Biography

Midwest NLP, Inc. began as an idea, and like many ideas became a reality when the owner, Jim Accetta realized that to live his dream, he must pursue his passion of helping people to get what they want, to live their dreams, and to help create a world that people want to belong.

 

Jim discovered NLP in the early 1980’s when NLP was still in its infancy. Then, as a Clinically Certified Substance Abuse Counselor and Family Therapist, Jim incorporated NLP and hypnosis in his individual, group and family work. Jim expanded his use of NLP into the areas of interviewing and program development before moving into the area management and small business development in the early 1990’s. Jim spent the next 14 years incorporating NLP in the development of small businesses, staff training, policy writing, organizational development and marketing. In the late 1990’s, Jim turned his attention back to training and development in the field of NLP and Hypnosis. Jim focused intensely on individual work through coaching and hypnosis, as well as developing his role as a trainer and author in the NLP field.

Jim enjoys time with his family, friends, reading, writing and martial arts. When working, Jim spends his time learning and developing his skills and advancing the field of NLP. Jim’s vision for Midwest NLP, Inc. is “… to help bring NLP into the mainstream of society, where people from all walks of life can experience the magic and power that NLP offers us all.”. Jim currently provides training to individuals and groups, as well as maintaining a private coaching and hypnosis practice. Jim is involved in the following organiations: The Chicago Chapter American Society for Training and Development (CCASTD) The Chicago Organizational Development Network (ODN), The Chicago Organizational Development Institute Chapter (CODIC) President Elect, Coaches Elite-Toastmasters International, International Coaching Federation (ICF), and Coachville, while still maintaining some volunteer work in the substance abuse and dependency field.