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MA, LMHC, NCC, MAC, NBCFCH, CHt, CNT, CPT
Licensed NLP Trainer & Advanced Master Trainer of
NeuroTechnics™
"First-Ever" Licensed NLP Change Master™ (Society Of NLP)


Tampa, Florida
Toll-Free - 1-877-MindFirst
Local - (813) 221-5466 Fax Number : (813)
639-8555
Email: Elvis@LearnInstitute.com
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Licensure/Certification
"First-Ever"
Licensed NLP Change Master™ (Society of NLP)
Certified Performance Technologist, CPT,
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
Licensed Advanced Master Training in NeuroTechnics,
International Society of NeuroTechnics (ISNT)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor,
Regulated by the State of FL #MH0002221
National Certified Counselor, National Board of Certified Counselors, NBCC
#30852
Master Addictions Counselor, MAC, NBCC #30852
National Board Certified Fellow Clinical Hypnotherapy, NBCFCH
Qualified Teacher of Hypnosis – State Of Florida Guidelines
Certified Hypnotherapist, American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, ACHE
Certified Advanced Master Trainer of NeuroTechnics™
Licensed Trainer/Master Practitioner/Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Society Of NLP
Certified Design Human Engineering Specialist, DHE, Society Of NLP
Certified National Trainer for Parent Educators - Active Parenting
Accomplishments/Interests
"First-Ever" Licensed NLP Change Master™.
Established Tampa Bay International Society for
Performance Improvement (ISPI) in 2003 - Charter President of TBISPI.
Established
International Society of NeuroTechnicsSM & created integrated model of NLP, GS,
Hypnosis - NeuroTechnics, Own
& Operate LEARN Insitute & ExecuLearn® Consulting Practices; Established first
International Training Institute of Neuro-Semantics, Meta-States & Meta-NLP;
Co-Founder of the first-ever Society Of Neuro-Semantics®; Contributed/promoted
Neuro-Semantics/Meta-States & Meta-NLP leading to an international presence; world-first Certified Trainer/Practitioner for
Meta-States & Neuro-Semantics and many of the "applied"
programs; operates successful
MindFirstSM Studio producing audio/video/web products/productions; created &
produced Practice Building
Products now sold Internationally; operate a thriving private practice in
coaching, therapy, hypnotherapy, consulting, netentrepreneur hosting a variety of tremendously successful Internet businesses;
devoted family man, husband and, most of all, father of 2 wonderful children. :)
Experience
Evaluate/assess client’s educational, training,
performance, coaching/therapy needs & requirements through various methods
including intensive consultation, interviewing, personal report, gathering
complete psychosocial & organizational history, and individual and corporate consultation towards
designing desired outcomes related to organizational and personal/professional
performance for maximum achievement and accomplishment of
mission/vision/outcomes.
Develop & design modeling, educational, training,
coaching & treatment goals/outcomes, interventions, assignments, tasks &
ongoing learning programs/plans. Provide individual, group and corporate
modeling, training, coaching & therapy services, couples & marriage therapy along with team
and leadership training & group experiences/trainings.
Provide Employee Assistance Services, Performance Effectiveness Programs and consultation to Fortune 100/500 businesses, companies & organizations and small to medium size companies locally & nationally. Promote, market, sponsor & conduct ExecuLearn® trainings In-House & On-Site including Maximum Achievement Programs, employee orientations, supervisory & employee, staff, & corporate development trainings, Critical Incident Stress Debriefings & Crisis Management Interventions. Specialize in Design Solution Coaching & Therapy, as well as NLP, NeuroTechnicsSM, Ericksonian Hypnosis, the Brief Therapies, including Solution-Focused, Brief Strategic, Solution-Oriented & Relationship Counseling/Training/Education. Provide job coaching & Executive Recruiting services through ExecuSearch USA, corporate recruitment company. Possess superior business, training, coaching, leadership & creative skills.
Conduct & Provide custom tailored In-House/On-Site ExecuSkillsSM on High Performance, Personal & Professional Performance Mastery & Excellence, Sports Excellence, Communication Excellence, Coaching Excellence, Selling Excellence, Accelerated Learning and Training, Optimum Weight Now programs for weight loss, Stop Smoking Now for smoking cessation, stress-release & self-hypnosis.
Provide continuing education for counselors/therapists/coaches & practice building trainings & products for Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists & National Board Certified Counselors, addictions professionals across the United States.
