Trainers: John Grinder, Carmen Bostic, Michael Carroll

International Coaching Certification with Emergent New Code NLP

10 - 17 May 2026 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm NH Hotel Lagos, Portugal and Online

The Last Dance ever with John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair NLP, Practitioner and International Coaching Certification.

For the very last time, Dr John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St Clair, will join with Michael Carroll to lead this International Coaching Certification with Emergent New Code NLP. 

This truly is the last dance with John and Carmen, and they are excited to go out in style by offering the latest patterning in New Code NLP, known as Emergent New Code NLP to a special group, who have passion for NLP and a desire to continue the Grinder Bostic legacy in their work as New Code NLP Practitioners and International Coaches. 

So,  if you want to learn Original New Code NLP and Emergent New Code  NLP from its co-creators, now really is your final opportunity and will not be available again

And after this? John and Carmen will enjoy their well-deserved retirement. Michael and The NLP Academy will continue sharing their New Code NLP legacy, as will all the New Code Practitioners we have trained in making a difference in the lives of others by applying New Code NLP for themselves and others to lead an extraordinary life.

Original New Code NLP was created to add important new processes which were missing from Classic NLP and to offer NLP patterning applied for coaching excellence. 

Emergent New Code NLP patterning began in the Covid years when John and Carmen switched their attention from training groups to one to one coaching, with a focus on healing and maintaining health and well being.  

The in course certification provides candidates with the following accreditation 


  • New Code NLP Practitioner for Coaching Excellence 


The International NLP Coaching Certification occurs in the 4 – 12 weeks after the course, you will conduct a coaching session, with a client at your premises. You will utilise the processes you learned on the course, and be assessed by an NLP Academy evaluator, to be awarded certification as an 

  • International NLP Coach 


There is an online option, offering a diploma in  New Code NLP for Coaching Excellence, and the availability to compete the full certification at a later date at one of our evaluation centres 

 

Over the last 20 years coaching has emerged as a global industry and NLP remains at the centre with top coaches utilising NLP skills in their practices.

  • Part One is Emergent New Code NLP for Coaching Excellence


    10 – 17 May 2026
    2:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Portuguese Time)
    with John Grinder, Carmen Bostic, and Michael Carroll


    New Code NLP underpins this course incorporating models which provide rapid and lasting change in clients. In this Module, you will be immersing yourself in some of the most effective change processes for personal evolution available.

    NLP was the original coaching model providing Change Agents with tools for directing clients’ attention to more resourceful choices for them. NLP rapidly grew as a system for enabling anyone to have more choices in life. Coaching is about creating choices in contexts where they were once lacking. In this course, you will learn tools to help yourself and your clients experience more choices in life.

    New Code NLP emerged in NLP in the post-Grinder / Bandler years, developed by Grinder and Bostic to provide a radical framework for a more efficient form of NLP. New Code NLP utilises optimised states in the change process and formats to ensure personal congruency in clients to leverage deep and lasting change in accordance with their target.

    A unique element to the International Coaching Certification is the specialist coaching models you will learn from John, Carmen, and Michael, who have developed these processes from their extensive experience in their own coaching practices. The Specialist Coaching Models integrate Classic and New Code NLP patterning and will give you a structure for coaching your clients that is different from anything out there in the coaching world.

    New Code NLP is constantly developing and you are assured of the latest coaching models. In recent years, John Grinder has developed new coaching models, known as Emergent New Code NLP, which he will be sharing in this course.

    The in-course evaluation day takes place on the 17th May 2026, where participants will participate in a series of practical exercises to demonstrate their skill and competency on what was covered during the course.

    Certificate awarded for the in-course evaluation:
    New Code NLP Practitioner for Coaching Excellence

     

    Learning points



    • The Original New Code NLP Change Format – the way to set up the change format for state transference to be an automatic process

    • Emergent New Code NLP, John Grinder’s most recent work

    • New deep coaching processes, developed by John Grinder in 2022 and 2023 from his most up to date client sessions, now known as Emergent New Code NLP

    • State erasers – formats for wiping clean historic states which carry fear, anxiety and stress

    • State optimisers – a key element of New Code NLP for high performance to be natural

    • Working with the unconscious mind – setting up a robust communication system between conscious and unconscious parts of the mind to ecologically harness previously offline resources

    • Working with extreme unwanted states, which come so quickly a person loses control or build incrementally the client is not aware of the negative shift until they are immersed and stuck in an unwanted state

    • The Three Stage Coaching Protocol to work at the levels of problem construction, leveraging resources, and setting up an exciting future

    • Non-linear coaching – utilising non-verbal communication, provocation, misdirection, tasking, active metaphors and other specialist communication

    • Working with internal incongruencies which previously have prevented change

    • How to align the inner voice, unconscious resistance with intentions and outcomes creating an inner resource team to build consistency in life.


