Richard Wayne Bandler (born February 24, 1950) is an
American author on personal
development. He is best known as the co-inventor (with John Grinder) of
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). He also developed follow-up 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)[1] and an MA (1975) in Psychology from Lone
Mountain College in San Francisco.
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Main articles: Neuro-linguistic programming, History of NLP
Co-founding of NLP
Richard Bandler was invited by Bob Spitzer, owner of Science and Behavior Books to attend trainings by Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir, and was later hired by Spitzer to
help edit one of Perls' books--The Gestalt Approach. Richard Bandler invented the term 'Neuro Linguistic Programming'.
While Bandler was a student at University of California, Santa
Cruz he also led a Gestalt therapy group. John Grinder, who came to observe, 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 mountains community of Ben
Lomond. Bateson would have a profound influence on Bandler's future, he introduced Bandler and Grinder to Milton Erickson, which formed some of the foundational models for Neuro-linguistic programming.[1] 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 which he modeled.[citation needed]
Contributions
Richard Bandler has also contributed to many of the models and techniques that are now taught in NLP. For example,
meta model, Milton model, anchoring, swish pattern, reframing, belief change, nesting loops, chaining states, submodalities applications and timelines.[citation needed]
Corine Christensen Case
On January 29, 1988, Bandler was acquitted by a jury, after only 5 1/2 hours of deliberation, of the murder of prostitute
Corine Christensen[2], an NLP student and fellow cocaine abuser.[3] Someone shot her in the face on November 3, 1986, using one of Bandler's guns.[4] The incident occurred during a visit at her home from Bandler and his
friend, James Marino.[5] Authorities found Christensen
slumped over her dining table and her blood sprayed on Bandler's shirt.[6] Marino was not charged in the murder.[7]
After he and Grinder split, Bandler had trouble attracting clients and he began to use cocaine.[8] Christensen, the daughter of a San Francisco policeman, and her boyfriend, James
Marino, a convicted felon who was his best friend, were his suppliers.[9][10] Marino claimed that he told
Bandler that Christensen was having a lesbian affair with the writer’s live-in girlfriend.[11]
When the two men visited Christensen at her townhouse near Santa Cruz, Bandler drank tequila and argued with her, according to
the story.[12] Marino claimed Bandler shot her after
cutting off the top of a Mr. Clean bottle to silence his .357 Magnum. [13] Marino also claimed that Bandler spilled liquid soap on himself and the gun, then told him to toss
the weapon off the Capitola pier. [14]
Divers found both the gun and Bandler's clothing, which were covered with blood and lemon-smelling soap. [15] Authorities also found a bloody straw and cocaine residue.[16] When Bandler was tried, lawyers presented conflicting
interpretations of physical evidence. [17] Marino
vanished, missed a court appearance and showed up only after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest. [18]
Bandler testified that Marino thought Christensen was plotting to have him beaten and killed. [19] He said that Marino actually shot her to death with Bandler's gun, while both
were at her home. [20] Before the trial, friends said
shooting a prostitute was out of character, even though Bandler had reputation for moodiness and unpredictability. [21] Bandler has stated since that the District Attorney chose to
prosecute him for political reasons as he was a high profile defendant. "With me, the DA gets to make a big reputation," he says.
"But if it's some thug drug dealer, you're not going to make any mileage." [22] [2]
Litigation
In 1980 Bandler's company Not Ltd had reported earnings of more than US$800,000 and he and his then wife -- Leslie
Cameron-Bandler -- were living an opulent lifestyle. By the end of 1980 Bandler's collaboration with Grinder -- where they
lectured, trained and co-authored -- abruptly ended and his wife filed for divorce (after two years of marriage).
In July of 1996 Bandler filed suit against John Grinder and again in January 1997
against Grinder and numerous members of the NLP community including, Carmen Bostic-St. Clair,
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.[3] [4] [5]
By the end of 2000 some sort of rapprochement between Bandler and Grinder was achieved when the parties entered a
release wherein they inter alia agreed 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 other's efforts, in any fashion, concerning their respective involvement in the field of NeuroLinguistic
Programming." ("Release" reproduced as Appendix A of Whispering in the Wind by 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 Engineering(tm) and Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning(tm). Bandler says
that these technologies differ significantly from NLP in that they are claimed to be more direct and effective as
interventions.[citation needed] 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).
