Provocative Therapy Exercise Day

I am running a day on practicising the key Provocative Therapy exercises in the UK Feb 21st in Leeds. This is an excellent introduction todeveloping these skills.

Book online at www.associationforprovocativetherapy.com

Provocative Therapy v being an aggressive arse

One of the biggest misreadings of Provocative Therapy by people who
have not studied with Frank Farrelly is the belief that "to be
provocative" means to be aggressive with the client!
In Provovative Therapy and Provocative Change Works (tm) the
practitioner or therapist ensures that they treat the client
interaction as if talking to an old friend with a twinkle in the eye(and to quote Frank) working from the heart chakra...

On the last PT training in Leeds I had to reign in a delegate who
decided that being aggressive and abrasive was the task of the day
and didn't realise that he not only came over as a complete arse! He seriously pissed of his partner in the exercise!
Provocative comes from the original term Provocare which means to
call forth. The "provocative element" in interacions is therefore to stimulate client responses using humour and Frank goes so far as to say that if a client is not provoked into laughter then the therapist is not using Provocative Therapy!

I noticed in recent times a number of NLPers deciding that having
read the original Provocative Therapy book of having attended a
Provocative Therapy weekend training, concluded that they were
now "Provocative Therapists!" I also have come across a number of
longstanding NLP trainers and Master Trainers and even an Associate
Professor (LOL!) all totally misreading Frank's work, believing it
was about being rude and obnoxious. None of these individuals had of course ever trained with Frank.

I set up The Association for Provocative Therapy" (AFPT)with Frank's blessing, which promotes PT in a professional manner. There are no certifications in PT, but we do have membership and a code of conduct. In my own Provocative Change Works approach I also promote building rapport using humour with the client which in combination with other approaches works to great effect.

Recently I was able to see the original transcript for Frank's book
as well as a newspaper article from 1972 on Frank's work. This
reminded just how revolutionary his approach was for the time and of course still is today.

For PT courses in the UK and USA, see www.associationforprovocativetherapy.com

Provocative Therapy across the planet in 2009

This is an amazing year for Provocative Therapy in 2009, with Frank Farrelly coming to the UK in May, where we are co presenting a 3 day event in Leeds. In September I am travelling to see Frank in Russia for a 4 day PT intensive, before spending some time in Oct doing some more recording in the UK.

www.nickkemp.com

Practice, practice, practice

On the the major benefits of running a very busy private practice is that I get to see literally hundreds of clients each year and I use PT in all my sessions. Quite often I may see six clients back to back, so thats six straight hours of working without a break! The PT tool kit and the Provocative Change Works tool kit allows me to work in a far more accelerated manner than when simply using other stand alone approaches.

In Feb 2009 I am running an AFPT approved PT Practice day in Leeds for those people interested in developing the PT skills. I set up the AFPT after seeing so many ludicrous claims by mostly NLPers claiming to "have studied Frank Farrelly's work" when they simply attended a singe weekend event! Details on this and other worldwide Provocative workshops can be found at www.nickemptraining.com and www.associationforprovocativetherapy.com

Misconceptions about Provocative Therapy

I groaned today when I read somebody thinking that a comedy sketch on YouTube was in fact "Provocative Therapy!" It seems that for some reason that many NLPers just don't get PT and "try to catagorise" it in the most ludicrous ways which usually involve thinking that it is either any kind of comedy or any kind of confrontation!

Online on one NLP ng suddenly a number of folks are regularly spouting the word "provocative" with great gusto in every third post not realising what Provocative Therapy really is and certainly not reading the original book or understanding Provocative Therapy is a multi layered sophisticated approach to change which requires the therapist to really pay attention to the client and have a flexibility to move beyond simply rolling out a series of techniques...

New clip of Frank Farrelly and Nick Kemp teaching Provocative Therapy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-186095950624747283&hl=en

A Provocative2 weeks

I just dropped Frank Farrelly off at the airport after spending 2 weeks with him and attending and 2 workshops, having co presented at the Leeds event. The Leeds event was especially magical and Frank did an interview with a lady called Sue who is terminally ill from cancer and could die at any time. I have literally spent hundreds of hours with Frank often on a one to one basis and continue to learn from him and use these insights in all areas of communication and especially with client interactions. Both Bandler and Grinder had Frank on their radar in the early days of NLP and of course Frank spent a great deal of time with Carl Rodgers and has an amazing history of therapeutic interactions over 5 decades. At the age of 77 he still runs events and I look forward to co presenting at the May UK AFPT hosted event, before travelling to NY and then Denver to run my own events.