How to become an NLP practitioner?or supercharge your coaching skills with NLP One of the most popular methods for helping people achieve their life aspirations?Neuro-Linguistic Programmming, or NLP, holds the key to remaking one's future.

Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing NLP Coaching 7 Chapter 1: Combining Coaching and NLP for Great Results 9 Chapter 2: Gathering the Essential NLP Skills 25 Chapter 3: Developing Your Coaching Alliances 47 Part II: Building Core Coaching Skills 69 Chapter 4: Shaping the Agenda for Change 71 Chapter 5: Going for Quick-Win Sessions 87 Chapter 6: Getting Greater Clarity 103 Chapter 7: Making Goals Come Alive 121 Part III: Deepening Your Awareness 137 Chapter 8: Tuning into Values 139 Chapter 9: Tapping into Passion and Purpose 151 Chapter 10: Shedding Light on Patterns 171 Chapter 11: Developing Better Strategies 185 Part IV: Working Through Drama, Decisions and Dilemmas 205 Chapter 12: Strengthening Relationships in Tough Times 207 Chapter 13: Moving through Life’s Disappointments 227 Chapter 14: Coaching through Conflict 243 Chapter 15: Smoothing Career Peaks and Troughs 257 Part V: Advancing Your NLP Coaching Repertoire 269 Chapter 16: Turning Time to Your Advantage 271 Chapter 17: Shifting Experiences with Submodalities 285 Chapter 18: Managing Emotional States 301 Chapter 19: Connecting All Parts of a Person 317 Part VI: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 20: Ten Powerful Coaching Questions 335 Chapter 21: Ten Traps to Avoid in Coaching 343 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Enhance Your Coaching Skills 351 Index 359

Learn to: Develop successful coaching relationshipsIdentify goals and set a clear agenda for changeCoach people through life's dramas, decisions and dilemmasAvoid coaching traps and find the best ways to enhance your skills Navigate your way through coaching with NLP Whether you want to become an NLP coach from scratch, or want to incorporate NLP skills into your existing coaching or managing role, this book shows you how to coach someone in any personal or professional field. Using the key elements of NLP – rapport building, communication skills and mirroring techniques – you'll discover how to establish goals and values, lead a coaching session, ask the right questions and lay the groundwork for change. This book is packed with handy resources, including sample coaching scripts, forms and activities. Coaching with NLP For Dummies shows you how to use your NLP skills within a coaching environment and guide your clients to success. Working together – discover where coaching and NLP meetBuild solid foundations – strengthen your core coaching skills within sturdy NLP structuresDeepen your awareness – develop your understanding and discover how to re-engineer unhelpful strategiesDay-to-day issues – learn from the tough times and explore how to approach real-life challengesTake the next step – advance to the next level as you develop your NLP coaching repertoire Open the book and find: The key attributes of an NLP coachTips on increasing rapportHow to build trusting relationshipsAdvice on engaging all the sensesExpert guidance on what makes others tickTechniques for coaching teamsHow to avoid the drama triangleTips on coaching through conflictWays to become more personally effective