Review of Frank Farrelly workshop in Leeds, 28-29th Oct 2006 – hosted by TranceformingNLP.

Having seen Frank Farrelly a few times now, I was aware of what to expect. At 74 years of age Frank has vast experience in the field of psychotherapy and change work and remains one of the true masters. When I first saw Frank, I was struck by the similarity with Richard Bandler and initially had to remind myself that Frank has been working in this way for many years before Bandler, Grinder and NLP came along.

This confusion seems common to others too. Often in the intervals I overheard people discussing Frank’s use of analogue marking, embedded commands, reframing and so on. Often, people new to the Provocative Therapy approach are keen to reduce down into NLP terms and at a different seminar near London I was told by one attendee that, “Clearly Frank Farrelly has trained to the highest level in NLP.” I very nearly choked on my tea.

Farrelly’s book, “Provocative Therapy” was published in 1972 and remains a classic, and a very, very funny book indeed.

Last weekend, Frank demonstrated Provocative Therapy in his typical fashion of “modules”. A module consists of a 25 minute one-to-session with a volunteer from the audience (there was no shortage of willing volunteers – there rarely is) followed by feedback from the client (Frank asks, “did you have any reactions to me in this [session]?”) followed by feedback from the audience.

Two typical reactions to the Provocative Therapy approach tend to be “I’m confused” and “I’m not sure what my problem is any more.” Contrary to many people’s expectations, clients on stage tend to report Frank as being “very gentle” with them, and invariably a session is filled with much laughter.

Nick and Tina at Tranceforming NLP (NLP Training in NLP Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner. Provocative Therapy with Frank Farrelly) as always pay attention to every detail and Frank is back next April. From what I understand the training will consist of much supervised practice session trying out the patterns identified in the Provocative Therapy approach. Don’t miss this!

There is now video footage on youtube from last Friday here: and the information on Provocative Therapy - Home grows regularly. NLP mp3 NLP Hypnosis Downloads FREE also grows, and there are a number of audio recordings with Frank available for free.

Regards,

Andrew Austin
Chichester, West Sussex, UK.