Derren Brown is not a therapist! He does not use NLP therapeutically. He uses NLP and hypnosis to fascinate and entertain people. His show in the UK has done a lot to bring NLP to the forefront of people's awareness. I've included several of his YouTube videos here because they give really good examples of what is possible.

I spend a lot of my time with my clients reassuring them that hypnosis and NLP are totally safe. Derren does his best to prove the opposite!

Personally, I think you should be educated as to what's possible. If it is possible for Derren Brown to pay for a several thousand dollar ring with blank pieces of paper, then it is possible for me to give you permission to "let go of your phobia" or any other problem you may have.

If it is possible for Derren Brown to convince a grown man that he wants a BMX bike for Christmas instead of the leather jacket he wanted before speaking to Derren, then don't you think it's possible for me to convince you that you really and truly do want to stop smoking or procrastinating or avoiding your own success?

If it is possible for Derren Brown to make a college student feel totally drunk at any time merely by anchoring a specific state to a specific word...then don't you think it's possible for Mark Shepard to use the same technique to make you feel powerful and confident before speaking in public?

The techniques are the same. My approach is a little less dramatic and a little more practical.

What's even better is I can teach you how to use the very same tools to master your mind for a change and defeat the dark side in your personal and professional life...and have a hell of a lot of fun doing it!

Here's Derren Brown.

- Mark Shepard