What value is there in holding an NLP Practitioner certificate? There is no overall governing body to supervise the quality of any certification awarded. NLP is a fake pseudo-science so it is impossible to oversee. In 2009, a British television presenter was able to register his pet cat as a member of the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (BBNLP), which subsequently claimed that it existed only to provide benefits to its members and not to certify credentials.
Yet many people and even companies spend thousands to attend NLP Practitioner training schools and then proudly display this on their CV as if it is real.
The article “NLP is Dead” in Trainingzone describes the state of the NLP training market.
“Regardless of what any trainer, reading this, will plead, there are no quality standards across the market, and regardless of any claims to the contrary, there are enough people who only received certificates for turning up to the training that damage is done to everyone with a certificate.”
“We criticise people who buy university degrees, but buying a Practitioner certificate is no different, I’m afraid.”
“Some NLP trainers have followed the same path, I’ve seen a 18 day Practitioner course for £495, and I suspect there are even lower price courses around. I also suspect that a worrying number of course places are being given away, just to make the courses seem more valuable to the few people who are paying heavily discounted rates.”
“No matter how trainers dress it up, an ‘early bird discount’, a bursary or a special rate for public sector staff means cutting prices to attract students. But price is not the barrier. The barrier is that people out there don’t need NLP. The NLP industry has done nothing to cultivate need, and nothing to protect investment.”
A quick search on Ebay reveals that an NLP Practitioner certificate can be purchased quite cheaply. Seller skinfabuk offering them for £165. You have to take an online exam. But if it is online then you can have all the course material at hand to look up the answers or even just get someone else to take the exam for you. The course is accredited by the British Association of Hypnotherapy NLP (BAHN), a scam organisation.
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“We criticise people who buy university degrees, but buying a Practitioner certificate is no different, I’m afraid.”
“Some NLP trainers have followed the same path, I’ve seen a 18 day Practitioner course for £495, and I suspect there are even lower price courses around. I also suspect that a worrying number of course places are being given away, just to make the courses seem more valuable to the few people who are paying heavily discounted rates.”
“No matter how trainers dress it up, an ‘early bird discount’, a bursary or a special rate for public sector staff means cutting prices to attract students. But price is not the barrier. The barrier is that people out there don’t need NLP. The NLP industry has done nothing to cultivate need, and nothing to protect investment.”
A quick search on Ebay reveals that an NLP Practitioner certificate can be purchased quite cheaply. Seller skinfabuk offering them for £165. You have to take an online exam. But if it is online then you can have all the course material at hand to look up the answers or even just get someone else to take the exam for you. The course is accredited by the British Association of Hypnotherapy NLP (BAHN), a scam organisation.
Welcome to the Premier Hypnotherapy & NLP Practitioner Training Centre
Course accredited by the British Association of Hypnotherapy NLP (BAHN)
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(e) Written exam, carried out over the internet. On passing a certificate is awarded which entitles the bearer to use the letters DHP after their name
Personally I prefer JGC (Jolly Good Chap) after my name, it is more authentic.
As if that wasn’t enough I then found seller advancedhypnotherapy offering a set yourself up as an NLP trainer pack for only £39.99 with the ability to scam others for £1,500 each and print off your own worthless certificates!
Teach a Complete 5 Certified NLP Practitioner Course
Run your own NLP Practitioner Course.
Most courses Cost around £1500 for each person attending.
This is a complete 5 day course and consists of the following material:
Ø 5 days of Power Point presentation
Ø 5 Days of Trainers Notes
Ø A 48 Page Student Exercise Book
Ø A 281 Page Student workbook
Ø 18 training exercises
Ø Ice Breaker
Ø Course Evaluation Form
Ø NLP Session Plan (Blank for you to fill in the times)
Ø Neuro Linguistic Programming Examination Paper
Ø Neuro Linguistic Programming Examination Paper – Answers
Ø NLP Practitioner Certificate (Can be tailored to your organisation)
Everything you will need to run the complete course.
All this for Just £39.99 Free P&P
All material will be burnt to a disc and posted to you.
So you could save yourself getting scammed for in excess of £1,500 by buying online for £165. Or even better spend just £39.99 set up your own fake school and print your own certificate. But I would recommend that you take that £39.99 and buy a bottle of champagne and then celebrate that you didn’t get ripped off buying a worthless fraudulent qualification. Then celebrate even more that you didn’t get brainwashed and join a cult.
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