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NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING
skills and certifications for coaches, leaders, HR & consultants

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Master the Psychology of Human Change

Understand how people think, communicate more effectively, and create lasting transformation - in yourself and others.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is for coaches, leaders, educators, HR professionals, consultants and anyone passionate about personal and professional development. Whether you want to become an NLP practitioner, a leading NLP coach, or upskill your leadership and communication abilities, our courses provide flexibility while teaching the time-tested techniques to master the inner game of success.

NLP Practitioner Certification (Online Intensive)

 

Start Dates: 20 August 2026 (Part 1), 24 September (Part 2), and 22 October 2026 (Part 3)

 

Class Cadence:

  • Part 1: 20 - 23 August 2026 (Online)
  • Part 2: 24 - 27 September 2026 (Online)
  • Part 3: 22 - 25 October 2026 (Online)
  • Online Classes take place from Thursday - Sunday, 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST

Facilitators: Heather Parks (Part 1) and Richard Hyams (Parts 2 & 3) 

Price: $3900 (USD)

CCEUs: Earn 40 CCEUs when you complete the certification.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the systematic study of replicating excellence, human communication and how we create our reality. It is also the study of exceptional talent with methods to discern and reproduce the ways outstanding individuals get their results.

With NLP, you can develop more talent, learn at an accelerated rate, and further your success.

It offers a collection of skills and exercises derived from studies of individuals generally acknowledged to be ‘super successes.’ These successful people had naturally created patterns of excellence in their lives and repeated them with consistent, positive results. These patterns of excellence have been translated into a synthesis of practical, reliable and learnable techniques called
NLP.

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Heather Parks

Heather Parks is a Professional Certified Coach, NLP Master Certified Practitioner, and International Trainer with Erickson Coaching International, teaching The Art & Science of Coaching and NLP Practitioner programs both on-site and online. She has spent close to twenty years in business consulting, research and strategic planning, business development, and marketing. Heather provides mentoring and skill-building to coaches and is also an Erickson ICF Mentor Coach.

Heather’s credentials include a degree in Business Management, with studies in marketing, consumer behavior, strategic planning, finance, and business development. Additional focus in the human development field includes a BA in Psychology in progress and ongoing studies in behavior development, integrated learning approaches, whole-brain thinking, expert modeling, communication, relationships and interpersonal dynamics.

Richard Hyams

Richard Hyams

The overarching theme of Richard Hyams' professional life has been a mission to energize others toward mastery of powerful communication skills and to stand in and own their unique contributions as a source of power. As a Performance and Presentation Mentor Coach, he assists others to present themselves powerfully and create well-polished seminars for exceptional results. As a Life Mastery Coach, Richard uses his coaching expertise to support individuals to move through fear, engage their emotions effectively, and become the prime creative force in their own lives.

His credentials include NLP Practitioner, NLP Master Practitioner, NLP Trainer, Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Certification, as well as Certified Professional Solution-Focused Coach. Additionally, Richard has been passionately involved in developing powerful programs in human excellence and evolving a dynamic and energized training style that gives adult learners the capacity to discover that the learning process itself enlivens, empowers, and awakens innate capabilities and resources. He is the creator of the Explore Coaching program and has taught both in-house and online programs.

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Why learn NLP?

Have you ever wondered why...

  • Some conversations create instant trust?

  • Some people stay calm under pressure?

  • Certain habits seem impossible to change?

  • Confidence appears effortless for some people?

NLP explores how people create their internal experience, and how that experience can be changed.

Once you understand the structure behind behaviour, communication becomes more effective and lasting change becomes possible.

What makes Erickson's NLP TRAINING DIFFERENT?

We teach ethical NLP, which is focused on empowering, not manipulating.

We use a solution-focused approach, integrated with Erickson's internationally recognized coaching methodology.

We create a dynamic, experiential learning environment, because we believe that you learn by doing.

