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Sleight of Mouth Masterclass with Doug O' Brien - Persuasion Skills, Influence, Sales, Communication, Behaviours ands Beliefs

Who is Doug O'Brien?

Doug O'Brien is recognized world wide as the foremost authority on Sleight of Mouth. His clear and engaging style of teaching have made him a much sought after seminar leader and coach who is equally comfortable introducing the principles of personal change to novices as he is challenging experts to finer levels of ability. His expertise in NLP, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Sleight of Mouth might surprise some coaching clients who don't see the serious structure behind the pleasant conversation, but it doesn't fool the experts. Doug is the only person that people as different as Richard Bandler and Tony Robbins agree is a great motivating trainer. Doug O'Brien is a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP, and a Certified Hypnotherapist. In 1988, while assisting at NLP and NAC training seminars with Anthony Robbins, Doug achieved the designation of Master Trainer. He now conducts numerous seminars of his own around the globe (specializing in the "Sleight of Mouth" patterns of Robert Dilts, NLP Certification Courses, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy) and helped found Columbia-Presbyterian's Department of Complementary Medicine.

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What others are saying about Doug O'Brien?

"There are only a handful of people in the country whom I have personally trained and am totally confident in recommending. Doug O'Brien is one of these few." - Anthony Robbins, Author of "Unlimited Power" and "Awaken the Giant Within"

"I have known Doug O'Brien for many years and have been consistently impressed with his skill and integrity. Doug is one of the rare teachers who is able to integrate NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis, so that students develop both conscious and unconscious competence. I confidently endorse him as a trainer, and as a person." - Robert Dilts, Co-Developer of NLP and Author of NLP Vol 1."

What is Sleight of Mouth and what you will learn in the masterclass?

Sleight of Mouth is a persuasion skill, a vehicle for the reframing of beliefs. It is a system of 14 different patterns of response to a stated belief. A system that, once mastered, can allow you to always have a response that will effectively elucidate your position and help you to persuade rather than be persuaded. Simply put, it will help you win any argument, be verbally powerful and powerfully verbal.

Sleight of Mouth is a result of the methodology of NLP being applied to NLP, or, more properly, to Richard Bandler's debate skills. NLP grew out of Bandler and Grinder analyzing and codifying the methods of Milton Erickson, Gregory Bateson, Virginia Satir and others. Robert Dilts applied this same methodology to Bandler's own unique way with people. In his NLP Certification courses, Bandler would challenge participants to use their newly acquired skills to persuade him that a belief system adopted for the occasion (eg."I can't see the curve, therefore the world is flat.") was wrong. As hard as they tried, Bandler was always able to field an army of responses to turn their "logical" arguments around. Dilts was impressed with this and then fascinated to find that he was beginning to discern the patterns Bandler used. Dilts systemized the patterns into specific categories and developed an elegant mind map of them which makes it wonderfully easy and fun to use.

Don't take our word for it, listen to what others are saying about training with Doug?

I very much enjoyed the course. I recommend wholeheartedly and unreservedly. Do it if you want to go on to the next level of hypnotic skills and learn more about your own ability to change personal history. - Liz Labrum

Doug's vast experience comes across in his friendly, approachable manner which belies his total command of the material! - Judy Rees

This was an interesting and fun course packed with items of knowledge that would make even the most experienced practitioner smile. - John Glanville

When is the next Sleight of Mouth masterclass?

This masterclass is included as part of our NLP Master Practitioner training but however it is also available as an individual event. For information on the individual event see below:

Dates: 6th / 7th December 2008
Price: £499(plus VAT) (includes comprehensive manual & study materials and online intranet support service)
Early Bird Price: £449(plus VAT) when paid in full before September 1st 2008
Venue: The Oueens Hotel, Leeds (2 mins walk of Leeds Station) view map hotel info

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To give you more of a learning experience we have also included some nlp and hypnosis games and exercises for you to play with. Visit the resources section above and navigate to 'Free Exercises' or you can click the titles as follows: IMPROVING VISUAL ACUITY, PIVOT GRAMMAR, MAGNETIC HYPNOSIS OR SELF HYPNOSIS. We are constantly updating our resources so always check back.