Andy Smith interviews coaching specialist and NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis trainer Doug O’Brien. In this interview: * Doug tells us about NLP Practitioner training with Tony Robbins in the eighties * Takes a dig at the shortness of most NLP Practitioner courses these days (compared to the 28 days they originally took) * Shares the basics of one of his favourite client interventions, the ‘Havening’ technique * Talks about modelling the skills of a great jazz pianist * … and much more! You can find Doug at https://ericksonian.com and his Essential Coaching Skills membership site is at https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/ See Doug’s introductory video about the Havening Techniques here (it also includes a good, accessible overview of the amygdala’s role in how trauma responses are formed). Doug also has a new podcast, Essential Coaching Skills. (Episode 5, where he interviews Andy about using Appreciative Inquiry for coaching teams and individuals, is particularly good) Episode duration: 36m 00s Listen and/or subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed: https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. It would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.