Work
History
| DATES | POSITION | EMPLOYMENT |
| 1987-Present | President/Owner Modeler/Trainer/Human Performance Improvement Coach, Consultant & Certified Performance Technologist Executive Recruiter |
ExecuLearn® LEARN Institute ExecuSearch USA |
| Psychotherapist/Hypnotherapist | Private Practice | |
| 1987-1990 | Therapist/Aftercare Coordinator Parent Educator/Trainer |
Palmview Hospital, HMA |
| Cognitive Rehabilitation
Therapist Specializing in Brain Injuries |
DeBoskey & Associates | |
| 1984-1987 | Vocational Rehabilitation & Human Relations Counselor | Counseling & Rehabilitation Assoc., Conservco Rehabilitation - Travelers |
| James Watson & Associates | ||
| 1983-1984 | Recruiter/Personnel Consultant | Sun Personnel Services West |
| 1982-1983 | Treatment & Rehabilitation Specialist - Psychiatric |
North Florida Eval. & Treatment Center |
Continuing
Education Provider Status
Approved provider in the State of Florida for:
Agency for Health Care
Administration, DBPR, Clinical Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists
& Licensed Mental Health Counselors BAP#-289-Exp. 3/2009
Certified Board of Addictions Professionals #A-063 Inactive
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification #051-C100 Inactive
Affiliations
International Society of NeuroTechnicsSM
- President
International
Institute of General Semantics, Member
International Society For Performance Improvement, ISPI - Local &
International
ISPI - International Marketing Task Force Chair - 2004
Charter President - Tampa Bay Chapter of ISPI (TBISPI) - 2003-2004
TBISPI VP of Marketing - 2004
American Society Of Training & Development, ASTD – Local & National
ASTD - National Recognition & Awards Task Force
President 2000-2002, Past-President 2003-2004
Vice President Public Relations & Community Affairs -
1999-2000
Society Of Human Resource Management, SHRM National
American Counseling Association
Florida Counseling Association
American Mental Health Counselor Association
Florida Mental Health Counselor Association
Suncoast Mental Health Counselor Association
National Board for Certified Counselors, NBCC & Master
Addictions Counselor (MAC)
National Board of Clinical Certified Hypnotherapists, NBCFCH - Fellow
American Council of Hypnotist Examiners - Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Society Of Neuro-Semantics, Co-Founder, Founding Journal Editor-In-Chief
Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Licensed Trainer & Master Practitioner
Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Licensed NLP Change
Master(tm)
University of Florida - Gator Alumni
University of South Florida - Alumni
Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, FL - Inactive
Plant City Chamber of Commerce, Plant City, FL - Inactive
Previous Board Member & Drug-Free Workplace Chair -
3 Years
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society - University of South
Florida
Continuing
Education Log - 1988-2008
Licensed Mental Health Counselor,
National Certified Counselor, NBCC, Master Addictions Counselor, MAC, NBCC,
Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy, NBCFCH, Certified Hypnotherapist,
ACHE, Certified Trainer/Master Practitioner & Practitioner Of NLP &
Advanced Master Trainer of NeuroTechnicsSM, Certified
Design Human Engineering Specialist, Certified Performance Technologist, CPT, Qualified
Teacher of Hypnosis – State Of Florida Guidelines.
November 1988 Active Parenting
Leadership Certification Workshop, Total Hours: 8.0
June 1989 Florida Association of Professional Hypnotists Hypnosis Training,
Basic and Intermediate, Total Hours: 13.0
July 1989 Cheatwood Research Institute, Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Introductory 3 Day Weekend, Total Hours: 30.0
July 1989 Cheatwood Research Institute, Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Practitioner And Trainer Programs, 15 Day Programs, Total Hours: 150.0
August 1989 Active Parenting Training of Trainers Workshop, Total Hours:
23.0
November 1989 DeBoskey and Associates Memory and Neuropsychological Testing,
Total Hours: 6.0
January 1990 Association For Specialists in Group Work, 1990 ASGW National
Conference, Empowering People Through Group Work, Total Hours: 2.3
(Attended 21.0 Hrs. of Group workshops - Qualifies for Group Training for
Substance Abuse)
May 1990 Program to Aid Drug-Abusers, Inc., RBT Multicultural Counseling With
Alcoholics and Other Chemically Dependent People, Total Hours: 6.0
(Substance Abuse)
May 1990 Institute for Cortext Research & Development, Presenter: Charlie
Spielberger Stress, Emotions, and Health, Total Hours: 6.0
June 1990 The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., Intensive Training
Program, Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis and Brief Psychotherapy,
Total Hours: 40 (Substance Abuse 5.0 Hrs.)
