My NLP Journey – Building Something From Nothing
Andreas Dorn 
Nobody knew NLP, when I started NLP in Malaysia. I had to introduce this methodology of change - neuro linguistic programming - to Malayisia.
When I began my NLP journey in 2003, I thought there was only one outcome:
Becoming a Certified NLP Practitioner.
I wasn’t aware of any other step. Why?
Because in Malaysia, hardly anyone even knew NLP existed.
Even becoming a Master Practitioner was more of an accident than a plan.
In between, I added additional certificates - Timeline Therapy® Techniques and Hypnosis.
By 2005/2006, something in me woke up.
The loss of my beloved job in an HR Consulting Company partially triggered this motivation.
I signed up to become a Trainer. Not because I had big dreams of titles.
But because I wanted to secure my existence – to become a trainer.
I traveled to Australia to become a NLP Trainer with the American Board of NLP and Tad and Adriana James.
23 days of transformative training!
When I came back, and after an additional stint leading a global project, I jumped into the deep pool.
Decided to introduce NLP to Malaysia.
The thing is - there was no “NLP market” here.
No one was waiting for me. I had to create the interest from scratch.
Meeting people. Running small workshops. Training the first groups of Practitioners.
It was the real beginning.
And instead of climbing a ladder of titles, I widened my skills:
👉 Trainer and Master Trainer of the Language & Behaviour Profile (“Words That Change Minds”).
👉 Trainer and Master Trainer of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.
👉 Trainer of NLP Master Coaching.
👉 Trainer of Time Line Therapy® Master Practitioner.
I travelled. Australia. Europe. The US.
Always expanding, adding new ways of teaching, practicing, and transforming.
Refining how change actually happens in real people, under real pressure.
Deepening my skills in Hypnosis.
👉 Street Hypnosis
👉 Ultra Depth Hypnosis
👉 Dave Elman's Rapid Inductions
👉 Ericksonian Conversational Hypnosis
👉 Scientific Hypnosis
Even in the last two years, I continued – revisiting fundamentals, refining LAB Profile distinctions, pushing reframing further.
This time - late nights in front of a screen.
For me, it has never been about chasing titles.
It was about learning how behaviour really shifts.
When it sticks or collapses.
And why most interventions miss their mark.
Along the way, something else emerged: the ability to see developmental patterns.
Not techniques in isolation, but how beliefs, values, identity, and behaviour interact under stress.
And it all led somewhere specific.
👉 Today, my work is simple to describe — even if it took years to earn:
Teaching leaders and professionals how to influence when emotions rise, resistance appears, or control slips. Through working at the right level, at the right moment.
The image attached shows some of my main teachers to whom I am grateful forever.
And if change interests you, contact me and let’s have a conversation.
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