Richard Bandler

Richard Bandler
Born
Richard Wayne Bandler

1950 (age 73–74)
Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)Writer, consultant, public speaker
Known forco-creator of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
Websiterichardbandler.com

Richard Wayne Bandler (born 1950) is an American writer, consultant, and public speaker in the field of self-help.[1] With John Grinder, he founded the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) approach to psychotherapy in the 1970s, which is considered pseudoscience.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Colman, Andrew M. (2015). A Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford University Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-19-105784-7.
  2. ^ Thyer, Bruce A.; Pignotti, Monica G. (2015). Science and Pseudoscience in Social Work Practice. Springer Publishing Company. pp. 56–57, 165–167. ISBN 978-0-8261-7769-8. As NLP became more popular, some research was conducted and reviews of such research have concluded that there is no scientific basis for its theories about representational systems and eye movements.
  3. ^ Sharpley, Christopher F. (January 1, 1987). "Research findings on neurolinguistic programming: Nonsupportive data or an untestable theory?". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 34 (1): 103–107. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.34.1.103.
  4. ^ Witkowski, Tomasz (January 1, 2010). "Thirty-Five Years of Research on Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP Research Data Base. State of the Art or Pseudoscientific Decoration?". Polish Psychological Bulletin. 41 (2). doi:10.2478/v10059-010-0008-0. All of this leaves me with an overwhelming impression that the analyzed base of scientific articles is treated just as theater decoration, being the background for the pseudoscientific farce which NLP appears to be. Using "scientific" attributes, which is so characteristic of pseudoscience, is manifested also in other aspects of NLP activities... My analysis leads undeniably to the statement that NLP represents pseudoscientific rubbish