NLP Marin Founders
NLP Marin was founded in 1993 by Bob Hoffmeyer and Carl Buchheit and is located in Marin County, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.
Bob and Carl began their first NLP Practitioner course in February 1994 with 23 students. They brought a wealth of experience to the venture. Together they have more than 50 years’ experience assisting people to change, grow, and create a more satisfying and fulfilling experience of life. They have both explored a variety of change modalities and they both continue to participate in new courses and trainings that enable them to evolve personally and to add to their ability to assist others. Their backgrounds include experience in business, leadership development, finance, consulting, teaching, group facilitation, and spiritual counseling. They have experience with both large and small companies. As a result, they are well able to understand and appreciate their students’ needs and desires for both personal development and professional success. In 2006 Bob retired from NLP Marin to pursue his passion in jewelry making. We are grateful for his many contributions.
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Carl Buchheit, M.A. NLP Marin Co-Founder Training Director |
Carl trains from the heart, backed with a brilliant intellect, insatiable curiosity, and unconventional humor. The result is a fun-filled learning experience where all aspects of the students and their lives are welcomed and included. He challenges his students to explore themselves, the world, and life in a way that respects and uplifts everyone.
Carl has been involved in NLP for nearly 25 years. He is certainly one of the finest practitioners of NLP in the world, and quite possibly the busiest. At the beginning of his career Carl trained with Leslie Cameron-Bandler, the co-developer of NLP who was acknowledged for having added heart to the newly evolving technology of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Carl’s main early influence was the mentoring of Jonathan Rice, PhD, a clinical psychologist who was the first to include the methods, techniques, and tools of NLP within a larger professional perspective. Carl continues to learn, and integrate what he learns, from everyone he encounters. His ongoing, intense private practice with clients keeps what he presents fresh and alive.
NLP Marin Trainers and Training Assistants
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Michelle Masters NLP Trainer Training Manager |
Michelle was in the second training that NLP Marin offered in 1994. In 1995, Michelle joined the staff of NLP Marin, bringing with her a wealth of outside experience. As a Trainer she has a brilliant, warm, sensitive and down-to-earth way of bringing NLP to life for each of the students, while supporting a safe and nurturing environment for everyone. As the Training Manager, she oversees a team of experienced training assistants who provide the students with a strong and diverse support system.
In addition to her work as an NLP Marin Trainer, Michelle has an active NLP practice working with individuals and groups in Sonoma County. She is also a public speaker and is sought after as an emcee because of the warmth, humor, and presence she brings to the room.
Training Assistants
Training assistants are selected from among our graduates. They are chosen based on their demonstrated mastery of the material, their application of it in their lives, and a demonstrated high level of skill in working with others. Training Assistants have completed, and are certified at, the Master Practitioner level.
As a result, our training environment is alive with fresh learning opportunities. Our Training Assistants contribute not only their knowledge of NLP, but also their experience of using it as they support students in their learning.