What is Provocative Therapy?

Essentially it is a system of psychotherapy developed by Frank Farrelly, in which the therapist plays the devil's advocate, siding with the negative half of the client's ambivalence toward his life's goals, his relationships, work and the structures within which he lives.

The purpose of this talking therapy is to provoke change in the client by being direct and to the point, without the nonsense of beating about the bush – it is about getting to the root of the problem that is presented in the NOW. The main tool to implement this change is warm-hearted humour. With a twinkle in his eye, a smile playing about his lips, John will genially employ the style of affectionate banter between friends, he will use humour both to sensitize and desensitize the client to problematic cognitive, affective, and behavioural patterns. This is the key to Provocative Therapy – humour: jocular, whimsical, caring, supportive humour.

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NLP is used by most major corporations in business and is widely used in sports to get optimum results. NLP is the best way to re-programme, re-educate and re-train your mind and body to do what you want.

The use of NLP techniques result in generative change after the work is done, change whereby people learn to create new talents and behaviours for themselves and others. A side effect of such generative change is that many of the problem behaviours that people experience that have in the past been targets for remedial changes through traditional medicine and drug prescriptions simply disappear. Once having practiced the new skills and behaviours consciously for some period of time you can allow that skill to function unconsciously thereby creating new habits.

With NLP, John works with clients representation systems (what we see, hear, say, feel, smell and taste), their strategies, their programmes of behaviour and their beliefs, values and rules most of which operate at the unconscious level; helping clients to recondition, re-educate and re-programme themselves so that new behaviours happen automatically. Working with NLP is like having access to the brains instruction book. In his book and programme 'Unleash the Slim Within' John has combined the best of NLP, clinical hypnotherapy, Provocative Therapy and Thought Field Therapy to create a unique and very powerful formula to change behaviours and habits.

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What is NLP?

NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a collection of methods and techniques that model human experience and communication. Richard Bandler the genius behind NLP says “NLP is an attitude of curiosity and a methodology that leaves behind it a trail of techniques.” It has also been called “The art and science of human excellence”. This is the main therapy model that Paul McKenna has used in his change work and books.

The methods constitute a full strategy for getting any behavioural gain. NLP principles have been used to study people who are unusually talented, in order to determine the structure of their talent. So that talents, skills, strategies and behaviours can be quickly taught to others. For example if someone had a phobia and got over it how did they do it? Once we know the answer to this question we can teach others to do what they did and they will change as well. By studying and modeling success we are able to use NLP techniques to help people to make amazing behavioural changes such as:

• Eliminating fears
• Eradicating phobias
• Destroying compulsions
• Giving self-confidence
• Increasing self-esteem
• Improving sports performance
• Increasing mental awareness (memory, attention)
• Putting off procrastination!
• Overcoming learning difficulties
• Creating compelling futures

Dr Richard Bandler was a student of mathematics and a scientist during the 1960's. His unique and unconventional approach and genius insights into how the mind works challenged and changed the conventional thinking and practice of the whole field of psychology and medicine in the mid 1970's. NLP techniques are regularly used in education, sports, business, entertainment as well as therapy and coaching.

Richard was able to model the natural intuitive genius of Fritz Perls (founder of Gestalt therapy), Virginia Satir (a famous family therapist), Milton Erickson (a medical doctor who used hypnosis to get amazing results) and Moshe Feldenkrais (a body works specialist who cured the incurable). All these people were regarded as geniuses and gifted with natural talents. With Richards's attitude of curiosity his musical and mathematical knowledge and with the help of his language professor John Grinder he was able to model and codify their talents and get the same and better results in a fraction of the time.

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Provocative NLP Coaching™

Telephone Support Worldwide

Provocative NLP Coaching™ is a personal and powerful relationship focused on knowing, having, doing and being what you want in life. A Provocative NLP Coaching™ session provides a simple, yet effective structure of support to assist you in moving forward in significant areas of your life: career, health, romance, personal growth, education, spirituality, fun and recreation, physical environment, and friends and family. The process provokes you to overcome the lame excuses of the past and move forward towards what you want. Provocative NLP Coaching™ helps you:

• Design a life that fits who you are
• Create compelling goals
• Clear obstacles from your past
• Break through stuck thinking and stuck places
• Develop and implement action plans that move you forward

Who can benefit from Provocative NLP Coaching™?

• People in life or career transition
• People who want to simplify their life and achieve a work/life balance
• Business executives who want to accelerate their career
• Sports athletes who want to achieve peak performance
• Anyone who wants to achieve a dream or life goal

BOOK your Provocative NLP Coaching™ session NOW available on the telephone worldwide as a programme of 4 x 30 minute sessions.

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Provocative NLP Coaching™ works! Here's why:

1. Some of us don't know where we're going, what our lives are about, and what our values and goals are. Provocative NLP Coaching™ helps us clarify our purpose, values, and goals.
2. We may know where we're going and what we need to do, but we forget or get stuck in our limiting belief systems, ineffective habits, or inability to focus. Provocative NLP Coaching™ gets us back on track by helping us identify limiting beliefs and ineffective habits and find more effective ways of being.
3. Many times we resist change because it's easier and more comfortable to stay the way we are. Any change we make causes resistance and backlash within ourselves as well as from other people in our lives. Provocative NLP Coaching™ helps us move beyond that resistance —with greater ease and flow. In the coaching relationship you may decide to work on all areas of your life at once or just focus on one. Provocative NLP Coaching™ clients typically report:
   • More clarity, focus and direction
   • Enhanced and satisfying relationships
   • Less procrastination and fewer stops
   • A more balanced and fulfilling life
   • Faster and bigger results
   • Increase earnings and productivity
   • A new sense of passion, energy and enthusiasm

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