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ePNL program · 100 % online · diploma track

ePNL - Practitioner

Become an ePNL practitioner: a remote program to conduct a structured engagement from diagnosis to transformation, within a clear ethical framework.

100 % remoteSynodeo diplomaIACTMIACTM-accredited diplomaIHAIHA-approved course12-month access
Hours, support and price
137 hTotal training time
4 hOf one-to-one video coaching, included
€1,200incl. tax, i.e. €100 per month over 12 months

Price subject to a pathway adjusted following the diagnostic interview.

What the price includes4 hours of one-to-one video coaching with your referent, to be scheduled freely across your program. This volume is the same for every learner on this program: it is not decided at the diagnostic. It comes with unlimited e-mail support - as many questions as you need on content, deliverables and method, answered within 72 working hours. If you want more video time, additional 4-hour packages (€300, i.e. +€25/month) can be added at any point.
The promise

What you'll actually be able to do.

By the end of this program, you know how to welcome a complex request, translate it into a well-formed goal, check its ecology, conduct an engagement across several sessions, and choose, among ePNL tools, the ones that genuinely serve the client in front of you.

You master the Meta-model and the Milton Model, know how to shift an internal representation through submodalities, conduct a swish pattern and a six-step reframe, and hold a solid ethical framework - able to refer someone out when a request exceeds your scope.

  • Conduct an intake session, set a clear framework and formulate a well-formed, ecological goal.
  • Identify linguistic violations and conduct a Meta-model interview.
  • Build permissive suggestions and use the patterns of the Milton Model.
  • Shift subjective experience through submodalities, conduct a swish pattern and a mapping across.
  • Conduct meaning or context reframing, and the six-step reframe.
  • Use advanced anchoring (collapsing, sliding, chaining).
  • Recognize the limits of your scope and refer a request that falls outside it.
Prerequisites

What you need to start

The Synodeo ePNL - Technician level, or an equivalence recognised during the positioning assessment. Regular practice of Technician-level tools. Availability to conduct real engagements during the program, under Synodeo supervision.

The program

A path built step by step.

01

The model of the world

You revisit presuppositions as an embodied stance, learn to code an observation with precision - beyond the sensory grids research has invalidated - and to map a situation finely so you can adjust your intervention as closely as possible to the client.

02

Language and influence

The linguistic core. You work on the Meta-model (spotting omissions, generalizations, distortions and restoring deep structure) then on the Milton Model, that permissive language which opens spaces for change through presuppositions and ambiguities.

03

Change-work tools

The technical core. You explore submodalities, the swish pattern and mapping across, formulating a well-formed goal and its ecology, meaning and context reframing, the six-step reframe, and advanced anchoring.

04

Professional framework

No framework, no profession. You work on the practitioner's ethics and responsibility, the clear boundary with clinical care and coaching, respectfully referring an out-of-scope request, and supervision as a regular practice.

Zoom in on the content

What you work on, module by module.

One example of method and one case-study excerpt per module - taken directly from the program's courses.

01

The model of the world

Presuppositions & stanceCoding an observation
Method in focus

Coding an observation: note the exact word and its frequency without interpreting it, ask an open clarifying question, then check the precision gained through a reformulation - never diagnosing an assumed sensory system.

Case in focus

Farid repeats "he doesn't respect me" seven times in ten minutes. A first practitioner jumps too quickly to a conclusion about authority and shuts the conversation down. The third repeats the exact word, asks what it concretely covers, and reveals that the discomfort is about the public staging of the disagreement, not the disagreement itself.

02

Language and influence

The Meta-modelThe Milton Model
Method in focus

Conducting a Meta-model interview by choosing your doors rather than opening them all: starting with the most accessible generalization, then the fixed identity, then mind-reading - from the easiest to the most delicate.

Case in focus

Julie sums up her week: "I'm useless, I fail at everything, nobody trusts me." Question after question, never advising her, the practitioner brings her to recall a recent success, a precise and bounded difficulty, and an interpretation to check rather than a sweeping verdict about herself.

03

Change-work tools

SubmodalitiesWell-formed goalsReframing & advanced anchoring
Method in focus

Shifting an intrusive image setting by setting - distance, associated or dissociated mode, volume of the inner voice - testing each change in isolation and systematically checking ecology before concluding.

Case in focus

Camille keeps replaying a failed presentation from two years ago before a meeting with her management. The practitioner moves the image further away, dissociates it, silences the voice that replays the failure - while keeping a useful measure of vigilance, the kind that pushes her to prepare rather than panic.

04

Professional framework

Ethics & responsibilityScope of competence
Method in focus

Handling an out-of-scope request: spotting warning signs without dramatizing, receiving what's said without diagnosing, tactfully referring to a suitable professional, and making sure the person actually follows through toward help.

