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Frank Farrelly impressions and how to spot genuine provocative work

I was thinking recently about my many years of discussions with Frank Farrelly, the creator of Provocative Therapy and what made him unique. Provocative Therapy meets NLP IN 2005, and its not pretty… Firstly Frank was merciless in terms of…

  • Nick Kemp
  • February 17, 2024
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  • Frank Farrelly, provocative training online, Provocative Trainings

The evolution of the provocative trainings across the globe

When I first met Frank Farrelly two decades ago, Provocative Therapy was almost unheard of across the globe. Yes, there were a few regular workshops in Europe, but it was the world’s best kept secret. Frank expressed some frustration about…

  • Nick Kemp
  • October 1, 2023
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Spending time with Frank Farrelly

Frank Farrelly first came to stay at my house in 2005 and we quickly found that we had all manner of interests in common, aside from the world of therapy. Initially I invited him over to record his “Me and…

  • Nick Kemp
  • April 10, 2022
  • krish srikanth, NLP, Provocative Therapy

Frank’s take on good manners and status seekers

We recently had a character spamming this site trying to flog his own trainings and at the same time displaying really poor manners and respect to Frank’s work. Amazingly he seems astonished that I would remove any link! I shared…

  • Nick Kemp
  • April 7, 2022
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The Psychotherapeutic archeological dig

Over the years, Frank Farrelly, the creator of Provocative Therapy used to on average stay at my house between 3 – 4 weeks each year, when he was running trainings in Europe. He would often say “Hey Nick, any room…

  • Nick Kemp
  • January 2, 2022
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Frank’s wishes for Provocative trainings globally

Before Frank Farrelly passed in 2013, he was very clear about his wishes for the future of his work and instructed his son Tim Farrelly to send me his life’s archive for safe keeping. Firstly, he was quite clear that…

  • Nick Kemp
  • September 8, 2021
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Caveat Emptor re Provocative Therapy training – Krish Srikanth

Frank Farrelly’s classic Provocative Therapy work dates back to the 1960s, well before the advent of NLP and other approaches. When I first came across Frank in 2004 I was amazed by the many levels of his work and the…

  • Nick Kemp
  • July 7, 2020
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The Mystification of many towards Provocative Therapy

I was lucky enough to spend considerable 1 – 1 time with Frank Farrelly the creator of Provocative Therapy and hosted many of his events. His provocative therapy workshops attracted a wide range of people, especially from other approaches such…

  • Nick Kemp
  • February 17, 2020
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The Frank Farrelly legacy

When I first met Frank Farrelly back in 2014, I was immediately amazed by his level of skill and equally astonished at how poorly his work had been promoted. There was an original website that was a year out of…

  • Nick Kemp
  • December 29, 2019
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Funding the Frank Farrelly archive into a digital format

When Frank passed I inherited his entire archive of work dating back to the 1960s. His son Tim shipped a huge number of packages which included hundreds of cassettes, video and paperwork. The challenge is that most of this material…

  • Nick Kemp
  • October 15, 2019
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Provocative Therapy online March 12/13th 2026 presented by Nick Kemp

What you can expect from this training This is a two-part window into the extraordinary work of Frank Farrelly. Nick Kemp spent hundreds of hours in 1–1 discussions with Frank and was entrusted by Frank to oversee his official archive,…

  • Nick Kemp
  • February 13, 2026
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Frank Farrelly seminar material now available for student study

We are currently digitizing all the UK Frank Farrelly seminars for student study. These cover a wide range of client problems, including family problems, business issues, anxiety issues among other subjects. Fortunately these were recorded in high definition video with…

  • Nick Kemp
  • April 5, 2022
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The first online Provocative Therapy training

We just completed the first module from the Provocative Therapy online training course. This is truly an international training with live attendees from USA, India, Australia, Japan, Wales, Germany, Holland, Ireland, UK Dubai and Lebanon. The focus on module one…

  • Nick Kemp
  • January 9, 2022
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Provocative Therapy, the world’s best kept secret?

When I first met Frank Farrelly almost two decades ago, I was amazed at the level of skill he demonstrated and even more amazed that Frank’s work was not more available. Yes, there were some trainings in Germany and other…

  • Nick Kemp
  • June 16, 2021
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