Richard Bandler

Richard Wayne Bandler PhD (born February 24, 1950) is an American 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). Note that there is another Richard B... more

Richard Wayne Bandler PhD (born February 24, 1950) is an American 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). Note that there is another Richard Bandler who is an editor of the conference proceedings of several technical conferences on neuro-physiology. 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 is also called NLP. Dr Bandler is considered an important figure in the development of the modern self-improvment movement. Aparently he was once was invited by the psychiatrist Robert Spitzer, to attend, record and transcribe a... less