Case in focus

Léa, a student, says she wants to "feel better before her exams" - but the practitioner notices persistent sadness, sleep trouble, social withdrawal. Rather than working on stress, he refers her to a health professional, without diagnosing, while staying available going forward.

Condensed, anonymized excerpts from the program's case studies - for teaching purposes, not transcripts of real sessions.

How it works

100 % remote, at your own pace - never alone.

The format stays flexible from start to finish: everything happens online, at the pace that suits you, with access maintained for twelve months from enrollment and constant human support.

Online learning

The level's material - Meta-model, Milton Model, change-work tools, professional framework - is studied on demand and tested through case studies whose annotated corrections detail the practitioner's choices, the sound ones as well as the debatable ones.

Personalized coaching

Video sessions with your Synodeo mentor follow your real engagements: goal formulation, the ecology of changes, the moments where you hesitated. Four hours of video coaching are included in the program, alongside unlimited e-mail support.

The black book

Your black book becomes a practitioner's file: several engagements are traced there from first session to closure, with a reflective analysis that also owns up to what didn't work.

Lived practice

No validation on paper: your diploma rests on engagements conducted with real people, supervised, documented and analyzed with clarity.

Assessment

Validated by your practice, not by an exam.

Continuous validation

Assessment moves forward with you: self-corrected checkpoints at every milestone, individually commented case studies, and ongoing review of your black book - your mentor pays particular attention to how well you hold the ethical framework and your ability to refer what falls outside your scope.

Final validation

The program ends with the defense, over video before a Synodeo mentor, of your black book and the reflective analysis built on it, in absolute respect of the confidentiality of the people accompanied.

Diploma & certification

A proven diploma, solid recognition.

At the end of the program, Synodeo awards you its professional diploma. It doesn't certify attendance: it validates competencies actually demonstrated in your black book, tested in real client work and developed with your mentor.

This diploma is part of a dual-recognition model. On one hand, a professional certification backed by an external professional body, which situates your competencies against industry standards. On the other, a professional diploma awarded by Synodeo, which puts the school's own responsibility behind the quality of your training and assessment.

Synodeo designs its own curricula and trains with full pedagogical autonomy; professional recognition, meanwhile, rests on a third party external to the school. The same rigor runs from the first case study to the final defense.

The program track

This level within the path.

This level is for those who want to become a fully-fledged ePNL practitioner: conducting engagements, not just observing. It assumes the skills of the Technician level - validated at Synodeo or recognized on file review during the positioning assessment, since each level remains an independent program. Master Practitioner will then open onto tailored design: meta-programs, logical levels, modeling excellence and a stance of transmission.

Frequently asked questions

What people often ask us.

Can you become an ePNL practitioner without having completed the Technician level?
Yes, if your existing skills allow it: a professional equivalent can be certified by Synodeo on file review, examined during the positioning assessment. What matters is not where your foundations come from, but that they're real - the Meta-model and change-work tools assume rapport, calibration and anchoring are already in place.
What does an ePNL practitioner diploma allow you to do?
To practice helping work with a structured methodology: in independent practice, in coaching, in HR roles, training or management. Let's be transparent: helping work is not a regulated profession, and it's precisely the quality of your framework, your documented practice and your supervision that will set you apart. This program is built to give you those three pillars.
Can ePNL replace psychological care?
No, and you'll learn to say so clearly. ePNL as Synodeo teaches it belongs to the field of well-being and change support, not care: the boundary with the clinical field is a full-fledged content of the program, along with respectfully referring a request that crosses it. A practitioner who knows their limits protects their clients - and their practice.
Do ePNL tools really work?
They produce observable effects in helping work - it's the clinical experience accumulated over decades that has refined them - but these effects depend on the person, the context and the quality of how the session is conducted; research, meanwhile, remains divided on the model. You'll therefore learn them for what they are: useful tools in rigorous hands, never guaranteed recipes.
Professional recognition

A programme recognised by the IACTM.

This programme is recognised by the International Association of Coaches, Therapists & Mentors (IACTM) under Synodeo's accredited-trainer status. Your diploma may carry the IACTM logo, and once you graduate you may apply in your own right for the corresponding IACTM accreditation: Coach.

An accreditation qualifies a programme; it is not a State approval, and it is distinct from the certification of your competencies, which your Synodeo diploma attests. It situates the training against the shared standards of the profession.

This programme is also an IHA Approved Course (International Hypnosis Association): the IHA approves the course, and once qualified you may apply individually for your IHA certification (Certified Practitioner / Master Practitioner of NLP). The IHA logo attests to the course approval; in line with IHA rules, it does not appear on the Synodeo diploma itself.