Richard Bandler
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| Richard Wayne Bandler | |
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| Born | February 24, 1950 United States |
| Occupation | Author, Professional speaker |
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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). In 1988, a jury acquitted Bandler of the murder of Corine Christensen.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Main articles: Neuro-linguistic programming, History of NLP
[edit] 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 Lingusitic Programming'.
While Bandler was a student at University of California, Santa Cruz he also led a Gestalt therapy group. John Grinder 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]
[edit] Contributions
Richard Bandler is the most prolific contributer to the field of NLP. Among models and techniques that Bandler has developed (or co-developed) include The Meta Model, The Milton Model, Anchoring, The Swish Pattern, Reframing, The Belief Change, Nesting loops, Chaining states, Submodality applications and Timelines.
Bandler continues to produce new NLP techniques and teaches more people NLP every year than anyone else in the world. Richard Bandler together with Todd Epstein developed much of the NLP theory and practice associated with submodalities[2], i.e. "the particular perceptual qualities that may be registered by each of the five primary sensory modalities"[3].
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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.[4] [5] [6]
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)).
[edit] Design Human Engineering
Bandler has stated that he considers Design Human Engineering (tm) to be significantly different from traditional NLP and he has created many new techniques in recent years. Bandler claims that many of the newer techniques are more direct and more effective.
Bandler independently developed Neuro-Sonics, Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning, Persuasion Engineering and Design Human Engineering and authored Magic in Action, Using Your Brain for a Change, Time for a Change and Persuasion Engineering (written with John LaValle).
Bandler currently teaches DHE and NHR with The President of The Society of NLP John La Valle and NLP with NLP Master Trainers Paul McKenna and Michael Neill.{citation needed}
[edit] 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 (1976). [- Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming]. Science and Behavior Books., -. -.
- 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)
- Persuasion Engineering - 1996 (ISBN 0-916990-36-2)
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Biographical & Personal
- Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
- Bandler's trademark dispute
- The Superior Court's 'Order On Motion For Summary Adjudication' re Not Ltd. v Unlimited Ltd
- An interview with Richard Bandler before the Superior Court verdict
- Text of Bandler Lawsuit (retrieved from Wayback)
- MP3 Interview with Richard Bandler discussing how the NLP training model has changed since the 1970's
- German Discussion-Board about Dr. Richard Bandler
- Design Human Engineering (DHE™) and Neurohypnotic Repatterning (NHR™)
- [http://www.nlpschedule.com/reviews/nhr2000a.html Review and Differences about NLP, DHE™ and NHR™)
- John LaValle's description of Design Human Engineering™?
- Design Human Engineering Information
- Student Experience at Richard Bandler's Design Human Engineering Workshop
- Corine Christensen murder case
- The Bandler Method, 1988 Mother Jones article on the trial.
