Hypnotherapy in Leeds

Provocative Change Works

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Myth Busting in Hypnosis by Nick Kemp

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New sit now Live - Hypnosis and NLP with Nick Kemp

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New site online Nick Kemp Training
www.nickkemptraining.com is now redesigned and LIVE here!

Discover Nick Kemp's NLP, Business, Provocative and Therapy Trainings as well as a host of articles and free information

Curing spider phobias by Nick Kemp

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Nck Kemp in the Human Alchemy Studio

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Nick Kemp on treating Cocaine Addictions

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Choosing a Hypnotherapist by Nick Kemp

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Nick Kemp on magic client mind sets

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Nick Kemp demonstrates Provocative Change approach to Therapy

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Nick Kemp's Therpeutic Excellence

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Nick Kemp demonstration with Client

About Nick Kemp

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Nick Kemp has been involved in the field of personal change for thirty years, having studied many forms of communication and personal development, including Hypnosis, Provocative Therapy and Neuro Linguistics, before creating his own Provocative Change Works(tm) approach that he uses in his private practice. His highly acclaimed Human Alchemy (tm) series of CDs attracted international attention and he created the first ever commercial multi sound DTS hypnosis CD. In early 2001 Nick Kemp’s Human Alchemy CDs had already became regarded by many as some of the finest hypnosis products available, and were described by Anglo American Books in the following way -
“We are sent many CDs and audiotapes from therapists for review, but it is truly unusual to come across a product that is as effective and professional as this offering from Nick Kemp. As well as being a useful tool it should be of great interest to those who wish to use the more complex language techniques inherited from Milton Erickson's great work.”
In 2004 Nick Kemp met Frank Farrelly, (creator of Provocative Therapy and influence on the creators of NLP) and began an intensive training to become an approved Provocative Therapy Trainer. He subsequently founded The Association for Provocative Therapy (or AFPT) and released the “Provocative Change Works for Phobias” DVD set which has commentary from Frank Farrelly himself. In 2006 Nick Kemp was a guest for 26 consecutive weeks on BBC Radio curing phobics live on the air using his Provocative Change Works approach. This has been described by Frank Farrelly to a professional colleague in the following way
“You’ll find his work on phobias using PT mixed with NLP and Hypnosis quite a blend and Enlightening!”
Frank Farrelly
In 2008 Nick Kemp was invited to present at the IASH Conference in San Francisco to a “standing room only” audience and he has since also presented his work in New York. In 2009 and 2010 he will be running a series of new trainings in the UK, Europe and USA. His Provocative Change Works approach and creation of the Provocative Icon System (tm) has attracted the attention of many international trainers including Steve Andreas who made the following comment
“Do you know Nick Kemp? – (he is) exceptionally bright, and I have immensely enjoyed communicating...The kind of exchanges that I have been having... are the kind of activities that I think can really advance the field.”
Steve Andreas
NLP Developer, Writer

For Nick Kemp’s official site see www.nickkemp.com
For Nick Kemp’s trainings see www.nickkemptraining.com

Frank Farrelly talks about Nick Kemp

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New Hypnosis downloads

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Provocative Therapy clip now online

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NLP online

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This is a great source for free NLP trainer interviews as well as lots of downloads of NLP materials

www.nlpmp3.com

Therapeutic Change with Nick Kemp & Andrew T Austin

2008-10-08T02:04:00.001-07:00

Two Days of, “Therapeutic Change - Creating Excellence” with Nick Kemp
and Andrew T. Austin

Queens Hotel, Leeds, Yorkshire
4th-5th April 2009

Attendance by application only.
Please Email: nlp@hotmail.co.uk for your application form.

Throughout this workshop, both Nick Kemp and Andrew T. Austin will be
outlining the structure of excellence within therapy session design
and their strategies for ensuring a popular and thriving clinical
practice.

“Do you know Nick Kemp?…[he is] exceptionally bright, and I have
immensely enjoyed communicating… The kind of exchanges that I have
been having are the kind of exchanges that I think can really advance
the field.” Steve Andreas, NLP Author, Trainer and Developer.

“He is the British Milton Erickson.” Bill O’Hanlon, author and
therapist commenting on Andrew T. Austin’s book, “The Rainbow Machine
- Tales From a Neurolinguist’s Journal.”

This is an opportunity for NLP practitioners, coaches and therapists
to discover some of the patterns of excellence occurring in
professionally delivered therapeutic change. This training moves
beyond the popular training style of, “Edutainment” and into the
attitudes of a professional change worker.

Attendance by application only.
Please Email: nlp@hotmail.co.uk for your application form.

