Curriculum – NLP Certificate Course

Week I: NLP: Its Purpose and The Basic Ideas

1. NLP and Its Purpose
2. Cognitive Biases
3. Presuppositions
4. The Dawn and Enlightenment

Week II: Our Process of Interpretation and Reality 

1. Our Process of Interpretation
2. The Art of Non-Conformity
3. Assessing Reality: Abstract Questions
4. Creative New Norms

Week III: The Human Experiential Model

1. The Human Experiential Model
2. The Meanings in Mind
3. 3 Ways in Which We Relate
4. The Unhealthy Comparison Model

Week IV: Frameshifting and The Triangulation Effect 

1. Cause and Effect: The Triangulation Effect
2. Frameshifting
3. The Human Experience Model (Part II)
4. Process of Personal Development

Week V: The 5^th Season of Life 

1. Plato’s Analogy of The Cave
2. Goals and Outcomes
3. Present State vs. Desired State
4. The 5^th Season of Life
5. Outcome vs. Direction

Week VI: The Lazarus Technique and The Wise Mind Model 

1. Well Formed Outcomes
2. Future Pacing
3. The Lazarus Technique
4. State of Mind
5. The Wise Mind Model

Week VII: The 3 Dimensions of State

1. Empowerment vs. Disempowerment
2. The 3 Dimensions of State
3. The Internal State Loop
4. Interpretations

Week VIII: The Gestalt’s Principle 

1. The Gestalt’s Principle
2. Immediacy
3. The Determinants of State
4. Self-Regulation
5. Motivation for Effective Self-Regulation

Week IX: The Alphabet Game 

1. The Alphabet Game
2. The Dissociation Technique
3. Representational Systems
4. Pacing and Leading
5. Pacing, Leading, and Rapport
6. Eye Accessing Cues

Week X: The Meta Mirror 

1. Submodalities
2. Perceptual Positions
3. The Meta Mirror
4. The Connectivity/Connection Principle

Week XI: Anchoring: Forming New and Breaking Old 

1. Anchoring
2. Mechanism of Negative Anchors
3. Formation of Belief Anchors
4. Breaking Belief and Negative anchors
5. Keys to Successful Anchoring

Week XII: The 4 Levels of Communication and The Mehrabian Model 

1. Communication Skills
2. The Hearts and Minds Principle
3. Congruence
4. The Mehrabian Model
5. The 4 Levels of Communication
6. The Communication Self Awareness Checklist
7. Intonation and Totality Patterns
8. The Blocks to Active Listening