| birth_place United States | death_date | death_place | occupation Author Philosopher | main interests Neuro-linguistic programming | influences John Grinder Gregory Bateson Milton H. Erickson Fritz Perls | influenced | spouse }} Richard Wayne Bandler lt;!-- PhD -> (born February 24, 1950) is an United States author on modern psychological techniques. He is best known as the co-inventor (with John Grinder of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), a collection of concepts and techniques intended to understand and change human behavior patterns. He also developed other systems known as Design Human Engineering (DHE) and Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning (NHR).

Education and background

Bandler holds a BA (1973) in philosophy and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and an MA (1975) in psychology from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco.

Neuro-linguistic programming

Neuro-linguistic programming is also called NLP.

Co-founding of NLP

Mr Bandler is considered an important figure in the development of the modern self-improvement movement. He once was invited by the psychiatrist Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist) to attend, record and transcribe a teaching seminar of family therapist Virginia Satir He later helped Spitzer edit The Gestalt Approach(1973), based on a manuscript by gestalt therapist Fritz Perls who had recently died; he also assisted with checking transcripts for Eye Witness to Therapy(1973).The Gestalt Approachand Eye Witness to Therapy(1973) ISBN 0-8314-0034-X According to Spitzer, "Bandler] came out of it talking and acting like Fritz Perls."Spitzer, R. (1992) http://www.nlpanchorpoint.com/Satir395.pdf Virginia Satir and the Origins of NLP], Anchor Point, 6(7) While Bandler was a student at University of California, Santa Cruz he also led a Gestalt therapy group. John Grinder, a professor at the University, said to Bandler that he could explain almost all of the questions and comments Bandler made using transformational grammar the topic in linguistics that Grinder specialized in. They developed a model for therapy and called it the meta-model. It became their first book, The Structure of Magic, Volume I(1975). Bandler was Gregory Bateson s landlord, who taught at UCSC, Kresge College as did Grinder, and had moved to a community on Alba Road near the Santa Cruz, California mountains community of Ben Lomond. Bateson would have a profound influence on Bandlers future, he introduced Bandler and Grinder to Milton Erickson which formed some of the foundational models for Neuro-linguistic programming John Grinder & Carmen Bostic St. Clair, (2001) Whispering in the Wind. C&J Enterprises. In 1975 Bandler then formed his own publishing company, Meta Publications, and published Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson Volume I(1975). Bandler and Grinder went on to author The Structure of Magic Volume II(1976), Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson Volume II(1977) and Changing With Families(1976), which was co-authored with Virginia Satir herself. Bandler also modeled Israeli physicist and founder of the Feldenkrais school of body work, Moshe Feldenkrais and later published his book "The Elusive Obvious". In many of his classes, he has taught elements of this form of Bodywork (alternative medicine) which he modeled. Since that time, Bandlers career has focused on developing and presenting NLP and related concepts as an author, publisher, public speaker, and consultant. Audiences include individuals seeking life improvements, and businesses using these concepts and techniques to improve sales.

Corine Christensen case

On November 3, 1986, Corine Christensen a student of Bandlers, was shot dead in her townhouse with a .357 magnum owned by Bandler. Bandler was charged with her murder, but at trial the jury unanimously acquitted Bandler in 5½ hours.Psychotherapist Not Guilty In Prostitutes Murder, Jury Finds Los Angeles Times January 29, 1988 The murder is unsolved.

Litigation

In July 1996, Dr Bandler filed suit against Grinder and again in January 1997, against Grinder and numerous members of the NLP community including Carmen Bostic-St. Clair and Steve and Connirae Andreas Bandler claimed trademark infringement, intellectual property ownership of NLP, conspiratorial tortious interference and breach of settlement agreement and permanent injunction by Grinder.http://web.archive.org/web/20021108024906/http://www.nlp.org/NLP/random/lawsuit-text.htmhttp://web.archive.org/web/19990224225605/http://www.nlp.com.au/action/state.htmhttp://www.nlpschedule.com/random/lawsuit-nlpc.html By the end of 2000, some sort of rapprochementbetween Bandler and Grinder was achieved when the parties entered a release wherein they inter aliaagreed that "they are the co-creators and co-founders of the technology of Neuro-linguistic Programming. Drs. Grinder and Bandler recognize the efforts and contributions of each other in the creation and initial development of NLP." In the same document, "Dr. John Grinder and Dr. Richard Bandler mutually agree to refrain from disparaging each others efforts, in any fashion, concerning their respective involvement in the field of NeuroLinguistic Programming." ("Release" reproduced as Appendix Aof Whispering in the Windby Grinder and Bostic St Clair (2001)).

