IANLP is one of the first and largest NLP standard organizations worldwide. IANLP was founded in 1983 and soon became the world's largest network for NLP teaching trainers with up to 1300 members in it's peak time in 1993/92. Due to various reasons, the offices of the IANLP in the US closed down in 1996/97. In1999, a group of Fellow Member Trainers IANLP from Europe decided to resurrect IANLP and it is presently the focal point for all Fellow Member Trainers worldwide.

Repeatedly, the relationship between NLP training and psychotherapy has been subject to deliberations and discussions in the NLP community at large and the IANLP has frequently been asked questions relating to this issue, as the variety of organizations involved, with differing training standards and certifications are often confusing for those interested in obtaining NLP psychotherapy training. Please explore the following links that provide information on this topic:

• What is NLP?
  Read NLP-Wiki homepage
• History of IANLP and NLP
  How IANLP and NLP started
• Distinction of NLP and NLPt
  NLP is not a therapeutic model. The application of NLP in therapy is one only of its wide variety of contextual applications.
• Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology of NLP
  The ultimate frame: Epistemology of Neurolinguistic Programming
• Ethical aspects of NLP training and the IANLP
  The continual growth of NLP has come with a price...read more...
• Historical document
  Membership Directory 1992 - 1993 (25 MB!)
• Fraud alert
  Not everyone who claims to be associated with the IANLP International Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming is legitimately connected...read more...

Repeatedly, the relationship between NLP training and psychotherapy has been subject to deliberations and discussions in the NLP community at large and the IANLP has frequently been asked questions relating to this issue, as the variety of organizations involved, with differing training standards and certifications are often confusing for those interested in obtaining nlp psychotherapy training.

• General Statement of the IANLP (see Chapter 'Distinction of NLP and NLPt')
• History and theoretical foundations of Neuro-Linguistic Psychotherapy