has developed his "Provocative Change Works" model for client work that utilises some of the best aspects from Provocative Therapy, NLP, Ericksonian Hypnosis and other areas. With years of experiences as a trainer, Nick has created a trainable model that is employed internationally by therapists and coaches and is hugely influential upon my own work.” July 26, 2011

Andrew T. Austin (Psychotherapist), Trainer, Metaphors of Movement
was with another company when working with Nick at Nick Kemp Training

“Nick Kemp is one of the leading experts and trainers of behavioural change techniques and specifically provocative approaches. He runs excellent workshops and has a range of high quality training materials. I would highly recommend Nick as a therapist, trainer and advisor.” July 25, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

 Andrew Bradford
hired Nick as a Business Consultant in 2008, and hired Nick more than once

“I've known Nick for many years and we have worked together on a number of corporate projects. I can wholeheartedly recommend him as a business consultant. I know his background and have seen first hand his skills and ability to provide business trainings, coaching and workshops. As far as I'm concerned the bar is set by this guy!” July 25, 2011

Mark Zaretti, Director, Sparticle - Because success is more than just a website
was a consultant or contractor to Nick at Nick Kemp Training

“I have now attended 2 of Nicks training courses, The Outside Inn and Provocative Therapy, both 2 day weekend courses. I have to say they both were excellent and very inspiring.

The content was well presented, easy to retain due to the varied presentation style. There was also plenty of humour and laughter - which always makes it more memorable.

As there are always plenty of opportunities to ask questions I came away highly satisfied.” May 25, 2011

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative

Diane Shillito
hired Nick as a training in 2010, and hired Nick more than once

StudentNick Kemp Training
“Nick is the the best trainer and teacher that I have come across in my adult life. He leaves you hoping the night goes quickly so you can be back in the training again and when the seminare are over, awaiting details of the next one. I am not a training junkie and the last one was after 2 years but you just fall right back in with Nick and pick up where you left off, knowledge refreshed and eager for more.” July 11, 2011

Colette Farrell, Regional Manager London and East of England, Kennedy Scott Ltd,
studied with Nick at Nick Kemp Training

It’s always fascinating for me to see responses from NLP groups. When I first saw Frank Farrelly I had already spent many years training with Richard Bandler and was already running my own certificated trainings. Despite this background the provocative style was quite a shock and although I noticed an amazing number of similarities between what Frank was doing and what Richard does, the PT approach was so different, I was totally confused for at least the first day. This is nearly always the case when I run such events for an NLP audience. Usually the group divides into those who begin to love the flexibility of PCW and those who find it a tough task to move from a very structured way of working to an approach that demands a great deal of improvisation and working on the fly. In my view PCW requires a great deal of sensory awareness and a willingness to step outside the usual step by step techniques often used in therapy.
David Key has clearly created a good business with Auspicium and both he and his assistants were terrific to work with great attention to detail and good personal communication skills. Day one of an introductory PCW event is always about demonstrating and discussing the provocative stances and deliberately provoking the group into new ways of thinking. I think of day one as “taking everything apart” and day two as “putting everything back together” I’m always fascinated to see how a group has changed from day one to day two. Usually on day one there’s enough provocation to create enough state changes so the group is very different by day two. When I started to create the PCW approach in 2005, I taught some of this material on my NLP Master Prac events and always found that it really stretched the attendees in a great way. It was a great way for the Master Practitioner students to really learn how to work on the fly so they could not only use all the useful NLP skills they had acquired but also incorporate many more layers to how they interacted with clients.

The second day of the PCW training focusses on the hypnosis language patterns and metaphor exploration used in this approach. Those who have trained extensively in Ericksonian hypnosis appreciate how the combination of Farrelly and Milton’s work can produce some quite profound changes. Although there was a lot of talk about metaphors in the NLP trainings I attended in days gone by there is very little useful exploration. There are few people who teach about metaphors and I recommend Andrew T Austin’s Metaphors of Movement for this. Day two also includes teaching many of the bespoke exercises that I use with a wide range of client issues, including “the voice tempo exercise” Every day is divided into four 90 minute parts and each 90 minute section includes explanations, demonstrations and usually a group exercise. This format works really well in communicating this approach regardless of whether it’s for an English speaking audience or overseas with translators.

I’m currently working on longer PCW trainings as there’s a lot to communicate. The 36 stances, hypnosis patterns, metaphor elicitation and time framing require a lot of practice. In recent years PCW has moved far beyond what I learned in NLP, but that learning curve has been really useful in being able to formulate and sequence a great deal of what occurs in PCW. In 2012 most PCW events will be hosted overseas and I’m looking forward to training with audiences in the USA, Europe and Asia. I’m also teaching the introduction to PCW on another NLP Master Practitioner course this time hosted by an SNLP trainer. I can’t wait!

Last year I ran an event in London on my own Provocative Change Works approach where one member of the audience asked a series of “What if?” questions regarding client sessions. “What if questions” are usually speculative questions where the questioner seeks to endlessly find counter examples to what’s being stated and doesn’t realise that many such questions are not based in any real life situations and are rarely useful. I am generally happy to respond to questions, some are not framed in the best way and many are quite simply impossible to answer as they are either so generalized or so totally vague. Here are some examples –

 “What if the session isn’t working?”

 “How do you know the client is going to be better?”