Books
- Bandler, Richard & John Grinder (1975a). The Structure of Magic I: A Book
About Language and Therapy. Palo Alto, CA: Science & Behavior Books.. 0831400447.
- Bandler, Richard & John Grinder (1975b). The Structure of Magic II: A
Book About Communication and Change. PaloAlto, CA: Science & Behavior Books.. ISBN 0-8314-0049-8.
- Grinder, John, Richard Bandler (1976). Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of
Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Volume I. Cupertino, CA :Meta Publications..
- John Grinder, Richard Bandler, Judith Delozier (1977). Patterns of the
Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. Volume II. Cupertino, CA :Meta Publications..
- John Grinder, Richard Bandler (1979). Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic
Programming. Moab, UT: Real People Press., 194pp. ISBN 0-911226-19-2.
- Grinder, John and Richard Bandler (1981). Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic
Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis. Moab, UT: Real People Press.. ISBN 0-911226-23-0.
- Grinder, John and Richard Bandler (1983). Reframing: Neurolinguistic
programming and the transformation of meaning. Moab, UT: Real People Press., -. ISBN 0-911226-25-7.
- 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)
- Richard Bandler (1993). The Adventures of Anybody. Meta Publications,
96pp. ISBN-10 091699029X.
- Persuasion Engineering - 1996 (ISBN 0-916990-36-2)
- Richard Bandler, Owen Fitzpatrick (2005). [- Conversations: Freedom Is
Everything and Love Is All the Rest]. Mysterious Publications, -288pp. ISBN 0-955135-30-3.
Audio Publications
Video Publications
References
- ^ John Grinder & Carmen Bostic St. Clair, (2001) Whispering in the Wind.
C&J Enterprises.
- ^ Psychotherapist Not Guilty In Prostitute's Murder, Jury Finds Los Angeles
Times January 29, 1988
- ^ Are you a difficult person? CareerTrack Inc.'s business seminars The
Atlantic October, 1989
- ^ Titillating Trial Involves Lots Of Dirt -- And Mr. Clean;Guru Focus Of
Lurid Murder Case Los Angeles Times January 12, 1988
- ^ Are you a difficult person? CareerTrack Inc.'s business seminars The
Atlantic October, 1989
- ^ DON'T WORRY, GET THERAPY, The Guardian (London), May 20, 2006.
- ^ Psychotherapist Not Guilty In Prostitute's Murder, Jury Finds Los Angeles
Times January 29, 1988
- ^ Titillating Trial Involves Lots Of Dirt -- And Mr. Clean;Guru Focus Of
Lurid Murder Case Los Angeles Times January 12, 1988
- ^ ibid
- ^ Psychotherapist Not Guilty In Prostitute's Murder, Jury Finds Los Angeles
Times January 29, 1988
- ^ Bizarre Case Shows Flaky Underside Of Santa Cruz Los Angeles Times
January 28, 1988
- ^ ibid
- ^ Titillating Trial Involves Lots Of Dirt -- And Mr. Clean;Guru Focus Of
Lurid Murder Case Los Angeles Times January 12, 1988
- ^ ibid
- ^ ibid
- ^ Bizarre Case Shows Flaky Underside Of Santa Cruz Los Angeles Times
January 28, 1988
- ^ ibid
- ^ Psychotherapist Not Guilty In Prostitute's Murder, Jury Finds Los Angeles
Times January 29, 1988
- ^ ibid
- ^ ibid
- ^ The State Los Angeles Times November 18, 1986
- ^ The Guardian Weekend 'Don't Worry, Get Therapy' May 20, 2006
See also
External links
- Biographical & Personal
- Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Design Human Engineering (DHE™) and Neurohypnotic Repatterning (NHR™)
- Corine Christensen murder case
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