Andrew T. Austin explores the patterns that shape human behaviour, identity, relationships and change.
Drawing on his work in therapy, coaching and metaphor, this channel examines stalking, family systems, personal boundaries, neurodiversity and psychological change. You'll also find Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT), Metaphors of Movement, Tarot, Qabalah, archetypes and Western esotericism.
For training with Andrew, follow the Metaphors of Movement and IEMT training links below. Join The Metaphor Society for its teaching archive and further study, or explore the free articles and IEMT Wiki.
Join my mailing list for free recordings on NLP, language and hypnosis.
The links also include self-paced courses, resources for existing trainees and the Historia Illius Itineris esoteric study group. Choose the route that fits your interests and experience.
Andrew T. Austin
You don’t have to take in every detail of the IEMT Practitioner course on the first viewing. Participants receive a year’s access to the recordings and course materials. I’m teaching the next live online course on 12–16 October 2026. The full fee is £400.
integratedeyemovementtherapies.com/training-dates-…
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Reactive and responsive: two words that can sound almost interchangeable in everyday conversation.
This video from the archive takes them as its subject, looking at emotions and the social emotion set. If you’re exploring that distinction, here’s the video to watch.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3-UK...
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What happens when speaking a truth challenges the family’s preferred picture of itself?
In this archive video, I explore truth and punishment in facade-driven families, including the use of truth to punish and the response when someone challenges the family facade.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL46J...
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For those planning IEMT Advanced Practitioner training: 9–13 November 2026, online with me. Sessions run Monday–Thursday, 10am–2pm, and Friday, 10am–noon, UK time. The fee is £400. This course is for people who have already completed Practitioner training with an approved trainer. Full details are here:
integratedeyemovementtherapies.com/advanced-practi…
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“The difficult one.” “The sensible one.” “The one who always needs help.”
Family descriptions can become remarkably durable. A person changes, yet everyone continues responding to the role they were assigned years ago. Even evidence of change gets squeezed into the old story.
The Enforced Narrative explores how these identities are maintained, and what happens when someone no longer fits the part.
23nlpeople.com/the-enforced-narrative/
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For those who follow my work on symbolism and Hermetic Qabalah, here’s an introduction to the Qlippoth series from the archive.
If you’ve encountered the later videos first, this is a place to begin before returning to the individual subjects in the series.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_VyK...
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The October IEMT Practitioner course has two main parts: emotional imprints and identity. Alongside the eye movement patterns, we’ll explore calibration and the different references people make to “I”, “me”, “self” and “you”. Training runs online on 12–16 October 2026. The full outline is here:
integratedeyemovementtherapies.com/training-dates-…
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A difficult point gets raised. The discussion turns to the way it was said.
This video from the archive looks at tone policing in facade-driven families: what happens when attention moves from the original issue to the person’s manner of expressing it.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzyY_...
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A reminder for previous Metaphors of Movement trainees: The Ground Work: Supports runs online on 21–25 September 2026, from 2–4pm UK time each day. The fee is £300, with recordings available for 12 months afterwards. You’ll need to have completed Levels 1 and 2 before joining.
metaphorstraining.com/course-outline-for-level-3/
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Training rooms have their own social hierarchies. Who trained with whom, who knows the famous trainer, who has the latest certificate: all of it can become a currency.
Meanwhile, the question of what someone can actually do gets rather less attention.
I've written about these status games in NLP and other training cultures, including what happens when disagreement is treated as a personal defect.
23nlpeople.com/nlp-status-games/
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