June 1990 The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc. and The Center for Personal
and Family Development, Four-Day Intensive on Ericksonian Hypnosis and Brief
Psychotherapy, Total Hours: 24.0 (Substance Abuse 4.0)
July 1990 The Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and NLP Products and
Promotions, Accelerated Master Practitioner/Modeler Certification Training,
Designing Propulsion Systems for the Treatment of Compulsivity, Total Hours:
108.0
November 1990 The Southern Institute of NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Integration Weekend, Total Hours: 12.0
Nov.- Dec.1990 Florida Association of Counseling And Development, State
Conference Overcoming Barriers To Personal Change Through Ericksonian Hypnosis,
Total Hours: 3.0
Healing And The Unconscious Mind: Ericksonian Techniques and therapy,
Total Hours: 3.0
December 1990 The Southern Institute of NLP Unlocking The Hypnotic Puzzle,
Advanced Hypnosis Workshop, Richard Bandler, Ph.D., Total Hours: 10.0
February 1991 The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc. Advanced Training
Program Ericksonian Clinical Hypnosis and Brief Psychotherapy, Total
Hours: 40.0 (Substance Abuse 5.0 Hrs.)
June 1991 Drug-free Workplace Seminar Sponsored by Tampa Chamber Of Commerce,
EAP & The DFW, Florida Psychiatric Associates; Legal Issues & The DFW,
John Breckenridge, Attorney At Law; Education & Community Resources for
Substance Abuser, Devereaux Corporation, Total Hours: 6.0 (Substance Abuse)
August 1991 Operation PAR, Inc. Drugs and Alcohol In The Workplace- Preventing
This Hostile Takeover, Sponsored by the Office for Treatment Improvement, US
Attorney’s Office, Middle Florida District, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Total
Hours: 10.0 (Substance Abuse)
December 1991 American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, A Workshop on Clinical
Hypnosis, Tampa, Florida, Total Hours: 21.0
February 1992 Advanced Training Institute, Jim and Lynette Peal & Dr. Richard
Bandler, Advanced
Hypnotherapy Program for certification through ACHE, Advanced Techniques for
habit control & addictive behaviors, NLP as an Application of Hypnosis, Total Hours:150.0 (Substance Abuse 10.0
hrs)
April 1992 International Association of NLP, IANLP Annual Conference 3-Day
Training Various Programs on NLP Applied to Business and Therapy, Total Hours:
16.0
1992 American Society Of Clinical Hypnosis, Florida Chapter FSCH, Advanced
Workshop on Hypnosis, Tampa, Florida, Total Hours: 24.0
July 1992 Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA- MRI Brief Strategic Therapy
Symposium 1 Week conference, Total Hours: 28.0
November 1992 Brief Family Therapy Center, Steve DeShazer, Insoo Berg, Scott
Miller SOLUTION-FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY Counseling the Problem Drinker, ADVANCED
LEVEL Nov. 8-13, 1992, Week-long,
Total Hours: 35.0 (Substance Abuse 6.0 hrs.)
June 1993 Drug Free Workplace: Intervention Strategies & Supervisor
Training, Michael Sonneveldt, MA, Program Director for Alcohol & Substance
Abuse Program, ASAP, Sponsored by Plant City Chamber Of Commerce, Drugs Don’t
Work Program, Total Hours: 4.0 (Substance Abuse)
July 1993 EAP & The DFW: EAP Process & Supervisor Training
Model, Sponsored by the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Conducted by Bob Challenger,
EAP Professional & Mike Cole, CEAP Specialist, Total Hours: 4.0 (Substance
Abuse)
August 1993 The Society Of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Neurosonics, Inc.,
Richard Bandler, Ph.D., Design Human Engineering/Advanced Hypnosis Workshop 1
Week, The Dynamics of Propulsive & Compulsive Behavior, Total Hours: 60.0
August 1993 The Society Of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Richard Bandler, Ph.D.
