The Language
of the Mind.
NLP for Leaders & Coaches
A five-day immersive certification experience designed to help you understand the patterns that shape results, communicate with greater intention, and guide meaningful change—in yourself and the people you support.
Change the way you think, communicate, and lead.
What if you could recognize unhelpful patterns sooner, bring more intention to important conversations, and access new ways to move toward your goals? This training combines insight with practice so you can start using what you learn.
Communicate with intention
Practice rapport, purposeful questioning, reframing, and ways to listen more closely—skills for leadership, relationships, and coaching.
Recognize your patterns
Explore how language, habitual thinking, beliefs, and emotional responses can influence your choices—and practice new responses.
Support meaningful change
Learn structured tools and coaching conversations that can help you clarify outcomes, strengthen resourcefulness, and support growth.
Where could these skills take you?
You don't have to be a professional coach to benefit. You simply need an interest in people, communication, and creating more intentional results.
Leadership & Personal Performance
For business owners, executives, managers, HR professionals, and people who want more confidence in how they lead themselves and connect with others.
Lead yourself with intention. Bring out the best in others.Coaching & Transformation
For coaches, trainers, speakers, consultants, and people-focused professionals who want to broaden their skills and learn more ways to support client growth.
Deepen your toolkit. Strengthen your conversations.Five certification pathways.
One powerful week.
Explore five complementary areas of study as part of your Practitioner-level immersion.
NLP Practitioner
Language, rapport, strategies and reframing.
Time Line Therapy® Practitioner
Time-based change approaches.
Hypnosis Practitioner
Focused attention and suggestion methods.
NLP Coach
Structure and skills for coaching sessions.
ACME Practitioner
Accelerated Change Mechanisms of Excellence.
Certification awards depend on completion of the applicable training requirements and assessments. External board registration, where available, is a separate process and may involve additional eligibility requirements or fees. These certifications do not replace regulated healthcare or mental-health professional licenses.
Your learning begins before you arrive.
Because genuine learning takes more than listening to a presentation. You'll prepare in advance, practice together in person, and continue integrating what you've learned afterward.
Complete audio pre-study course
Get familiar with essential concepts in advance through the full audio preparation program, so you're ready to participate when the immersive experience begins.
Five engaging, in-person days
Learn directly with Amy, take part in demonstrations and guided exercises, practice techniques with others, and ask questions in a supportive group.
Learning that continues
Leave with course materials and access to the post-training support provided with your enrollment, helping you translate new knowledge into daily practice.
Practical skills you can keep using.
The curriculum brings together communication, NLP, coaching frameworks, and guided change techniques.
Building rapport & trustNotice communication cues and explore ways to create authentic connection.
More precise conversationsPractice Meta Model questions and language patterns that bring clarity.
Reframing & perspectivesLearn to consider situations through different and more useful frames.
Anchoring & resourceful statesExplore techniques for accessing useful responses and intentional states.
Coaching frameworksLearn structures for outcome setting, feedback and productive coaching sessions.
Hypnosis & time-based approachesExplore guided techniques taught as part of the practitioner curriculum.
Hear it from past participants.
Wondering what it feels like to learn these skills in person? Hear directly from Lisa and Kevin about their experiences with NLP training.
Meet Amy Ballantyne.
I'm an executive coach specializing in human performance, emotional intelligence, and communication, as well as an NLP trainer, speaker, and author. I love helping leaders, coaches, entrepreneurs, and curious people discover more intentional ways of thinking and communicating.
This isn't about memorizing ideas. It's about learning, practicing, asking questions, and discovering how to use new skills in the conversations and situations that matter most to you. My approach is warm, interactive, and rooted in real-life application.
Multiple TEDx Speaker · Certified Executive Coach · Board-Certified NLP & Hypnosis Trainer · Author of Celebrate Yourself
Make time to invest in who you're becoming.
Five days to explore new skills, practice with others, and begin applying what you learn to the conversations and opportunities that matter to you.
- In-person training in Waterloo, Ontario · February 4-8, 2027
- Full audio pre-study program
- Experiential exercises and training manuals
- Five Practitioner-level certification pathways
- Continued support after the training
Frequently asked questions.
Do I need previous NLP training?
The program is presented as Practitioner-level training with pre-study included. If you're new to NLP, the audio preparation course helps you become familiar with key concepts before the in-person immersion. Please confirm any individual prerequisites with Amy before enrolling.
Is this training for leaders or professional coaches?
Both. Leaders can focus on communication, decision-making and working with people. Coaches and trainers can concentrate on incorporating appropriate tools into their existing practice. You'll study the same core curriculum and make the experience relevant to your goals.
What's included with my registration?
The five-day in-person immersion, complete audio pre-study course, training manuals, certification training and the post-training support included in your enrollment. The exact format and duration of follow-up support will be confirmed with your enrollment information.
What are the five certification pathways?
NLP Practitioner, Time Line Therapy® Practitioner, Hypnosis Practitioner, NLP Coach and ACME Practitioner. Awards and external board registration may have specific completion, assessment and eligibility requirements.
Where and when is the training?
February 4-8, 2027, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Registered participants will receive the venue details and a daily schedule ahead of time.
Can my employer sponsor my training?
Many employers offer professional-development funding for leadership, communication, and coaching skills. If you’d like to request sponsorship, our one-page guide outlines the practical workplace applications, program details, and investment.
Download the Employer Sponsorship Guide (PDF)
Funding approval is determined by your employer. If you have questions, email Amy to discuss whether the training aligns with your professional-development goals.
Is this a license to provide therapy or mental-health treatment?
No. These are training certifications and are not substitutes for the credentials or licenses required for regulated healthcare or mental-health professions. Practice only within your qualifications and applicable laws and professional standards.
Learn the language of the mind.
Bring new possibilities to life.
We'd love to welcome you to an intimate, experiential learning environment where you can explore, practice and grow. Join us in Waterloo, February 5–9, 2027.