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The most complete, support and development programme to help push your PCW skills to new levels.
12 month Development Programme
(2024-2025)
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO JOIN THE TRAINING. THIS WOULD INVOLVE GETTING RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND INPUT FROM NICK AND THEN ATTENDING THE SUBSEQUENT WORKSHOPS AND PRACTICE SESSIONS LIVE.
(We can also offer a PAYMENT PLAN for the programme).
Please CONTACT US for further details.
“I’ve been studying the PCW model with Nick for a while now and the more I learn the more I understand the nuance and skill of this approach. Initially it can seem almost random and hard to judge what is going on. But having worked with clients utilising this approach I have found it highly effective and brings about significant shifts in how they think about their problem.Nick himself is a very generous man, who is genuinely interested in sharing what he has learnt, and sharing his experiences with others. If you’re curious about discovering a different approach to your skills then I highly recommend attending one of his courses.”
Brooke Hender Hypnotherapist
We have found these 12 month live online programmes to be an extremely effective way to learn the PCW model and get confident in its use.
In this video Nick talks about the value of this way of learning.
NB Payment is direct to Nick Kemp Training LTD via the book now link. The event is administered and promoted by Aether and Alchemy. Please see Terms and Conditions
The programme comprises of 4 modules consisting of three workshops each with Nick as well as homework, resources and practice sessions throughout.
The first quarter of the programme is designed to include the following:
The Second quarter of the programme is designed to include the following:
The third quarter of the programme is designed to include the following:
This module will all be about “show and tell” and evaluation and demonstration of skills. Expect a highly unpredictable sessions which are all about working with fluidity and in an improvised manner. This module will include evaluation for certifications and those seeking certifications will be asked to demonstrate work in sessions.
“Do you know Nick Kemp? – (he is) exceptionally bright, and I have immensely enjoyed communicating…The kind of exchanges that I have been having… are the kind of activities that I think can really advance the field. He has modeled two different simple processes which are part of his Provocative Change Works™ set of tools for working with anxiety and other strong emotions that I have found enormously useful in working with clients. He has also modeled the different patterns in Frank Farrelly’s Provocative Therapy so that they are easy to learn. In addition, he is everything you might wish for in a colleague – available, creative, and eager to discuss ideas and learn as well as teach.”
Steve Andreas, NLP Developer and Author
Nick Kemp, a visionary inspired by the legendary Frank Farrelly, has pioneered Provocative Change Works (PCW) as a groundbreaking approach for personal development and effective communication strategies. With an impressive track record spanning over three decades in the realm of personal transformation, Nick is a seasoned expert in Hypnosis, Provocative Therapy, and NLP techniques. He brings this wealth of knowledge to life through engaging workshops, personalized individual sessions, and dynamic business trainings.
Having forged a close partnership with Frank Farrelly himself, Nick co-founded The Association for Provocative Therapy and crafted his own distinctive PCW methodology. His influence extends far and wide, with a global reach that includes teaching engagements across borders and a loyal following of private clients seeking transformation. Nick's expertise has been showcased in various publications, featured on esteemed platforms such as BBC Radio, and sought after for tailor-made in-house business trainings as well as captivating public workshops on a worldwide scale.
"You are totally disarming and beyond formalisation. There is an ease and naturalness about you and you make people relax really quickly. You got the power man!”
“Nick Kemp makes Provocative Therapy accessible to NLP trained coaches and therapists. My recommendation is to get his DVD set from the workshop in Boulder Colorado, watch DVD number 6 – an excellent example of what can be done – and then go back to the beginning and learn how he does it. You may be surprised how much of NLP already depends on provocation! “
“Unassuming and yet beneath that quite persona there is a depth of knowledge and integrity. Very likable and easily approachable, Nick has that magical knack of making people feel good and his methodology is so easily understood that his workshops are refreshingly effective. I will recommend Nick to anyone wanting to have the tools for a better life.”
