A Bit of Networking

[jarandhel]

I don't always network as well as I should. I have an annoying tendency to go to people I think may be most likely to be able to help with a particular issue based on what I already know about these people, and don't regularly poll my friends to see if there is anyone else who might be knowledgeable in a given subject who I don't already know about. At the moment, I'm feeling somewhat pulled to go against that tendency. I've already put out a couple feelers on this subject privately, but here is the question I would like to pose to my friends:

Does anyone know of a NLP trainer (preferably in the DC metro area, but that is not necessarily a deal breaker) who offers NLP training at a reasonable price? I've been looking into NLP more and more, and I'd be rather interested in getting formal training in it, but frankly the prices I have seen so far are outrageous. The average NLP training seems to run around 98 to 112 hours for practitioner certification, and appears to cost somewhere around $2,300 US as far as I can tell. As contrast, massage therapy training (which is arguably more complex as it requires a functional knowledge of anatomy in order to avoid doing harm to patients) generally requires around 500 hours of training for practitioner certification and typically run around 5,000 USD on average. That means that NLP courses cost, on average, around $10.50 per hour more than massage training does. I don't see anything that justifies those sorts of fees for NLP. A massage course of similar length, in states which only require 100 hours of training for certification, could be acquired for one thousand or less. Frankly, the only reason I can see for NLP's inflated pricetag is its popularity in the world of business and politics where companies and organizations are likely to pay for their employees to receive the training. Which hedges out private individuals of lesser means from receiving the same training.

Comments

[rialian.livejournal.com]

===Unfortunatly, I do not know anyone that does actually train folks...I have studied a bit on my own, but the costs for the training seem a bit exorbitant to me.

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

Likewise. Should you be interested, I've obtained several gigs of material on the subject, including some very nice audio files and some lower quality video. The main reason I'm thinking about actually going for the training if I can find anyone who provides it at a reasonable fee is that some of the techniques I think you need actual hands-on experience with... particularly things like establishing rapport.

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

Here's a weird thought for you...check the rec and parks schedules for Montgomery, Fairfax, and Arlington Counties. A lot of times you can get cheap classes through the county rec centers. I don't know if they'll have anything like that, but you never know. I do know that Montgomery County offers meditation classes and things like that sometimes.