Great online resources to check out now

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Check out these sites for excellent FREE Hypnosis downloads and articles

www.hypnosisproducts.co.uk
www.nlpmp3.com

Drugs and addictions

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When people think of the term "addiction" they often think about this only in terms of drug addictions. There are however a whole range of different types of behavioural addictions, ranging from addictive patterns of thinking, to substance dependences which can range from alcohol addictions and other drug based addictions such as cannabis and cocaine. In all instances there are usually two elements contained in the behavior, the physical addiction and the habitual addiction associated with the behavior.

The habitual addiction manifests in the way in which the individual thinks, feels and responds in exactly the same manner, usually in an entirely predictable pattern. In 2007 I gave a talk to the staff members of the Leeds Community Drug Treatment Services and asked the 26 counselors present how many of their clients would respond in exactly the same way during each weekly session, sitting the same way, asking the same questions with the exact same use of language and same tonality.

Many clients were convinced that they have few if any choices in life and of course for many of them their world revolved totally around their drug of choice.
Interestingly many of the practitioners felt quite drained from such interactions and were very receptive to many of the approaches I outlined in my own Leeds Therapeutic Practice.

"As head of a busy community drug service, the most significant element I witnessed in his training for my team that has proved to be important in our work with addicted clients has been without a doubt the powerful insight he provided that profound change is not only possible and desirable - but that it is not a time bound process. We are used to assuming that our work will be slow and painstaking - Nick reminded us of the human potential for swift and dramatic change."

Sian James
Head of Community Drug Treatment Services

For more information on Nick's work see www.nickkemp.com

IEMT with Andrew T Austin

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We just completed the 2 day IEMT event with Andy (Rainbow Man) T Austin. I had a brief overview of this process when Andy did an evening on this earlier in the year and this was enough to get together an invitation only audience to attend a full weekend.I have know Andy for a fair while and always been impressed with his attitude and level of skill in working with clients, so in short I had high expectations. I was genuinely quite taken aback at how comprehensive this course was, delivered with a real fluidity and solidly researched. It's rare that a training fires up my brain as much as this one did and in recent years only the Frank Farrelly events have done so. I will certainly be using what I learned from this event with private clients!

Regards Nick

Angry people

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I see lots of angry people each month and NLP and Hypnosis are excellent tools for working with this condition. Before working as a practitioner and therapist I have even worked with colleagues who had anger issues. One memorable one who was Welsh, smoked endlessley throughout the day, played loud music while at work and always looked a bit like Michael Douglas in the movie "Falling Down" I bumped into him today and he looked as stressed and as angry as ever! This is a great example of someone who has got stuck in an emotional loop which often results in excessive drinking and other compulsions.
The secret to curing anger issues is to give the client the opportunity to experience a wider range of states and especially the state of relaxation. This is usually sorted in 2 - 3 sessions and on average I see someone each week with this kind of problem.

Treating Phobias in Leeds

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I have treated lots of phobias using NLP, Hypnotherapy and Provocative Therapy in my Leeds Private Practice. More on the individual phobias can be found at http://www.nickkemp.com/ and some of the approaches can be found on the http://www.provocativechangeworks.com/ site
Phobias come in all shapes and sizes, the mst popular being fear of public speaking. A fear is an abmornal fear to a place or a thing and its generally accepted that the only two natural fears are fear of sudden loud noises and fear of falling.

Hypnotherapy, NLP and Provocative Therapy in Leeds

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My private practice for NLP, Hypnotherapy and Provocative Therapy is at The Orchard in Leeds. This is a great location with its own free parking and with easy reach of motorways. I will use different approaches with different client conditions and often combine approaches to great effect. Finding a practice which is quiet is quite a challenge as in central Leeds it can be pretty noisy!

Each session is usually an hour, so I'll usually limit slots to 5 a day, sometimes back to back and sometimes with a break. There are pros and cons for both and of course clients can be very different, so its essential to have a wide range of skills and approaches. As I say to all my students the best advice is simply to "watch and listen" rather than predetermining what "you imagine" the client needs ahead of time!

Blushing

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My first case of working with a "blusher" was a number of years ago and at that time I considered this to be a rare condition. These days I see a wide range of men and women of all ages and backgrounds with this problem on a weekly basis.
"Blushers" often describe this problem as feeling extremely self conscious with changes in body temperature, and "going red" Often this sense of "going red" is a feeling of this occurring, rather than actually seeing a change in skin pigmentation. Hypnotherapy and NLP are excellent in changing the old response, as, like all phobias this is created at an emotional level and once the "emotional charge" that creates this behaviour is changed, the individual finds welcome relief!