 In provocative style communications the role of the therapist is to provoke responses from the client who is in the session often because despite all their thinking, analysis, academic ponderings, they are unable to feel differently about the issue. Intellectuals and some academics sometimes really struggle with Provocative Therapy and Provocative Change Works because they want everything in the session to be a series of digital steps, often communicated in a very dry manner. This style of working in my experience rarely produces useful results for the client. Many clients I see have already been in various forms of therapy and although these can be useful my experience is that simply discussing and analyzing “the problem” in a disassociated manner is rarely useful for the client. Some therapists are so certain of the client’s vulnerably that they are unable to provoke anything useful for the client. Sessions can become like theatrical role playing where each party is wonderfully polite, but real change doesn’t occur. Of course no therapist is able to know for certain the outcome of any session but I would hope that most act in what they consider to be the best interests of the client. Too much hyperactive analysis in therapeutic approaches can be counterproductive and so generalized that it’s a bit like asking the question “What do you do if the client responds in a negative way to the metaphor you used?” 

Frank Farrelly the creator of Provocative Therapy worked extensively in mental health environments and dealt with chronic patients that other therapists could not help. One of the things I like most about Frank Farrelly’s work is that the communications are in normal conversational honest everyday language and the therapist resists the temptation to adopt a superior “professional position” where the client is often not engaged to respond in an honest and open manner and in some instances feels intimidated by the therapist. Many classic talk therapy approaches require the client to respond in a particular manner and in some cases the language used is so alien that it may be best if client’s first undertook the equivalent of a ‘Rosetta Stone therapeutic language course” to have any idea of what the therapist is actually communicating! Some may say that such confusion is useful in extending the number of chargeable sessions required for useful client change.

“Take your professional dignity and throw it out the window in the service of the client”

 Of course client care is important and I have often blogged on duty of care, but let’s remember that this also means working for the benefit of the client even if this means the therapist has to modify their own certainty about how a session should be conducted and what they imagine the client may be experiencing during the session, which is of course often based upon the imagination of the therapist…

January
January 13/14 PCW module for Auspicium NLP Master Prac UK

February
Feb 4/5th PCW Presentations Tokyo Japan hosted by NLP Medics
Feb 10 – 12 PCW Presentations Hiroshima Japan hosted by NLP Medics

March
March 10/11th Stories from the Outside Inn with Doug O Brien in New York USA
March 15/16th PCW module for Kath Temple NLP Master Prac UK
March 30th – PCW for Hungarian NLP Institute Budapest Hungary

April
April – April 1st PCW in Budapest for Hungarian NLP Institute Hungary
April 14/15th PCW Training Prof Business Group Training and Coaching School in Szczecin – Poland
April 29th PCW training AEPNL Valencia Spain

May
May 1st PCW training AEPNL Valencia Spain
May 19/20th PCW Training Prof Business Group Training and Coaching School in Szczecin – Poland
May 27th PCW Skills Day Leeds UK

September
Events TBC

October
4th - 8th October PCW - Cochin, Kerala India

November
November 9 – 12th Advanced PCW Warsaw Poland - hosted by METAmorfoza

Confirmation awaiting for Austria event and other dates

Provocative Therapy is still relatively new to most talk therapists and many NLP practitioners and trainers are unaware that “provocative” does not mean “aggressive” when interacting with clients. Provocative comes from the Latin “pro vocare” which means “to call forth” or stimulate change in client behaviour. This approach requires a great deal of skill, training and awareness on behalf of the therapist. There are no certifications in Provocative Therapy and training requires real application and skill. Throwing items at a client or aggravating a client to the extent that they want to punch the therapist is a very far cry from the sophistication of Farrelly’s work that has been admired by many other therapists and thinkers including Spurgeon English and Carl Whittaker. Anyone claiming “to be inspired” by Farrelly’s work and behaving in this manner’ in my view totally misses the true heart of the provocative approach which is a real shame for both themselves and their clients. Frank also has very little time for such types who choose to bluntly respond in this attention seeking manner rather than communicating “with a twinkle in the eye and as if talking to an old and valued friend” which of course is quite different to one NLPers commenting in delighting to "piss the client off" I have mostly given up in engaging with such bonehead nonsense as in most instances such individuals don't see real clients and instead spend hours posting on online nlp forums!

Since 2004 I have been fortunate enough to have spent hundreds of hours in person with him as well as co presenting his work in the UK and creating the official archive for his work. I have the original hand written transcript for his original book of the same name and I remain amazed at how he has refined and developed his work over many decades. I have made sure that there is also for the first time DVD footage of Frank working in recent times. This material has been released for serious therapists interested in provocative style work and these DVDs show what cannot be grasped purely from written text.

At the point of writing I have just completed four workshops and a television appearance in India with Andrew T Austin. One of the main subjects discussed during our visit to psychotherapy clinics for these presentations was this issue of proper professional duty of care towards clients and the unfortunate emergence of what I call “Frankenstein type approaches” in recent times. Dr Frankenstein of course created a monster from a combination of different human parts with disastrous results.

These Frankenstein approaches are created when a therapist takes a few established well known therapeutic approaches and provides his “instant mix solution” which is now proclaimed as groundbreaking new work. The Frankenstein approach is not the same as those therapists who seek to create new models for therapy rather than a loose collection of ideas like so many poorly written self published e books that are available online these days. The many pitfalls of such thinking are obvious to those who read such material.

With such I set up The Association for Provocative Therapy (AFPT) a number of years ago with Frank Farrelly’s endorsement to ensure that Provocative Therapy continues to be represented in an ethical and professional manner where the therapist behaves responsibility with clients. Only a fool would mistake aggression as a tool for producing useful therapeutic change.  Frank Farrelly is eighty years old this year and still teaching across the globe. Both I and many professional therapists are keen that his work is not confused with Frankenstein camp followers.  It’s crucial to us that genuine warmth and spirit of professional Provocative work preserved for those who value true study and professional standards in therapeutic change.

Copyright Nick Kemp Feb 2011

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