Trainer's Training in NLP & Hypnosis 1 Week, Total Hours: 60.0
1994 DSM- IV Training, Diagnosis & Assessment, Michael First, MD, Editor of
DSM IV, Sponsored by Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida, Total
Hrs.= 6.0 (Includes Substance Abuse Diagnosis & Assessment)
May 1994 ASCH, Clinical Hypnosis Workshop, Florida Chapter of ASCH, Advanced
Hypnosis Workshop, Total Hours: 20.0
February 1995 IPAT, 16 PF Test Training for Administration of 16 PF Tampa,
Florida, Total Hours: 6.0
July 1995 National Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors, NAADAC
‘95, 19th Annual Conference on Addiction Treatment, On to The Future:
Professional Adventures: Brief Strategic Treatment Strategies & Relapse
Prevention Therapy, Terence Gorski, Total Hours: 3.0 (Substance Abuse)
Sexual Compulsivity & Addiction: Diagnosis, Interview, Process, Treatment,
Lloyd J. Gordon, MD, Total Hours: 2.0 (Substance Abuse)
Appreciating Gender Differences in Recovery, Robert Ackerman, Ph.D., Total
Hours: 1.5 (Substance Abuse)
General Membership Meeting Addressing Addiction Issues & Certification,
Total Hours: 1.5 (Substance Abuse)
DOT Guidelines For Substance Abuse Professionals, Post-Conference Workshop,
Kathy Benson, NCAC II, CAODAC, Total Hours: 7.0 (Substance Abuse), Total
Hours: 15.0
July 1995 DSM- IV Training, Applications Of the DSM-IV, Determining Cause Effect
Relationships between Medical Conditions, Substance Abuse & Psychopathology,
Michael First, MD, Editor of DSM IV, Sponsored by the Florida Mental Health
Institute, Tampa, Florida, Total Hrs.: 7.0 (Highly focused on Assessment
of Substance Abuse & treatment)
September 1995 Contemporary Approaches to Treatment for Substance
Abuse, Alex Stalcup, M.D., Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior (IAHB).,
Total Hrs.: 12.0 (Substance Abuse)
February 9-13, 1996 17th Annual Training Institute On Addictions, Clearwater
Beach, Florida, Institute for Integral Development:
| Substance Abuse, Violence & The American Way: Prevention & Treatment | Phil Diaz, MSW |
| The Silence Of the Lambs: The Addicted Family & the ACOA Movement | Claudia Black, PhD |
| The Decade OF the Brain: New Advances in Treatment Of Alcoholism/Other Drugs | Mark Gold, MD |
| Dual Disorders: Update on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse & Dual Diagnosis | Mark Gold, MD |
| Healing the Legacy of Shame in the Addicted Family | Claudia Black, PhD |
| The Mind & Ego Of Addiction: Changing Our Cognitive & Behavioral Maps | Albert Ellis, PhD |
| Values, Self-Esteem & Addictive Behavior: The Impact Of Negative Self-Criticism | Sid Simon, EdD |
| Applications of Rational Emotive Therapy to the Addictions | Albert Ellis, PhD |
| Treating Personality Disorders with REBT | Albert Ellis, PhD |
| How To Stop Being Miserable- An Evening with | Albert Ellis, PhD |
| Overcoming Disadvantages: Macaroni At Midnight | Don Bartlette, PhD |
| Toxic Love: Facing Love & Sex Addiction | Pia Mellody, RN, CAC |
| A Celebration of the Body & Its Voices: An Experience Of Empowerment | Carolyn Braddock, MA |
| It Happened One Monday: A Native American’s Experience of Alcoholism | Don Bartlette, PhD |
| Becoming Your Natural Therapeutic Self | Bunny Czarnopys, PhD |
| Facing the Millennium: Will We Live in An Addictive Society? | Stephen Glenn |
| Family Matters, Family Secrets: Echoes in Addictive Behavior | Terry Kellogg, CCDP |
| Food For Thought: The Brain, Nutrition & Recovery | Jeff Fortuna, Dr.PH |
| When Food is a Feeling | Marvel Harrison, PhD |
| The Heart Of The Matter: The Chemically Dependent Family System | JoAnn Krestan, MA |
| Intimacy & Relationships | Terry Kellogg/Marvel Harrison, PhD |
| Special Workshop on Techniques & Strategies for Working with Chemically Dependent Families | JoAnn Krestan, MA |
| Total Hrs.: 28.0 (Substance Abuse) |
April 12, 1996 Trauma & Transformation, State
of the Art Treatment Techniques, Traumatic Incident Reduction Training, Florida
Mental Health Counselors Association, Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Total
Hrs.: 6.5
April 12, 1996 Domestic Violence Training, Florida Mental Health Counselors
Association, Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Total Hrs.: 1.0
May 1996 Overview of Sex Therapy Techniques, Ron DeMao, Ph.D., Tampa General
Healthcare, University Psychiatry Center, Tampa, FL, Total Hrs.: 1.0
February 1997 Domestic Violence Overview/Update, Terrie J. McGuire, BS, MBA,
from The Spring, sponsored by TGH-University Psychiatry Center, Prov. #
CM-164-Exp. 1/97, Total Hrs.: 3.0
April 1997 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, The Basic Workshop, 2 Day
Training sponsored by St. Joseph’s Hospital-Psychiatric Care Center, Presented
by MECA, Inc.- Diane F. Fojt, BS, REMT-P, ICISF Approved,
Total Hrs.: 14.0
Robbins Research International - Attended "Unleash the Power Within"
(3 Day Weekend - 30 Hrs.) & Breakthrough to a Vital Life (1 day - 6 Hrs.)
