Four certifications. One lineage. Forty years of instruction. With Dr. Matt James — and the methodology Dr. Tad James originated — NLP Training is the institution that taught the people who taught the field.
The certificate program is sequenced. Foundations is the literacy. Master Practitioner is the system. MER® and Time Line Therapy® are the signature methodologies. Trainer’s Training is for those who will teach. Every module is taught in person, in cohort, with the founder.
The eight presuppositions, sensory acuity, rapport, and the meta-model. Eight days of foundational practice — the literacy that every later module is built on.
Submodalities, Meta Programs, Values elicitation, and Strategy elicitation. Move from technique to system. Pre-requisite: Foundations.
The MER® protocol for releasing negative emotions, limiting decisions, and resolving inner conflict. Dr. Matt’s flagship contribution to the field.
The Time Line Therapy® process: conscious and unconscious mind in collaboration. Goal setting in the future. Anchored in Tad James’s original methodology.
Ericksonian patterns, conversational induction, double inductions, and ethical hypnotic communication. Pairs with the ABH accreditation track.
How to deliver the syllabus you’ve learned. Methodology, group dynamics, and the ethics of teaching transformation work. Pre-requisite: Master Practitioner.
Every NLP Training graduate works at the intersection of three lineages. NLP is the literacy of how language shapes thought. Mental & Emotional Release® is the protocol for releasing what holds. Huna is the cultural ground the release work descends from. The pillars are studied together and certified separately.
The literacy of how language patterns shape thought. Foundations, Practitioner, and Master tracks lead to an ABNLP certification recognized worldwide.
Explore →IIDr. Matt James’s signature contribution. A protocol for releasing the emotional and decision-level imprints that hold a person to an old pattern.
Explore →IIIThe Hawaiian wisdom lineage on which the modern release work is grounded. Studied in partnership with Aloha International. A separate certification track.
Explore →Dr. Matt James inherited the institute from his father, Dr. Tad James — the originator of Time Line Therapy® and one of NLP’s earliest American trainers. Matt has personally certified practitioners on six continents, holds Master Trainer designation with the ABNLP, and teaches every cohort himself. The certification you earn is the one Matt hands you, in person, the day you complete the work.
“I came as a corporate facilitator. I left as a practitioner — not because of the certificate, but because the work changes the person doing it. That is what an institute teaches that a course cannot.”
A representative pull from the alumni network. Every graduate, every cohort, every year — listed on the alumni page.
“Twenty years of corporate facilitation and I had never seen techniques like these — not in theory, but in practice. The MER® work alone has reshaped my client outcomes.”
“Dr. Matt teaches at the depth of someone who knows the lineage and the work intimately. You leave certified, but more importantly you leave changed.”
“I came as a hypnotherapist looking to round out my training. I left with a methodology for how thought, language, and emotion actually braid together.”
All cohorts are taught in person, in Honolulu, with Dr. Matt James as the lead trainer. Cohort sizes cap at sixteen practitioners so the work stays deep. Reserve a seat below or contact the institute for private corporate cohorts.
Eight days of foundational practice that has anchored four decades of practitioners. Cohort sizes cap at sixteen. Talk to the institute about a private cohort for your organization.