A satisfactory definition of NLP is impossible, given that it is really a hotch–potch of theories, some of which are based on legitimate science, but which have no connection with NLP, but is otherwise a messy soup of new age thinking that mixes hypnosis, psychotherapy and unconscious thinking (and any old rubbish that comes their way) into a suitably palatable omelette for the gullible. It is much favoured by trainers for its childish tricks for classroom courses. Its founders are Gregory Bateson, a now forgotten new-age sociologist, and his student, Richard Bandler (later drug addict and arrested for First degree murder in 1988) and John Grinder. | A satisfactory definition of NLP is impossible, given that it is really a hotch–potch of theories, some of which are based on legitimate science, but which have no connection with NLP, but is otherwise a messy soup of new age thinking that mixes hypnosis, psychotherapy and unconscious thinking (and any old rubbish that comes their way) into a suitably palatable omelette for the gullible. It is much favoured by trainers for its childish tricks for classroom courses. Its founders are Gregory Bateson, a now forgotten new-age sociologist, and his student, Richard Bandler (later drug addict and arrested for First degree murder in 1988) and John Grinder. |