& Sales Mastery Course (1 day - 8 Hrs.)
May 1997 EMDR Level I Training, 2 1/2 Day Basic Training sponsored by EMDR
Institute, Inc., Presented by Steven Silver, Ph.D., Total Hrs.: 17.0
May 1998 Meta-States & NLP Basic Certification Training, Level I, 2 Day, NLP
Of Gastonia, Gastonia, NC, NBCC Provider, Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.,
Total Hrs.: 14.0
July 1998 Meta-States & NLP Basic Certification Training, Level I & II,
4 Day, NLP Of Texas, Houston, TX, Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Total
Hrs.: 28.0
October 1998 Meta-States as Applied to Business, Engineering Business
Excellence, LEARN Institute Of Neuro-Semantics, Meta-States & NLP, Tampa,
FL, Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Total Hrs.: 6.0
October 1998 Meta-States & NLP Basic Certification Training, Level I &
II, 4 Day, LEARN Institute of Neuro-Semantics, Meta-States & NLP, Tampa, FL,
Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Total Hrs.: 28.0
November 1998 Merging of the Models: When NLP Meets General Semantics, 3 Day,
Post Graduate NLP & Professional Medical Education, London, England,
Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Total Hrs.: 21.0
November 1998 Submodality Secrets Revealed: Updating the Submodality Model, ANLP
Conference, London, England, Presented by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Total Hrs.:
3.0
February 1999 Mind-Lines: Conversational Reframing, 2 Day, Presented by L.
Michael Hall, Ph.D., Olic Performance Trainings, NYC, NY, Total Hrs.: 14.0
July 1999 Basic & Advanced Meta-States & Neuro-Semantics Certification
Training, 7 Day, by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., LEARN Institute, Clearwater, FL,
Total Hrs.: 45.0
November 2000 Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture, Institute Of General Semantics,
NYC, NY, Total Hrs.: 1.5
November 2000 1 Day General Semantics Training, Various Trainers, Panel
Presentations focusing on Application of General Semantics Principles and
Methods, Institute of General Semantics, NYC, NY, Total Hrs.: 6.0
January 2000 Meta-Selling: Selling Excellence with Meta-States & Neuro-Semantics,
2 Day, by L. Michael Hall,
Ph.D., LEARN Institute, Tampa, FL, Total Hrs.: 12.0
February 2000 Secrets Of Personal Mastery, Meta-States & Neuro-Semantics
& NLP Excellence Skills, 2 Day, by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., LEARN Institute,
Safety Harbor, FL, Total Hrs.: 21.0
May 4 & 5, 2000 Meta-Wealth: Wealth Building Excellence, Meta-States
& Neuro-Semantics & NLP Excellence Skills, 2 Day, by L. Michael Hall,
Ph.D., LEARN Institute, Tampa, FL, Total Hrs.: 12.0
May 6, 7 & 8, 2000 Frame Games: Persuasion Elegance, Meta-States &
Neuro-Semantics & NLP Excellence Skills, by L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., LEARN
Institute, Tampa, FL, Total Hrs.: 18.0
July 13-18, 2000 Meta-States & Neuro-Semantics Trainers Training, by L.