The challenge with this condition is that the more the person thinks about it, the more it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy with the "blusher" creating the exact same thoughts and feelings that maintain the problem. Often the client has a number of ongoing thoughts about this problem that are not useful.
A common example of this includes, perhaps not surprisingly:

"I am going to go red" (said or thought in an anxious tone of voice!)
I usually allocate two sessions to deal with this condition and have had considerable success in working with clients, many of whom have tried numerous other approaches without previous success.

I am part of the international "Just Be Well" network of NLP practitioners which correctly describes treating this condition in the following way:
"We will work with you to literally reprogram the response ahead of time. A crucial difference between someone who suffers from excessive blushing and someone who does not, is that the person who blushes excessively, imagines, or worries in advance, that they will be blushing when they are in certain situations. The person who doesn't worry, or imagine, they are going to blush in these situations, tends to do so far less often"
I see clients with this condition almost every single week and have developed a number of approaches that work really well in resolving this issue. More details at the private sessions section of www.nickkemp.com

Non analysis as an approach

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One of the real benefits of using a combination of Hypnotherapy, NLP and Provocative Therapy is that these are what I would describe as "non analytical approaches". I don't ask the client to "analyse" or focus on the past, but instead to focus on what is possible in the future. Some traditional therapies focus on the "why?" when working with clients, rather than "how?" which is far more revealing. When working with clients I am concerned with how they are creating the problem, to create a new set of possibilities. As I have already mentioned this is an accelerated approach to lasting change and although no practitioner can guarantee results, I have a very high success rate with clients and most of them only require 2 - 3 sessions.

Time keeping in sessions

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Most clients arrive on time, but over the years there have been some notable exceptions. One client once arrived 3 hours early, another a week early and he record for lateness is two hours. In any given day I may see up to 6 clients back to back, so punctuality is crucial! I work at The Orchard in Leeds which is an excellent venue and offers an extensive range of treatments including hypnotherapy, NLP, physical therapies, EMDR and many other approaches

Client expectations and following advice

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Client expectations relating to progress can vary massively. I get lots of referrals from Paul McKenna's office and some people can have absolutely crazy expectations in respect of not having to "do anything different" but expecting a longstanding "problem" to be resolved in an hour!

Many problems can and are sorted in a couple of sessions, when the client follows instructions and listens back to the original recording of the sessions! However everyone is different and as one of my mentors Frank Farrelly says "You'll never get 100%!"

June, the busiest month of he year

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I have never quie figured out why, but for many years June has consistantly been the busiest month in private practice, usually with a 2 week waiting list for people to see me. In fact its so busy, that I now schedule extra appointments for urgent cases. The great thing about where I work is that its easy to get to, quiet and there is free parking. All appointments are an hour or two hours and this is sufficient to deal with most conditions

Check the private sessions section of http://www.nickkemp.com/ for details

Fridays in private practice

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I see most clients on Thursdays and Fridays in Leeds. I usually start work at 9am and run through until around 4pm, sometimes without a break! Clients come with a wide range of conditions and many will travel, especially those who have been recommended from Paul McKenna's office and from the Just Be Well network.

All clients who come to Leeds for NLP, Hypnosis and Provocative Therapy complete a set of client notes prior to any session and all sessions are recorded for the client to listen back to at a later date. Details of the booking process can be found at

http://www.nickkemp.com/sessions4.php

Following instructions...

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Most clients I see get excellent results. The ones that don't usually don't follow suggested instructions and the most common aspect of this is not listening back to the CD of the NLP or Hypnosis session. In many instances "problems" can be resolved in a very short period of time and testimonials on http://www.nickkemp.com/ show typical feedback!

Phobia cures on the BBC

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In 2006 I was asked to guest on BBC Radio to talk about and cure a series of phobics. Surprisingly this extended for a full 26 consecutive weeks and many of the sessions can be heard at

http://www.tranceformingnlp.com/phobia_cures_nlp_nick_kemp_bbc_radio_leeds.php

Hypnotherapy in Leeds

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A few years ago I set up a Hypnotherapy and Provovative Therapy practice in Horsforth Leeds. I deal with a wide range of client conditions including phobias, anxiety issues, panic attacks, OCD, anger management, depression, exam nerves, public speaking anxiety and much more!

I work from The Orchard in Horsforth usually on Thursdays and Fridays and details of pricing can be found at http://www.nickkemp.com/ I also train others in NLP, Hypnosis and Provocative Therapy through Nick Kemp training (see
www.nickkemptraining.com) and the SNLP approved Tranceforming NLP which can be found at www.tranceformingnlp.com.