“I have known Nick Kemp for a number of years as both personal friend and mentor… no one has done more to promote Frank Farrelly and his highly effective treatment modality of “Provocative Therapy” than Nick Kemp. In 2004 when both myself and Nick met Frank Farrelly for the first time, the only readily available material was the classic 1973 book, “Provocative Therapy.” Since that meeting, Nick and Frank have become firm friends and there is no doubt the rest of us have benefitted enormously from this unique relationship. Now with numerous audio and DVD training products produced and promoted by Nick Kemp, Frank Farrelly’s work is more readily accessible than ever before.
With this is mind, I had the very great pleasure of attending Nick’s first “Provocative Change Works” course in Leeds. Having extensively studied Provocative Therapy and seen Frank work one-to-one sessions live with clients on several occasions, I was astonished at the level of expertise demonstrated on the stage. I have no doubt that with his modelling skills, Nick Kemp has managed to “get” the PT model in its entirety. Watching Nick interact with his clients left me in no doubt that he is the very embodiment of Frank’s humour, wit, skill and flexibility. I suspect that anyone familiar with Frank Farrelly’s style of working will get that spine tingling sense of familiarity when watching Nick work and that the mantle of Frank’s ground breaking work has truely found its lineage, and his experience and dedication to detail makes him one of the best trainers and change work therapists in the UK today.”
Provocative Change Works consists of three approaches to shift clients from “a stuck state” to a more fluid state, allowing for greater freedom and choice. This elegant conversational way of working requires the practitioner to pay close attention to client responses, whilst maintaining their own excellent state control. These three approaches are:
Provoking or stimulating client responses by verbal and non verbal interactions
Using non-specific or indirect Hypnosis and metaphor explorations – to create “fluid states” for the client. Eliciting and challenging metaphors
Time Framing – Promoting new ways of moving through time and space
NB Payment is direct to Nick Kemp Training LTD via the book now link. The event is administered and promoted by Aether and Alchemy. Please see Terms and Conditions
The PCW practitioner deliberately provokes (calls forth responses from) the client by adopting different discrete stances, which stimulate the client into new ways of thinking and feeling.
The practitioner seeks out resistances in the client and then approaches most what the client seeks to avoid in the discussion, and identifies the client’s “blind spots”, using a great deal of humour and by working in an improvised manner.
This means “running suggestions up the flagpole” and seeing if the client responds. The practitioner creates the movement in the session and can be talking for large sections of the interaction which is very different to many other talk therapy approaches.
Great use is made of “sensory rich language”, and the full expression of this, to engage the client, and thus take them on a journey outside their existing beliefs and experience, to a new sense of freedom.
The practitioner works in a multi layered way without the limitations of some conventions found in many talk therapy approaches, such as removing the impression of “formal therapy as much as possible from the interaction.
The key attitude of interacting as if chatting to an old friend means that the practitioner quickly creates real rapport with the client and the client often discusses the issue as it is rather than how they believe “they should respond” in this clinical situation.
Many witnessing this style of working can be initially quite surprised at the amount of energy, fun and honesty that results from this approach. This makes the client session very much like any interaction between old friends where each person may interrupt the other, tease the other, wander off the point and behave in other ways which typify such encounters.
This apparent freedom is of course underpinned by all the ethical and professional principles of good clinical practice. The benefit of this is that one can have warm caring and human interactions, which enables the client to find their own solutions from a new and useful state.
A big influence on the development of Provocative Change Works was Frank Farrelly who Nick knew personally. PCW incorporates elements of Frank's traditional Provocative Therapy as well as including a range of additional approaches within the PCW model.
Although PCW has a range of influences, by far the biggest influence on Nick Kemp in creating the PCW model of conversational change was undoubtedly Frank Farrelly.
Frank was certainly a one of a kind therapist who had a unique and effective approach to change work. In this short video you can watch Nick talking about the impact of Frank on his approach to coaching and therapy.
The term provocation in PCW is often misunderstood. In this clip below Nick explains what provocation means in the context of PCW and how it is used.
The programme is ideal for anyone who wants to develop high level advanced conversational change and influence skills.