Michael Hall, Ph.D., LEARN Institute, Tampa, FL, Total Hrs.: 40.0
June 2001 The Ultimate Master Stage Hypnosis Training, by Ormond McGill &
Jerry Valley, Las Vegas, NV, Total Hrs.: 40.0
June 2001 1 Day Magic in Presentations & Techniques, by Ormond McGill &
Chuck Mignosa, Abracadabra, Las Vegas, NV, Total Hrs.: 6.0
July 14 -22, 2001 Meta-NLP Practitioner Certification Training, by Elvis Lester, L.
Michael Hall, Ph.D. & Bob Bodenhamer, LEARN Institute, Palm Harbor, FL, Total Hrs.:
42.0
July 14 -22, 2001 Meta-NLP Practitioner Certification Training, by Elvis Lester, L.
Michael Hall, Ph.D. & Bob Bodenhamer, LEARN Institute, Palm Harbor, FL, Total Hrs.:
42.0
October 2001, American Society For Training & Development - National
Leadership Conference, 4 Day Training, Non-Profit Board Governance & Chapter
Leadership
October 2001, Science & Sanity Intensive Training (Part 1 of Certification
Training for Trainers of General Semantics authorized by the Institute of
General Semantics - Trainers Training Program), by Bruce Kodish, Ph.D. &
Homer Moore, Institute Of General Semantics, NYC, NY, Total Hrs.: 24.0
Feb-March 2002, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL - Persuasion
Engineering, Trainers Training - 40 Hours
July 2002, New Ways to Navigate - General Semantics Seminar (Part 2 of
Certification Trainer for Trainers Of General Semantics authorized by the
Institute of General Semantics, - Trainers Training Program), by Milton Dawes,
Bruce Kodish, Jeff Mordkowitz, Steve Stockdale, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Total
Hrs.: 27 hours (3 CEU's)
October 3, 2002, The New Strategic Thinking & Planning - Richard Kaufman,
Greater Orlando International Society for Performance Improvement, ISPI, Total
Hrs.: 1 hour
January 2003, ASTD TechKnowledge® 2003 Conference & Exposition, Truth in
E-Learning, Orlando, FL:
| Flash MX: Getting Started with the Tool Everyone Wants - 7.0 Hrs. | Thomas Toth Rainbow Technologies |
| E-Learning Boot Camp - 2.5 Hrs. | ASTD TechKnowledge |
| E-Learning By Doing - 1.5 Hrs. | Roger Schank Socratic Arts Inc. |
| Experience the Knowledge Reuse Revolution - 1.0 Hr. | Bill Redeen, KMI |
| A Low-Bandwidth, Blended Community-Driven Approach to E-Learning - .5 Hrs. | Chad Fife |
| Low Cost E-Learning for Today: Enterprise Learning Plans for Tomorrow - 1.5 Hrs. | Brandon Hall |
| Return of Flash, Band, Pow: Flash MX Creation Station - 1.5 Hrs. | Thomas Toth Rainbow Technologies |
| Implementing A Synchronous Web Classroom - 1.5 Hrs. | Kerry Kaczorowki
& Dons Medley, Vertex, Inc. |
| Creating Learning Interactions with Coursebuilder, Creation Station - 1.5 Hrs. | Betsy Bruce & Dana Joy, Gateway Learning |
| M-Learning: Present & Future - 1.5 Hrs. | David Metcalf, RWD Tech |
| Ramping Up Your Synchronous Online Learning Skills - 1.0 Hrs. | Paula Moreira New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc. |
| E-Learning: Caught in the Crossfire - 1.O hrs. | Panel: Marc Rosenburg Allison Rossett William Horton Lance Dublin |
| How to Build Effective Online Learning Simulations - 1.0 Hrs. | Bjorn Billhardt Enspire Learning, Inc. |
| Global Study on Knowledge Sharing Practices Across Disciplines - 1.0 Hrs. | Steve Goodfellow AccessKM |
| Total Hrs.: 24.0 (E-Learning) |
Feb-March 2003, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL - Persuasion
Engineering, Trainers Training & DHE - 120 Hours
April 2003, Tampa Bay ISPI, Performance
Improvement: An Attitude, A Discipline, A Future with Judith Hale, Ph.D., CPT - Intensive - 1-Day Training,
Tampa, FL: 6 Hours
July 2003, Tampa Bay ISPI, Strategic Planning
& Performance Improvement Workshop, Roger Kaufman, Ph.D., CPT - Intensive - 1-Day
Training, Tampa, FL: 7 hours
October 2003, Milton Erickson Foundation,
Phoenix, AZ - Archives Review - 32 Hours
Feb. 2004, Tampa Bay ISPI, Tampa, FL - Performance-Based
Instruction, Dale Brethower, Ph.D. - 6 Hours
Feb-March 2004, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL - Trainers Training & DHE - 96 Hours
March 2004, Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association,
Tampa, FL - Medical Errors & Domestic Violence, 3 Hours
April 18-20, 2004, International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI),
Tampa, FL - HPT Principles In Practice, 3 Day Workshop - 24 Hours.
