NLP History

Richard Bandler

Neuro Linguistic Programming is a relatively new discipline that goes back only to the mid-70s.The co-creators of NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder have an insatiable desire to discover and reproduce the excellent performers as role model structure and teach others to do the same. bypass the years This process called modelling of human excellence which is at the heart of NLP. They called their work Neuro linguistic programming.

It happened when Dr. Grinder was a professor of linguistics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Bandler came as a student studying mathematics and computer science. Dr. Grinder, in fact, had already published several books in the field of linguistics known as transformational grammar.

john grinder

Bandler discovered he could detect and replicate models and modeling of hearing with the minimum exposure. He discovered  models of Gestalt therapy of Fritz Perls. Bandler began to study the techniques of Fritz Perls, As he discovered that he could model the therapeutic procedures of Fritz Perls, he began experimenting with clients using the techniques and enjoying immediate and powerful results.

With the encouragement of Grinder, Bandler had the opportunity to model the famous family therapist Virginia Satir. Richard quickly identified the "seven models" that Virginia used. As he and John began to apply these models, they found that they could reproduce her therapies and achieve similar results.

Thereafter, the famous anthropologist Gregory Bateson introduced Bandler and Grinder to Milton Erickson, who developed the communication model we know as "Ericksonian Hypnosis" Since 1958. As Bandler and Grinder modeled Erickson, they discovered that they could achieve similar results. Nowadays, many techniques of NLP result from modeling Ericksonian process.

From these experiences and research on the factors and unifying principles, Bandler and Grinder designed their first model which was a communication model that provided a theoretical understanding of how we get "programmed" by languages ​​(sensory-based and linguistic-based) so that we develop regular and systematic behaviors, responses, psychosomatic effects etc.