Richard Bandler

Richard Bandler is an American author and trainer who co-founded neuro-linguistic programming with John Grinder in the 1970s.

John Grinder: John Grinder is an American linguist and author who co-founded neuro-linguistic programming with Richard Bandler. Grinder collaborated with Bandler to develop NLP in the 1970s.
Neuro-linguistic programming: Neuro-linguistic programming is a set of communication and personal-development methods built around claims about language, thought, and behavior. It is the field Bandler co-founded and the main subject of his training.
The Structure of Magic: The Structure of Magic is a two-volume work by Richard Bandler and John Grinder introducing the Meta Model of language. This 1975 book set out an early framework from Bandler and Grinder's collaboration.
NLP research: NLP research examines the effectiveness and theoretical claims of neuro-linguistic programming through empirical studies and reviews. Research has not established strong evidence for many distinctive NLP claims promoted by Bandler and others.
Virginia Satir: Virginia Satir was an American psychotherapist known for her work in family therapy and human communication. Bandler and Grinder modeled Satir's communication practices in developing NLP.
Modeling (neuro-linguistic programming): Modeling in NLP is the practice of analyzing and reproducing patterns associated with another person's skill or behavior. Bandler used modeling to derive teachable patterns from psychotherapists' work.
Frogs into Princes: Frogs into Princes is a 1979 book by Richard Bandler and John Grinder based on their NLP seminars. It helped present Bandler's seminar methods to a wider audience.
Pseudoscience: Pseudoscience consists of claims or practices presented as scientific without adequate support from scientific methods and evidence. Critics classify NLP as pseudoscience because its central claims lack reliable empirical support.
Fritz Perls: Fritz Perls was a German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded Gestalt therapy. Bandler's early work drew on Perls's therapeutic methods.
Meta Model: The Meta Model is an NLP questioning framework for identifying omissions, generalizations, and distortions in speech. Bandler and Grinder presented it as a way to clarify the language patterns they had modeled.

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