Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Learning

Profile

Who are we?

Dr Paul Tosey joined Surrey in 1991, validating and then directing the MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies, an innovative, experiential programme for consultants, coaches and facilitators. His previous experience includes being a manager and internal consultant in local government, freelance training/consulting, and lecturing at the University of Edinburgh. He has published widely on transformative learning, on Gregory Bateson's work, and on NLP. He is a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow (2007), has trained to Master Practitioner level in NLP, and is a certified Clean Language facilitator.

Dr Jane Mathison was one of the first people to obtain a PhD in NLP (at the University of Surrey). She spent many years teaching biology and the philosophy of science in higher education and was among the first to introduce NLP into undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. She first came across NLP in 1988, since when she has attended courses with Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Christina Hall, David Gordon, John McWhirter, Will McDonald and Robert Dilts. She is a licensed trainer with the Society for NLP and has experience of using NLP in corporate training. Her main interests are in the epistemology of language, and in what makes good teachers even better. She is currently working as a Research Officer on the project.

Richard Churches, doctoral researcher:
Richard is Principal Consultant for National Programmes at CfBT Education Trust, and he designs training and materials for major UK government leadership and education programmes. Since 2003 over 1,000 teachers have been trained in NLP as part of the UK government’s Fast Track teaching programme. His book, NLP for Teachers: how to be a highly effective teacher, co-authored with Roger Terry, is available from Crown House Publishing. Currently Richard is studying for his PhD in the School of Management at Surrey University. His interest is in defining the interpersonal and intrapersonal technology of leadership and he is carrying out specific research on the effect of the hypnotic-suggestive communication level of leadership speeches and dialogue on leadership effectiveness. His research makes use of the Milton model from NLP.

Charles Faulkner, Visiting Senior Fellow:
Charles started investigating ordinary language-based approaches to modelling and change while still an undergraduate. He left graduate studies in lingustics at Northwestern University to train in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). During this time, he also trained in Rogerian Client-centered Therapy, Gestalt/TA Groups, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.

Charles' contributions to many books and publications including Trend Following (Financial Times, 2006), It's not what you think. It's what you know. (SFO Magazine, May, 2005) Worlds Within a Word: the Metaphors of Movement (Gensis II, 1999), The New Market Wizards (Harper, 1992) and Metaphors of Identity: Operating Metaphors & Iconic Change (1990). He is the Director of Programs for NLP Comprehensive (Evergreen, Colorado, USA) and the creator of their new Immersion Program. He is recognized as a Diplomat by International NLP for his contributions to that field.

Charles is best known for his modelling of futures markets traders' decision-making strategies which is documented in numerous futures trading books and journals. Charles worked for several years with the famed Market Wizard and systems thinker Ed Seykota. The last few years, Charles has immersed himself in Behavioural Finance which, along with Cognitive Linguistics, is central to his current work.

Bruce Grimley:
Bruce is a chartered occupational psychologist, www.achieving-lives.co.uk, and an ANLP accredited NLP trainer, www.inner-game.co.uk. He is also an accredited coach with the Association for Coaching where he was a founding council member and is currently an assessor for them. He has contributed to the academic field by recently writing a chapter on NLP coaching in the “Handbook of coaching psychology” (Palmer & Whybrow 2007, published by Routledge). His specialty as a psychologist is stress management, coaching and the use of hypnosis and NLP in organisational as well as private settings.

Bruce is married and has 2 adult children…..still living at home. Bruce is currently enrolled as a PhD student at the University of Surrey and is presently researching how NLP can demonstrate it’s effectiveness in developing an individual and collective mindset that assists organisations manage the pressures of business in the 21st century more effectively. He enjoys going to the cinema, running, and walking his pet Rottweiler, as ways of unwinding and relaxing.

Dr Suzanne Henwood :
Suzanne is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging at Unitec New Zealand, where she is the Postgraduate Programme Director. She is also the Course leader for Management and Leadership in Medical Imaging and co-leader for Research.  In addition she is an NLP trainer and is the Director of Henwood Associates (http://www.henwoodassociates.co.uk) offering coaching and training to develop individuals and services through real people development.  Her passion and vision is to see NLP communication and other skills introduced to all health care practitioners and her book (co-authored with Jim Lister) ‘NLP and Coaching for Health Care Professionals: Developing Expert Practice' was published in 2007 by Wiley to raise awareness of NLP in health care practice.

She has a range of leadership interests and is currently involved in projects around: attitudes towards mandatory CPD; the development and evaluation of an extended cardiac rehabilitation programme using NLP; and leadership development of Consultant Radiographers.

She is also an Ambassador for ANLP in New Zealand and is passionate about ensuring appropriate standards within the NLP community.  She was part of the founding committee of the First International Conference in NLP, held in Surrey in 2008 and continues to work with that committee to promote research and its’ dissemination to raise the research profile of NLP.