Richard Bandler
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Richard Wayne Bandler (born 1950) is an American writer, consultant, and public speaker in the field of self-help.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> With John Grinder, he founded the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) approach to psychotherapy in the 1970s, which is considered pseudoscience.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Early life and educationEdit
Richard Wayne Bandler was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended high school in Sunnyvale, California.<ref name="Clancy-1989"/>Template:Rp He has stated that he was beaten as a child so badly that every bone in his body was broken. After his parents separated, he moved with his mother and stayed mostly in and around San Francisco.<ref>Template:YouTube</ref>Template:Verify source Bandler obtained a BA degree in philosophy and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 1973, and an MA degree in psychology from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco in 1975.<ref name="Clancy-1989">Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Rp
Neuro-linguistic programmingEdit
Template:Neuro-linguistic programming {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Bandler helped publisher Robert S. Spitzer (of Science and Behavior Books, Inc.) edit The Gestalt Approach (1973) based on a manuscript by gestalt therapist Fritz Perls (who had died in 1970). He also assisted with checking transcripts for Eye Witness to Therapy (1973).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> According to Spitzer, "[Bandler] came out of it talking and acting like Fritz Perls."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
While a student at UCSC, Bandler also led a Gestalt therapy group. John Grinder, a professor at the University, said to Bandler that he could explain almost all the questions and comments Bandler made using transformational grammar. Grinder's specialty was in linguistics. Together, they created what they called a therapist training group. This was the basis for their first book, The Structure of Magic (1975).Template:Citation needed Bandler and Grinder claim to have later codified some of the foundational models for neuro-linguistic programming in part by studying the methods of Milton Erickson and Virginia Satir.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Primary source inline
Murder trial and acquittalEdit
In 1986, Corine Ann Christensen (December 8, 1954 – November 3, 1986), a former girlfriend of Bandler's friend and cocaine dealer, James Marino, was shot dead in her Santa Cruz townhouse with a .357 magnum owned by Bandler. Authorities charged Bandler with her murder. Bandler testified that he had been at Christensen's house, but that Marino had shot Christensen. After a short deliberation, a jury found Bandler not guilty.<ref name="Clancy-1989"/>Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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