Welcome
The move from working as a practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming to working as a Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapist or Counsellor can seem a large one.
This training has been developed to provide you with all the information and support you need to make that move with confidence, and to give you the toolset to achieve UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) accreditation as a psychotherapist, through the Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy and Counselling Association (NLPtCA).
With the introduction of statutory regulation in the near future, the need for a course which helps those who have worked with NLP become accredited psychotherapists is more important than ever.
This site provides details of the course that will grow to provide a complete training programme to help those using NLP philosophy, techniques and skills to become Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapists.
Your Trainer
Martin has been involved in counselling and psychotherapy for many years, beginning his formal training at Portsmouth Polytechnic whilst volunteering for the student counselling service NITELINE.
In 1983 after his college studies, he moved to London, where he joined the Terrence Higgins Trust , taking the first call on their HIV / AIDS telephone counselling helpline on February 14th 1984.
After five years with the Trust, Martin moved to the NHS where he developed AIDS education and counselling programmes, health promotion policies and the development of services for Sexual Health and those for drug and alcohol users.
Martin has been in private practice since 1997. He gained his Practitioner certificate in NLP in 1991 and his Masters in 1995 both with Ian McDermott of ITS. In 1998 he was the one of the first participants of the Marlin Institute NLP Psychotherapy programme. Martin gained Accredited status with the Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy and Counselling Association (NLPtCA) and in 2000 he entered the register of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). In 2002 Martin studied at the University of Birmingham with Prof. Sue Wheeler and gained a Post Graduate Certificate in the Supervision of Counsellors. Since 2002 Martin has provided supervision services to Bereavement Service for Hounslow and now provides services for the July 7th Assistance as well.
Since 1997 Martin has run his own busy psychotherapy and supervision practice. Martin represents the interests of NLPtCA members in UKCP meetings and forums as was Chair of the NLPtCA between 2003 and 2005. This wide knowledge of training and organisational development allows him to combine the practical experience of running a practice, with a sound theoretical basis.