Other works

Since the early 1980s when Grinder and Bandler stopped working together, Bandler developed several trademarked techniques he calls the fields of Design Human Engineeringlt;sup>(tm), and Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterninglt;sup>(tm). Bandler says that these technologies differ significantly from NLP in that they are claimed to be more direct and effective as interventions.Other works since that time include Using Your Brain for a Change(1985), Magic in Action(1992) Time for a Change(1995), Persuasion Engineering(1996) (co-author John LaValle The Adventures of Anybody(1993), and Conversations(2005) (co-author Owen Fitzpatrick . Richard Bandler continues to deliver seminars in NLP, NHR and DHE throughout the world.http://www.nlplifetraining.com See NLP Life Training]

Books

* * * * * * * *[[Using Your Brain for a Change]] 1985 (ISBN 0-911226-27-3) *[[Magic In Action]] 1992 (ISBN 0-916990-14-1) *[[Time for a Change]] 1993 (ISBN 0-916990-28-1) * *Persuasion Engineering- 1996 (ISBN 0-916990-36-2) * * * *

Audio publications

Audio programs * 2001 - Self Esteem - Rhythm Trance This CD has a hypnotic trance and music. * 2001 - Time Out of Your Mind (Time Distortion) This is excerpted from Design Human Engineering held in Orlando in 2001. * 2001 - Adventures in Multiple Timelines * 2003 - Propulsion Systems Learn how to install strategies so that the more one tries to go back, the more one moves forward. Seminars * 2000 - DHE2000 Design human engineering workshop with Barb Stepp at Excellence Quest in Chicago. * 2000s - "Your Own Personal Genius" - a UK seminar * 2008/9 Licensed Practitioner,Master practitioner of NLP and Personal Enhancment Workshop. London NLP Life Training

Video publications

Some videos have no mention of date on them. Videos with Richard Bandler in them. * 1982 **The Marshall University Tapes Filmed circa 1982, Richard has spoken about these 3 sessions in many of his seminars. 1. Anticipatory Loss 2. Authority Figures 3. Phobic Response * 1987 **Personal Outcomes filmed at NLP Comprehensive. * 1989 **Client Sessions, Shyness **Creating Therapeutic Change taped in Boulder, Colorado - 7 videos: Layering Responses, Propulsion systems, Attitudes, Perceptual Grids, Nonverbal Amplifications, Playing with Problems, & Weaving Complexes; * 80s **Patterns of Intimacy, Flirtation class on how to flirt. **Bandler in Montreal workshop in Montreal. * 90s **An Evening with Richard Bandler - State of the Art taped in England. **Bandler down under doing a workshop in Australia. * 2000 **Konstanz 2000 workshop in Konstanz, Germany, Richard shares his latest developments and refinements, stories and inductions, an introduction to NLP-DHE-NHR. * 2001 **Welcome to Reality workshop in Ascona, Switzerland, What strategies does Richard Bandler use to be able to talk for hours? . . . with no notes . . . and with people carefully listening? * 2003 **Ascona Bandler strategies, seminar in Ascona, Switzerland. **The Art and Science of Nested Loops seminar in Orlando, Florida. **Trancing in and out takes the class through different trances & demonstrations, seminar in Zurich, Switzerland **How to Live a Happy Life, 30 Years of NLP * 2005 **Its About Time (Time Distortion), Richard Bandler from a Charisma Enhancement seminar in Orlando Florida **The Bandler Effect Bandler wearing a suit. 5 DVDs - Confidence, Creativity, Motivation, Health, & Changing Habbits; **The Class of a Master 4 DVDs - Instant Talent, Inner Beauty, Rapid Hypnotic Inductions, & Fantastic Futures; * 2000s **Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning Introduction to NHR with a very nice demonstration of the "handshake interrupt" hypnosis induction on four different participants. **Persuasion Engineering With John Lavalle. *2010 **An Evening With Richard Bandler: Introduction to NLPfrom THE UKCO, filmed in front of a live audience, with nice examples of his remedial work.

See also

*List of NLP topics

References

External links

Biographical and personal links

*http://www.richardbandler.tv Website from Richard Bandler] *http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1777489,00.html Guardian feature by Jon Ronson]

NLP

*http://www.nlp-deutschland.de German Discussion-Board about Richard Bandler]

DHE and NHR

*http://www.purenlp.com/whatsdhe.htm John LaValles description of Design Human Engineering?]

Video clips

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