We provide you with numerous practical tools that you can start using the very next day.

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What You'll Learn  (AND HOW YOU'LL LEARN IT)

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Understanding Human Experience

Learn why people think differently and how beliefs and values shape behaviour.

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Communication Mastery

Develop sensory acuity, calibration and advanced communication skills.

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Creating Resourceful States

Experience Anchoring, Circle of Excellence, Self-Appreciation and other practical NLP tools.

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Integration & Application

Apply NLP confidently across coaching, leadership and everyday life.




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NLP skills YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

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Build rapport quickly and increase your confidence with communication

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Identify people's limiting beliefs and help them to shift these beliefs

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Communicate efficiently across personality differences

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Read the communication behind the words and manage emotional states

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Coach and lead more efficiently through applying NLP techniques ethically

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A globally-recognized
credential that will boost your career in coaching, leadership and entrepreneurship 

NLP Graduate Testimonial

“As a coach, I believe it’s important to keep training, and I knew that the NLP Practitioner Certification course would teach me useful, additional tools to help my clients. During the training, we really focused on developing great observing skills and this is extremely useful when you’re supporting clients, to make sure their body language is congruent with what they say. I am now much more mindful of language, and much more equipped to notice the limiting beliefs that show up during sessions (or even in my own life). I would recommend this course to coaches, psychologists, nurses, managers…anyone who works with others in a caring, supportive role. It’s also very useful for oneself, in getting to know oneself more and working on one’s own limiting beliefs.”

Anne Roussel Relationship & Communication Coach
NPL PRACTITIONER Certification FAQs

It is a professional coach training program that teaches Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) skills for improving communication, shifting limiting beliefs, and accelerating personal development.

This course is ideal for coaches, therapists, counselors, facilitators, trainers, and anyone interested in personal and professional growth through NLP techniques.

Because NLP is the study of exceptional talent with methods to discern and reproduce the ways outstanding individuals get their results, many individuals take our NLP course to develop more talent, learn at an accelerated rate, and further their success.

You’ll learn how to build rapport, ask powerful questions, reframe limiting beliefs, develop sensory acuity, and use NLP to facilitate change for yourself and others.

Other key learnings include a newfound ability to:

  • Quickly establish and maintain psychological trust, safety and rapport with others
  • Develop your sensory acuity and abilities to notice more visually, acoustically
  • Notice subtle state changes in others
  • Develop your intuitive capacities when communicating with others
  • Access chosen emotional states ‘on demand’ in the desired situations and develop emotional power
  • Clarify, challenge and change limited thinking
  • Discover and modify the internal mental architecture of any memory, experience, emotion or event
  • Change the perception and emotional response to any event, activity or person by altering the internal mental representation
  • Quickly shift from a limited experience of an event towards and into a resourceful one
  • Discover and clarify a sense of purpose and an inspiring vision for life
  • Reframe limited self-concepts into more positive ones
  • Shift the perception of unpleasant interaction with another into a more empowering one such that future experiences are improved
  • Change a limiting belief into a powerful and positive one

Yes, our NLP Practitioner Certification course is delivered live online. Join our Interest List to stay in the loop of upcoming new course delivery dates.

Yes, payment plans and group corporate discounts are available. Talk to our advisors for a customized quote.

You will earn 40 Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEUs) upon successful completion of the program, which can count toward ICF credential renewal or further coach education.

No prior NLP background is required. The course is designed for both beginners and experienced professionals. A strong interest in personal development, communication, or coaching is recommended.

You will receive the Erickson NLP Practitioner Certification, which acknowledges your competence in applying NLP tools and techniques in professional or personal contexts.

Yes. The course is highly practical, equipping you with the skills to establish rapport, identify and shift limiting beliefs, ask powerful questions, and guide clients through transformational change.

Yes. Erickson Coaching International is an ICF Award-Winning Coach Education provider, and your certification is respected worldwide in the coaching and NLP community.

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