April 21-23, 2004, International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI),
Tampa, FL - 42nd International Conference & Expo, 3 Day Conference, 24 Hours.
May 2004, Tampa Bay ISPI Chapter Monthly
Luncheon Meeting & Half-Day Workshop
with Richard Gerson, Ph.D., CPT - Marketing HPT & PI - 4.5 Hours
October
14, 2004, Tampa Bay ISPI Chapter
Monthly Luncheon Meeting & Half-Day Workshop
with Anne Apking, CPT, Topic: Linking Learning to Business Results, 4.5 Hours
October 15, 2004, Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association (SMHCA), The
Baker Act: An Introduction and Update for LMHCs, Instructor - Martha Lenderman,
State of Florida Approved Baker Act Trainer - 3.0 Hours
November 11, 2004, Tampa Bay ISPI, Tampa, FL - Chapter Luncheon Meeting -
Presentation Topic: Creating Peak
Performance During Training & On-the-Job: Why you should & how you can;
Half-Day Workshop - Achieving Peak
Performance in the Workplace: While documenting the CPT Standards - Presenter:
Dale Brethower, Ph.D. - 5.0 Hours
November 18, 2004, ASTD Suncoast, Tampa, FL - Incentives, Motivation and
Workplace Performance: Best Practices - Evening Meeting with Harold Stolovitch,
PhD., CPT - 1 Hour
November 19, 2004, ASTD Suncoast, Tampa, FL - Telling Ain't Training & Training
Ain't Performance with Harold Stolovitch, PhD., CPT - 6 Hours
January 19-22, 2005, 26th Annual Training Institute on Addictive Disorders &
Behavioral Health, Clearwater Beach, FL - Institute for Integral Development -
24 Hours
| Addictive Disorders: The Legacy of Shame - 1.5 Hrs. | Claudia Black, PhD |
| The Three Waves of Therapy: Where the Therapy Field has Been & Where It is Going - 1.5 Hrs. | Bill O'Hanlon, MS |
| Double Jeopardy: Addiction & Depression - 1.25 Hrs. | Claudia Black, PhD |
| Women & Substance Abuse: Clinical Considerations - 1.5 Hr. | Claudia Black, PhD |
| Addiction: A Case of the "Needs" - 1.0 Hrs. | Carlton Erickson, PhD |
| Mental Health Assessment & Suicide Risk: Clinical Considerations - 1.0 Hrs. | Patrick DeChello, PhD |
| Research Advances on the Treatment of Addictive Disorders - 1.0 Hrs. | William White, MA |
| Commonalities, Truths & Myths: Exploding Myths - 1.25 Hrs. | Carlton Erickson, PhD |
| Help Me! My Brain Has More Than One Disease: Co-occurring Disorders - 1.5 Hrs. | Carlton Erickson, PhD |
| The Brain, Trauma & Behavior - 1.0 Hrs. | Colin Ross, MD |
| The Neurochemistry of a Binge: Linking Psychotherapy to The Biology of the Brain - 1.0 Hrs. | Ralph Carson, PhD |
| Internet Seductions: Sexual Addictions & the Net - 1.O hrs. | Michael Freeny, MSW |
| Dual Diagnosis & Relapse Prevention: Clinical Strategies - 1.25 Hrs. | Terence Gorski, MA |
| HIV & AIDS: Update for Clinicians - 1.5 Hrs. | Robert Hummel, Sr |
| Internet Seductions: Sexual Addictions & the Net - 1.O hrs. | Michael Freeny, MSW |
| Core Psychotherapeutic Tasks for Clinicians: What the "Experts" Do - 1.5 Hrs. | Don Meichenbaum, PhD |
| Listening To The Wisdom of the Body: From Research to Practice - 1.5 Hrs. | Christine Page, MD |
| Intuition & Our Quest for Personal Development - 1.25 Hrs. | Christine Page, MD |
| The Exquisite Rhythms of the Body & Their Role in Wellness - 1.25 Hrs. | Christine Page, MD |
| Total Hrs.: 24.0 (Substance Abuse) |
February 2005 – Carl Binder,
PhD, CPT,. Fluency Building & Performance Improvement, Luncheon & Half-Day
workshop – 4.5 hours
Feb-March 2005, Richard
