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The
Individuals that Created NLP John Grinder John Grinder.John Grinder is a co-founder with Richard Bandler of
the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Having graduated from the
University of San Francisco (USF) with a degree in psychology in the early
1960's, Grinder entered the United States military service where he served
as a Green Beret in Europe during the Cold War. As a result of his gift
for acquiring languages, he also spent time as an operative for a well
known US intelligence agency. Upon returning to college in later 1960's,
Grinder studied Linguistics, for which he received his Ph.D. from the
University of California at San Diego. As a linguist, Grinder distinguished himself in the area of syntax, working within Noam Chomsky's theories of transformational grammar. After studying with cognitive science founder George Miller at Rockefeller University, Grinder was selected as a professor of linguistics at the newly founded University of California campus at Santa Cruz. His works in the area of linguistics include Guide to Transformational Grammar (co-authored with Suzette Elgin, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1973) and On Deletion Phenomena in English (Mouton & Co., 1972) and numerous articles. At UC Santa Cruz Grinder met Richard Bandler, who was a student of psychology. Bandler began studying psychotherapy and invited Grinder to participate in his therapy groups. Grinder became fascinated with the linguistic patterns used by effective therapists, and in 1974 teamed up with Bandler to make a model, drawing from the theory of transformational grammar, of the language patterns used by Gestalt Therapy founder Fritz Perls, family therapist Virginia Satir and Hypnotherapist Milton H. Erickson. Over the next three years Grinder and Bandler continued to model the various cognitive behavioral patterns of these thereapists, which they published in their books The Structure of Magic Volumes I & II (1975, 1976), Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, Volumes I & II (1975, 1977) and Changing With Families (1976). These books became the foundation of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Grinder is a co-author of numerous other books on NLP and its applications, including Frogs Into Princes (1979), NLP Volume I (1980), Tranceformations (1981), Reframing (1982), Precision (1980), Turtles All The Way Down (1987) and Whispering in the Wind with Carmen Bostic St. Clair (2001). In addition to his ability to identify and model complex patterns of language and behavior, Grinder is known for personal power and presence as a presenter and trainer. In recent years, Grinder has focused primarily on working as a consultant, applying NLP methods and principles in companies and organizations. John Grinder Richard Bandler is a co-founder with John Grinder of the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. A student of mathematics, Bandler began studying the work of Gestalt therapy founder Fritz Perls when he was asked to edit transcripts of Perls' lectures and workshops for the book Eyewitness To Therapy (1973) for Science and Behavior Books. He also began to work with family therapist Virginia Satir at this time. Bandler met John Grinder, a linguistics professor,
as a student at the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 1974
Bandler and Grinder began to make a model of the language patterns used by
Perls, Satir and Hypnotherapist Milton H. Erickson, which they published
in their books The Structure of Magic Volumes I & II (1975,
1976), Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson,
Volumes I & II (1975, 1977) and Changing With Families
(1976). These books formed the foundation of the field of Neuro-Linguistic
Programming.  Richard Bandler Bandler is an author and co-author of numerous other books on NLP and its applications, including Frogs Into Princes (1979), NLP Volume I (1980), Tranceformations (1981), Reframing (1982), Using Your Brain (1985), An Insider's Guide to Sub-Modalities (1988), The Adventures of Anybody (1993), Time For a Change (1993) and Persuasion Engineering(1996). Much of Bandler's later work in NLP has focused on applications of submodalities, the subtle distinctions one can make in one's sensory experience and internal representations. His background as a musician and his interest in sound theory and the neurological impact of sound lead him to develop the area of Neuro-Sonics, which utilizes qualities of music and sound to create specific internal states. Bandler is also the founder of the model and techniques of Design Human Engineering (DHE). In addition to his creative genius, Bandler is known for his sense of humor, his ability to use sophisticated language patterns, and his dynamic training style. First
Institute of NLP & DHE
He was born colour blind, and was affected by polio at the age of 19, and in the process of curing his disabled body himself by modelling how the small babies in his family began to learn to move their hands and legs, his sensory perception on the level of non-verbal communication was made extremely acute, and helped him later in inventing non-conventional "Ericksonian Hypnosis". His hypnotic techniques and life are well documented by a number of authors, among whom J. Haley of the Palo Alto Group (the members of the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, guided by Gregory Bateson) was the first person who introduced the techniques of Ericksonian Hypnosis to the world. Erickson heavily influenced John Grinder and Richard Bandler, the co-founders of NLP. It was indeed Gregory Bateson, the teacher of Grinder and Bandler, who advised them to visit Erickson, and after modelling Erickson, they published their first NLP book "The Structure of Magic I" in 1975.
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