NLP-Basic

NLP-Basics Curriculum – EANLP

After completing at least 36 hours of NLP training over a minimum of five days, participants may qualify for a basic NLP certification.

The NLP Basics program introduces foundational skills such as consciously establishing rapport, setting clear goals, expanding perceptual awareness, and applying resource-based and ecologically sound methods.

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CURRICULUM

Participant Requirements

Emotional stability
Technical equipment for participating in online training

Duration

Mandatory training duration: 36 or more hours of training (excluding breaks longer than 30 minutes), spread over 5 or more training days.

Implementation

80% or more of the training must be delivered by a certified lead NLP trainer.
Up to 20% of the training may be delivered by another person under the supervision of a certified lead NLP trainer (EANLP Master Trainer or equivalent).
As an additional teaching tool, up to one third of the minimum required training time may be conducted as synchronous online training.
A prerequisite for synchronous online training is the continuous participation of all attendees with both video and audio. Everyone must be able to see and hear each other and interact with one another.

Group Size

A training group consists of at least three participants.

Assistance

Assistance from someone with at least an EANLP NLP-Practitioner qualification (or equivalent) is recommended for every nine participants and mandatory for every twelve participants.
If synchronous online training is used as a teaching method in a blended or hybrid format, the assistant must have appropriate digital competence to support technical organisation or to intervene in case of technical failures.

Trainer Qualification

Certified EANLP Lead Trainer, DVNLP Lehrtrainer, IANLP Fellow Member Trainer, or equivalent

NLP-Basic Participant Skills and Criteria for Evaluation and Certification

Interacts by intentionally building and maintaining rapport, with awareness of both self-perception and the perception of others
Differentiates between verbal and non-verbal communication
Accesses personal resources and acts ecologically
Formulates well-defined goals

Minimum Content / Competencies

Selected NLP axioms
EANLP Code of Ethics
Calibration, Pacing, and Leading
Establishing and maintaining rapport
VAKOG representational systems
Perceptual positions (I associated-dissociated, YOU associated, META)
Defining well-formed outcomes
Introduction to anchoring
Introduction to (neuro)logical levels
Introduction to the Language Meta Model
Appreciative and sensory-based feedback

Certification Criteria

Full participation in the NLP-Basic training and behavioural integration of the content

Contents of the NLP-Basic Certificate

The EANLP NLP-Basic certificate must include the following details:

A statement of compliance with EANLP standards
The EANLP quality seal
Duration of the training in days and hours, specifying both online and in-person components
Calendar dates of the first and last training days
Title: NLP-Basic EANLP – specific fields of application (Education, Sports, Health, Business) may be mentioned in the certificate text, but not in the title
Signature of the certified lead NLP trainer