The focus of INLPTA are formost NLP-trainers who set their value on quality and ethnic and want to promote and use NLP in business. But also NLP Coaches. 

If you have questions about INLPTA as an organisation, the guidelines or the seals please contact Bert Feustel (Director Europe): info@inlpta.org

Only trainers who successfully completed an INLPTA-trainers training or visited an INLPTA trainer upgrade and are members of INLPTA can certify according to the INLPTA guidelines. You have to own a valid INLPTA-trainer-certificate with an INLPTA seal.

Mostly, if one would like to do further training with an INLPTA trainer.

accredited prior learning (APL)

INLPTA trainers can issue an INLPTA certificate (post-certification) to a person who has been certified by other institutions or organizations, after a formal examination of the content and possibly with conditions or proof.

Parts of the training in duration, contents, qualification of the trainer, examination formats can be credited.

Possible missing time or contents have to be completed.

At the end the INLPTA Curriculi guidelines must be fulfilled.

If, for example, the training to be credited is 90 hours long and the metamodel was only dealt with superficially,

at least 40h have to be added (INLPTA min. 130h, and metamodel treated in depth)

the text of the certificate for Practitioner reads e.g. 

has successfully acquired an INLPTA Practitioner Training in the Art and Science of Neuro Linguistic Programming through accredited prior learning (APL) and has satisfactorily fulfilled all requirements as established by The International NLP Trainers Association. 

In most cases there is a fee for the certificate with seal and possibly a post-certification fee.  

If your certification is invalid e.g. because the seal wasn't affixed but printed, please contact us. If all requirements are fulfilled we will immediatly send you a valid certification.

INLPTA certifications are accepted all over the world.

The guidelines of the INLPTA trainings are developed by the directors. Those guidelines are binding for all countries and trainings.

What it means to be an INLPTA Master Trainer.

The award and distinction of being an INLPTA Master Trainer is also a symbol of what INLPTA stands for. 

INLPTA stands for ethics, quality and professionalism.

An INLPTA Master Trainer demonstrates and lives ethically, strives for the highest quality and embodies the best professionalism in the industry.

The ethics are evident in the way he or she treats participants, employees, colleagues and clients. Fairness, correctness, incorruptibility, integrity and appreciation of our curriculi and ethical guidelines demonstrate an ecological systemic awareness.

An INLPTA Master Trainer is not only a role model for all other INLPTA trainers but also for all NLP trainers.

When a trainer is looking for advice or has challenges or is thinking about how he/she could be even better, he/she looks to an INLPTA Master Trainer.

An INLPTA Master Trainer has outstanding experience, great quality and professionalism in his/her work and appearance. The role model function consists of further elements:

Exceptional knowledge of NLP and beyond.

The wisdom to sort, assess and link information, to recognise similarities and differences and to understand larger contexts.

A productivity in the field of teaching NLP that shows that the main focus is on NLP training and application. But also to work on and with NLP, to publish, to develop.  

High creativity in dealing with NLP its application and training

Special innovation in didactics in the implementation and transfer of NLP into new contexts.

Excellent flexibility in dealing with participants, challenging situations and unusual contexts. SO in demonstration social competence and a commendable ability to communicate and deal with conflicts.

Ethics - Quality - Professionalism 

Role model - Experience  

Knowledge - Wisdom - Productivity - Creativity - Innovation - Flexibility 

You can get along well with an INLPTA Master Trainer.

An INLPTA Master Trainer has relevance, i.e. is relevant to NLP in his or her country or worldwide, is committed to helping NLP gain a good reputation and is compatible with the social and academic structures in which he or she teaches.

An INLPTA Master Trainer shows cooperative constructive towards INLPTA members and has a high loyalty to INLPTA to serve as a role model for others. Membership in INLPTA and supportive cooperation is a matter of course. Due to the exposed position, an INLPTA Master Trainer should stand especially behind INLPTA and promote and protect INLPTA.

If INLPTA needs improvement, development and adjustment to become better an INLPTA Master Trainer is at service to provide help and assistance to serve the greater good.

Relevance - Loyalty - Service 

INLPTA Master Trainers are predestined to train and certify others in NLP, including trainers,

INLPTA Trainer Trainings require registration and approval by the responsible person of the Board of Directors. 

However, INLPTA Master Trainers are encouraged to organise national cooperative events for trainer trainings, with multiple Master Trainers and trainer colleagues, to demonstrate that INLPTA prefers cooperative and competent trainers who have found their own authentic style through a variety of role models.

Being an INLPTA Master Trainer is not only a distinction and an honour, but also a task and an obligation to be active with heart and soul for NLP and INLPTA. 

We honour this dedication and look forward to walking this path together.

Seals can only be assigned by INLPTA trainers who a members of INLPTA. With their membership they commit to the guidelines of INLPTA-trainings and to the code of ethics.

Yes, as you can offer your members a higher quality and more options, e.g. to fulfill another training in a INLPTA-institution.