Colchester NLP Group for developing personal skills, expertise and excellence

Our next meeting will be on Monday 22nd June 2009
(NB. No meeting in May as 25th is a Bank Holiday

We welcome everyone with any level of experience, training or just interest in NLP, from the vaguely curious to master practitioners and trainers. We all have something to learn by exploring NLP related topics with like minded people, be they practitioners, business trainers, coaches, teachers or other people who may have heard a little about NLP and just want to learn more.

Since we set up the group in 1996, we have met regularly in Colchester and held practice and information workshops on a monthly or more frequent basis. This probably makes us the longest continually running and independent NLP Group in the UK. We are not aligned to or supported by specific NLP training schools.

Our main aim is to provide a regular opportunity to review, develop and practice NLP skills and understanding. The atmosphere is informal and topics are pitched at a level that is understandable for all. Over the years many newcomers have first 'cut their NLP teeth' with us. We like to put emphasis on turning what we learn into practical use in our daily personal or work lives. We also hold sessions of broader interest on related topics.

Our group is one of a national network of NLP groups in the UK. For listings and information on other groups see the Association of NLP ANLP and British Board of NLP BBNLP websites.

If you are relatively new to NLP, click to read a short introduction to NLP.

Our events are public workshops that often can help individuals on their journey of personal development. However please note that some of us are professionally qualified and insured to help individuals with personal issues and can arrange more formal private therapy sessions, if needed.

Click here to see what range of topics we have covered in past years.

We meet on the 4th Monday of each month (except for late July/August, Christmas and bank holidays) at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Church Street, Colchester CO1 1NF (Click for map)

The Meeting House is in the centre of Colchester, close to the Mercury Theatre and the Jumbo Watertower. Best parking is in St Mary's Car Park just over the footbridge on Balkerne Hill. (N.B. Beware of parking on the double yellow lines around there; the traffic wardens are pretty strict, whatever the time of day or night!)

Meeting room doors will open by 7.15 p.m.
Join us for tea/coffee, biscuits, etc, and networking before we start the main session at 7.30. We aim to end at around 9.30.

For the time being, we will continue to ask for a contribution towards costs of £5.00 per evening. (Concessions are available, please just ask.)

If you are not on our email list and would like regular reminders and updates, drop us an email and we will add your name.

You can also join the group at MeetUp.com http://nlp.meetup.com/147 where you can view profiles of some those who may be attending or promote yourself.

Please call me if you would like additional details: 01473 326980 or my mobile 07710 781782.

Forthcoming Meetings

Proposed dates for our 13th 'season' September 2008 to July 2009

Note: our regular NLP meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of the month.

2009	Diary of Events
26th Jan	"2008 has been quite a year . . . and? . . . and 2009 . . . ?" With all that has gone on over the last year and all the doom and gloom thrust at us, apparently from almost everywhere we turn, many people feel they have good enough an excuse to act fearfully, helplessly and are worried or unhappy. Oh dear! The saying goes 'The better it gets, the better it gets; or the worse it gets, the worse it gets". Yes, however how do we learn or show others how to thrive at all times? This evening let's look at how we can use NLP attitudes and techniques to change this, for ourselves or others.
23rd Feb	"Talk With the Animals" - Meet Pamela Gawler-Wright and Dibley! We were delighted to welcome Pamela Gawler-Wright of Beeleaf Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy back to Colchester this month. Since an Arctic expedition with sled dogs, Pamela has longed to add a canine colleague to her Psychotherapy practice and has found the ideal talent in Dibley. Pam and Dibley will demonstrate the ultimate in cross-cultural modelling, where two physiologically contrasting species learn about the difference and sameness of the sensory world they inhabit. Taking NLP principles of meaning-making to a deeper level, both animals can establish a common language for mutual enrichment. Non-coercive dog-and-human training will be enjoyed and an experience of Animal Assisted Therapy demonstrated. Participants can instinctively absorb these principles and practices to enlighten and enhance their own skills for communicating, teaching, learning, managing state and motivating self and others to meaningful relationships and excellent achievements. To honour canine etiquette and help establish a secure working environment for the puppy, please avert your eyes from him until you have been in the seminar room for some minutes. Thank you.
1st Apr	An inItial exploration of symbolic modelling and using metaphor for change (Clean Language).
27th April	Judy Rees of the Clean Change Company ran a tremendous workshop for us on Clean Language: Harnessing the Knowledge Inside with fun sized chunks partical value.
May	No Meeting in May as the 4th Monday falls on the bank holiday.
. 22nd June	. Topic and presenter to be announced .
. 27th July	. David Klaasen of Inspired Working: A further exploration of Language and Behaviour Profiles. .
Tuesday 11th August	As it is becoming a bit of a tradition, we will have another NLP summer picnic this year. It can no longer be at Brantham as we no longer live there . . . however . . . We will hold a late afternoon NLP group get-together and picnic in the forest at Rendlesham, followed by what will be a magical open-air performance of The Winter's Tale, put on by The Theatre in The Forest. Do bring frends or family. During our picnic which will be before the main gates open, there will be a director's talk specially put on for us for us by Joanna Carrick and an opportunity to meet the cast. Red Rose Chain are celebrating their 10th Anniversary in the Forest this year. Do look at their website. More details will follow, but please register your interest as soon as possible as Iwill need to arrange tickets etc in advance. Click here to let me know how many people may be interested.