Bandler & John LaValle, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL – Assisted with Persuasion
Engineering – 3 day training, Design Human Engineering (DHE) 6 day training, NLP
Charisma Enhancement/Trainers Training - 6 Day - 90 Hours
April 2005 – ISPI International Conference,
Vancouver, Canada - 4 day conference – 24 hours
August 2005 – Roger Kaufman, PhD, CPT – Mega – Half-day workshop sponsored by
Tampa Bay ISPI – 4.5 hours
October 2005 – Wayne Brantley, PMP, Project Management & HPT - How Project
Management is Cool for HPT, Luncheon & Half-Day workshop – 4.5 hours
October 21-23, 2005 – Identity Compass, Arne Maus, Hamburg, Germany – 2 ½ day
training – 20 hours
October 25-26, 2005 - Robert Dilts – Leadership & Business Coaching, 2 day
training - Hamburg, Germany – 12.0 hours
January 2006 - Identity Compass - Licensed Trainer's Training (3 Day) - Arne
Maus, Identity Compass - Tampa, Florida - 20 hours
Feb-March 2006, Richard
Bandler & John LaValle, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL – Assisted with Persuasion
Engineering – 5 day training, NLP Charisma Enhancement/Trainers Training - 80 Hours
February 2006 - TBISPI - Jack Wolf - Information Gathering - 1/2 day - 4 hours
June 10-16, 2006 - NLP Practitioner & Master Practitioner - Instructor - 40 hours (7
day course) - Orlando, Florida
June 18-20, 2006 - NLP ChangeMastery™ - Instructor - 20 hours
(3 day course) - Orlando, Florida
Feb-March 2007, Richard Bandler & John LaValle, Society of NLP, Orlando, FL –
Assisted with Persuasion Engineering – 3 day training, Meditation, Magick &
Change 6 day training, NLP
Charisma Enhancement/Trainers Training - 6 day - 120 Hours
Feb. 27 - March 4, 2007 - Meditation, Magick & Change (NLP & Hypnosis) with
Richard Bandler & John La Valle - 36 hours - Orlando, Florida
July 2007, NLP Practitioner & Master Practitioner, NLP
Changework - Instructor - Orlando, Florida - Society of NLP (52 hours)
February - March, 2008, Persuasion Engineering®, DHE, Trainers Training
(Assistant Instructor) - Orlando, Florida - Society of NLP (90 Hours)
CONTINUING
EDUCATION SUMMARY OF HOURS
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Neuro-Semantics & Meta-States, Modeling/Advanced Communication/Persuasion-Influence, Performance Improvement - Contact Hrs.: (Includes Advanced Hypnotic Training) | 1682.0 Hrs. |
| Hypnosis Contact Hrs.: | 633.0 Hrs. |
| Public Speaking/Trainers Training: (Includes NLP, NS/Meta-States & NLP Trainers Training) |
464.0 Hrs. |
| Performance Improvement Contact Hrs.: | 586.0 Hrs. (does not reflect TBISPI monthly meetings - 3 years attendance) |
| Brief Therapy Contact Hrs.: | 167.0 Hrs. |
| General Semantics: | 57.0 Hrs. |
| Trauma/Abuse Training Hrs.: (includes CISD, EMDR & Dom. Viol.) |
105.0 Hrs. |
| CISD Basic Training: | 14.0 Hrs. |
| Domestic Violence Training: | 5.0 Hrs. |
| EMDR Training - Basic I (focus on PTSD): | 17.0 Hrs. |
| Medical Errors Contact Hrs.: | 7.0 Hrs. |
| Substance Abuse Contact Hrs.: | 152.0 Hrs. |
| LMHC - Baker Act Training Hrs.: | 3.0 Hrs. |
| HIV & AIDS: | 3.0 Hrs. |
| E-Learning | 24.0 Hrs. |
Elvis has attended hundreds of hours of monthly meetings, meetings & presentations at local organizations on Performance Improvement, Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, etc. through various organizations/associations. These are not listed in the above Log.

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