Nick Kemp has been involved in personal change for over thirty years, studying many forms of communication and personal development, including hypnosis, provocative therapy, and NLP. Between 1980 and 1998, he taught workshops on personal development. Nick works both in groups and individually for professional and personal work. He runs a successful private practice and also provides business training to companies by appointment. In 2004, Nick Kemp met Frank Farrelly (creator of Provocative Therapy and an influence on the creators of NLP). He began intensive training with him to become one of the very few Farrelly-approved Provocative Therapy Trainers.
, Provocative Therapy mixed with Hypnosis, he created the first-ever PCW practitioner pilot for
Nick and Frank became firm friends, co presenting at Provocative Therapy events as well as spending far too many hours watching classic movies at Nick’s home cinema in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Nick set up The Association for Provocative Therapy (AFPT), and released “Provocative Change Works for Phobias”, which was the first of a number of DVD sets with commentary from Frank Farrelly himself. As well as teaching classic Provocative Therapy (PCW), Nick has created his own Provocative Change Works approach which he teaches internationally as well as with private clients.
Frank Farrelly made the following comment about Nick‘s PCW work –
“You’ll find his work Provocative Therapy mixed with Hypnosis quite a blend and Enlightening!”
Frank Farrelly
In 2006, Nick was a guest on BBC Radio for 26 consecutive weeks, working with clients live on air. Individuals would be invited to contact the show, and Nick would work with them, who would then report back, all within the show’s one-hour time frame. In recent years, he has conducted in-house training for businesses and his own Provocative Change Works training for the public in Asia, the USA, and Europe.
Nick has contributed a chapter on Provocative Change Works to “Innovations in NLP ”, published by Crown House Publishing, where he outlines how this approach can be used to produce lasting client change. He also contributed to Steve Andreas’s “Transforming Negative Self Talk”, explaining his voice tempo exercise for resolving anxiety problems. In 2013 he created the first ever PCW practitioner piloted to medics in Japan interested in his work. Nick also runs an ongoing PCW online course for international students—email info@nickkemp.com for information.
Nick’s current training schedule can be found at www.nickkemptraining.com