Reviewing the NLP Trainers: Nick Kemp

I realise that Nick Kemp is not very well known, but StanNLP65 asked me to write about him and since I've met Nick several times while assisting on Bandler's training in London, I'm happy to give some feedback.

Nick is an NLP Trainer based in the North of England (Leeds or Manchester, not quite sure) and the only reason I know him is because both of us were assisting on the Bandler/McKenna-Breen courses in London. The last time I met him was during one of Derren Brown's TV specials where all sorts of NLP people were invited to come to London. Since then, we only had a few exchanges in online groups.

He has very good rapport skills and seems to be very good at PR, meaning he is good at getting people to think that he is an excellent trainer. According to StanNLP65 "Nick's Master Prac was mostly about Nick and what a great trainer he is. Training was okay, though!"

So, it seems that as a trainer he is certainly not one of the best, but probably not one of the worst.

He used to have a business partnership with Tina Taylor, an NLP "Master" Trainer, who is nice enough, but quite a lightweight when it comes to NLP training. She also was one of the perennial assistants at the McKenna-Breen courses in London. They had some kind of a bust-up, but I don't know any details.

Nick is also one of the few trainers (that I know of) who has been kicked out of the Society of NLP (SNLP), which should make him my hero (fight the machine!), but again, I don't know what really happened.

Nick is also very vocal on LinkedIn, where he has become a top contributor on several forums/groups by posting LOL and ME TOO in just about every thread, which I find highly annoying.

One thing that he deserves a lot of credit for, though, is his re-discovery of Frank Farelly, creator of Provocative Therapy and one of the forgotten (or at least rarely mentioned) therapists who were modeled by Bandler and Grinder when they started the whole NLP thing. Provocative therapy, if done by a master, is a wonder to behold, so kudos to Nick for introducing Frank to a wider audience.

Reviewing the NLP Trainers: Ross Jeffries

Honestly, I hate the whole idea of using NLP, etc for seduction purposes. I think if you are willing to use NLP to get laid, I would only trust you as far as I could throw you. Yes, I know, I'm boring and prude. On the other hand, I have a wonderful girlfriend and got her to like me by just being myself...

I have never attended any of his courses, so I can't review Ross Jeffries' seminars, but I met him twice, once at a Richard Bandler seminar, and then at a John La Tourrette seminar.

Ross Jeffries is a very interesting and intelligent guy. When you get the chance to talk to him away from his hangers-on and disciples, he is great to talk to. Widely read and interested in many different things outside of NLP, he would be an excellent dinner guest.

I used to have two of his audio programmes on tape (yep, long time ago) and had a chance to watch some of his new stuff recently at a colleague's place and despite my reservations about the aim of his products, I must admit that he is fantastic at what he does. Excellent language patterns, good understanding of human motivation, innovative techniques and a good teaching style.

As good an opinion I have of Ross, as bad has been my experience with his students. Just about all the people I have met who only studied with Ross (or other seduction gurus) were, in general, total idiots. Vastly inflated sense of self-importance and feeling incredibly clever about their limited knowledge of NLP/Hypnosis/Magick, etc.

Suggestion: Once you have a good grounding in NLP, try out some of Ross' stuff, if only to see how good he is at teaching and using NLP. And he is very good!