Attendees on our previous programmes have come from a range of backgrounds including: therapy, sports coaching, training, business, NHS, complementary therapy, hypnosis, NLP and academia.
Specifically, it will suit those who...
The programme teaches advanced conversational change and influence skills usable in a wide range of personal and professional contexts. While it is possible to attend the programme without going for certification, we are aware that many people will want to work towards certification.
The programme will provide the opportunity for you to getting certified in one of the following:
Provocative Change Works (PCW) Practitioner
Advanced PCW Practitioner
Specialist Provocative Change Works (PCW) Practitioner
Certification is not guaranteed and is contingent on meeting requirements and demonstrating evidence of skills and Nick Kemp writes:
"I’m keen that all certifications are not box ticking exercises or simply certifications of attendance, but rather represent genuine skill development. Frank Farrelly would always say “Show me the evidence” and therefore those wanting certification will be expected to submit case studies and demonstrate the skills in live settings throughout the programme".
The dates for the live online workshops with Nick Kemp are below. These are delivered via Zoom and run on a Saturday from 10am- 2:30pm UK Time.
2024 Dates
October 26th, November 9th, December 7th
2025 Dates
January 11th, February 8th, March 8th, April 5th, May 10th, June 7th, July 5th, September 6th
NEW FOR 3.1! Monthly live online consolidation sessions
In addition to the main live workshops on Saturday with Nick, Nick is also offering an additional 2 hour consolidation session open to all who book on the training. Attendance at these is optional. They are an opportunity to interact at a different time than the main workshop and to ask questions / practice about that months topics. They will run from 6pm -8pm UK time. The provisional dates for these sessions are below:
2024 Dates
November 7th, November 28th, December 12th
2025 Dates
January 23rd, February 13th, March 20th, April 10th, May 15th, June 19th, July 17th, September 18th
Optional practice sessions
There will be optional live online sessions led by PCW Practitioners. These usually run from 10am-11:30am approximately UK time on a Saturday. Dates TBC.
We also encourage participants who wish to, to meet up between sessions and arrange to practice during the programme
One to One Sessions with Nick
You will be entitled to up to 8 one to one sessions with Nick. These will last up to 45 minutes and take place via Zoom or Skype. These will be arranged at mutually convenient times.
Delivered over 12 months the programme provides an excellent opportunity to develop advanced skills in change work in an immersive and supportive environment. There are two options to invest in this opportunity.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO JOIN THE TRAINING. THIS WOULD INVOLVE GETTING RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND INPUT FROM NICK AND THEN ATTENDING THE SUBSEQUENT WORKSHOPS AND PRACTICE SESSIONS LIVE.
The total cost of the programme for new participants is £2,200. We can offer a PAYMENT PLAN for the programme.
For previous 12 month PCW programme participants and for attendees from SAARC countries we offer a discounted rate.
If this is of interest CONTACT US for further details.
We are also offering a referral payment. If you refer someone who books on you will receive an affiliate payment – contact us for details.
If you think you might be interested and have questions then get in touch at info@aetherandalchemy.net and we will be happy to help.
Also if you want to have an informal discussion with Nick to answer any questions and to find out more about what you can get out of the programme just get in touch and we can arrange that.
We hope you are as excited about this programme as we are and want to join us .So if you want a year of immersive learning and developing some excellent and unique conversational change skills please join us!
Don’t delay as places are genuinely limited so that Nick can fulfil the requirement to ensure quality and provide sufficient time for each participant to have one to one support throughout.
You can pay the deposit at the link below and we will be in touch.
NB Payment is direct to Nick Kemp Training LTD via the book now link. The event is administered and promoted by Aether and Alchemy. Please see Terms and Conditions
Aether and Alchemy is managing and administering the event on behalf of Nick Kemp Training and payment is made directly to Nick Kemp Training Ltd. When booking you consent to sharing your contact details with Aether and Alchemy for the purposes of sending you joining instructions and information relevant to the programme, by continuing you agree to the event terms and conditions.which can be found HERE