    The New Code NLP skills offered on this course can be applied across different professional capacities for improved performance. Business people, educators, retailers, community workers and change agents all will gain invaluable skills from this course as will anyone whose life activities involve engaging people for higher levels of accomplishment.

  • Part Two is the International NLP Coaching Certification


    International NLP Coaching Certification, is an additional option for those learners who seek accreditation as an International NLP Coach through the NLP Academy. This evaluation takes place 4- 12 weeks after the course. The coach arranges a live client session in his/her own place of work and conducts the coaching session following the coaching assessment criteria. The session will be between 45 minutes and one hour and observed by an NLP Academy evaluator. After the session the coach will receive video feedback in his or her performance and if the evaluation is successful will be awarded certification as an International NLP Coach.


     

    When the coach passes this evaluation, they will be awarded certification as an:
    International NLP Coach


     

    Coaching is one of the most exciting and rewarding applications of NLP. It is also one of the most prosperous with NLP trained coaches creating an abundant lifestyle for themselves, whilst stimulating change, creativity and choice for clients. This course is for those who have started their NLP journey and are now seeking to upgrade their skills to commence a coaching based career, or want to incorporate coaching into their current profession. This International Certification has all the components to propel you into something very exciting.


Your training options

Live Training

Part One and Two - Live in Portugal



  • Join training daily with course colleagues

  • Take part in exercises guided by live mentors

  • Work with people from all over the world


Live Stream Training

Part One and Two - Live in Portugal



  • Join daily live interactive sessions via Zoom

  • Take part in breakout room exercises guided by mentors

  • Work with people from all over the world


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New Code NLP Investment

Part One

Full Investment

£4,000.00 + IVA (£4,920)

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£3299.00

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£3299.00 + 23% IVA (£4057.77)

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until 28 April 2026

Part One & Two*

Full Investment

£4,500.00 + IVA (£5,535.00)

Early Booking Offer

Outside of European Union

£3799.00

Inside of European Union

£3799.00 + 23% IVA (£4672.77)

* Includes an additional £500.00 for Part Two

Saving you upto £1046.73

until 28 April 2026

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John Grinder


John Grinder, is the co-creator of Classic NLP and New Code NLP and has authored 16 books on NLP related subjects. John brought his expertise from his PhD in linguistics specialising in syntax theory to co–create NLP in the early 1970s.


Not one to stand still, John, in collaboration with Carmen Bostic St Clair updated his work on Classic NLP to create New Code NLP and in doing so radically extended the reach and efficiency of NLP change work. Both as an academic and innovator, John leads the field of NLP with passion and creativity equal to when he co-invented NLP 50 years ago.


 

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Carmen Bostic St. Clair


Carmen Bostic St Clair, has been a driving force in modernising NLP and together with John Grinder is the co-creator of New Code NLP. Prior to acquiring her doctorate in Jurisprudence, Carmen was an educator who won a national award for her ingenuity in creating inductive learning contexts for students to learn naturally.


When she met John Grinder, Carmen was the CEO of a holding company with 27 subsidiaries and brought her extensive experience to the Corporate Consultancy business Quantum Leap, which she co founded with John Grinder. As an NLP leader, with 34 years of commitment to excellence, Carmen has taken NLP to new areas of application, particularly in the sectors of business and coaching.

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Michael Carroll


Michael Carroll is the Founder and Course Director of The NLP Academy, established in 1996. As a co–developer of New Code NLP, Michael formalised the training structures of New Code patterning for courses at different levels within the International Trainers and Coaching Academy of NLP (ITCA) which was set up by Michael, John and Carmen to benchmark high standards in the NLP field.


Prior to his NLP career, Michael owned a hugely successful Financial Services Consultancy, where he developed a fascination with psychological business methods. This led to his early studies of NLP and gaining a BSc in Psychology. Today, with 25 years of training and coaching experience, Michael is one of the leading educators in the field who continues to push the boundaries for innovation and high standards.


 

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