Richard Bandler#Murder trial and acquittal

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| birth_name = Richard Wayne Bandler

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1950}}

| birth_place = Teaneck, New Jersey, United States

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| occupation = Writer, consultant, public speaker

| known_for = co-creator of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)

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|website={{URL|https://richardbandler.com/}}

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Richard Wayne Bandler (born 1950) is an American writer, consultant, and public speaker in the field of self-help.{{cite book |last1=Colman |first1=Andrew M. |title=A Dictionary of Psychology |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-105784-7 |page=503}} With John Grinder, he founded the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) approach to psychotherapy in the 1970s, which is considered pseudoscience.{{Cite book |title=Science and Pseudoscience in Social Work Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE9FCQAAQBAJ&q=nlp&pg=PA166 |publisher=Springer Publishing Company |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-8261-7769-8 |first1=Bruce A. |last1=Thyer |first2=Monica G. |last2=Pignotti |pages=56–57, 165–167 |quote=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.}}{{cite journal |last=Sharpley |first=Christopher F. |title=Research findings on neurolinguistic programming: Nonsupportive data or an untestable theory? |journal=Journal of Counseling Psychology |date=1 January 1987 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=103–107 |doi=10.1037/0022-0167.34.1.103}}{{cite journal |last=Witkowski |first=Tomasz |title=Thirty-Five Years of Research on Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP Research Data Base. State of the Art or Pseudoscientific Decoration? |journal=Polish Psychological Bulletin |date=1 January 2010 |volume=41 |issue=2 |doi=10.2478/v10059-010-0008-0|quote=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|doi-access=free }}

Early life and education

Richard Wayne Bandler was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended high school in Sunnyvale, California.{{rp|24}} 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.{{YouTube|Q9VH4kIam7c| "Richard Bandler. Where were you born?" | link= no }}{{Verify source|date=July 2021}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=The Bandler Method |last1=Clancy |first1=Frank |last2=Yorkshire |first2=Heidi |date=February–March 1989 |magazine=Mother Jones |issn=0362-8841 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22}}{{rp|24–25}}

Neuro-linguistic programming

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).{{cite book |title=The Gestalt Approach & Eye Witness to Therapy |year=1973 |isbn=0-8314-0034-X |last1=Perls |first1=Frederick S. |publisher=Science & Behavior Books }} According to Spitzer, "[Bandler] came out of it talking and acting like Fritz Perls."{{cite magazine |last=Spitzer |first=Robert |date=July 1992 |url=http://www.nlpanchorpoint.com/Satir395.pdf |title=Virginia Satir and the Origins of NLP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920024418/http://www.nlpanchorpoint.com/Satir395.pdf |archive-date=September 20, 2009 |magazine=Anchor Point |volume=6 |issue=7 |issn=0895-366X}}

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).{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} 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.{{cite book |first=John |last=Grinder |first2=Carmen |last2=Bostic St. Clair |year=2001 |title=Whispering in the Wind |publisher=C&J Enterprises}}{{primary source inline|date=January 2022}}

Murder trial and acquittal

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.{{rp|24, 64}}{{cite news |author= |title=Psychotherapist Not Guilty in Prostitute's Murder, Jury Finds |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-29-mn-26470-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Times Wire Services |date=29 January 1988 |issn=0458-3035 |url-access=limited |page=3}}

Publications

{{Cite book

| first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=John |last2=Grinder

| title=The Structure of Magic I: A Book About Language and Therapy

| place=Palo Alto, CA |publisher=Science & Behavior Books

| year=1975a

| isbn=0-8314-0044-7 }}

{{Cite book

| first1=John |last1=Grinder |first2=Richard |last2=Bandler

| title=Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. |volume=I

| place=Cupertino, CA |publisher=Meta Publications | year=1975b }}{{ISBN?}}

{{Cite book

| first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=John |last2=Grinder

| title=The Structure of Magic II: A Book About Communication and Change

| place=Palo Alto, CA |publisher=Science & Behavior Books | year=1976a

| isbn=0-8314-0049-8 }}

{{Cite book

| title=Changing with Families: A Book About Further Education for Being Human |volume=I

| place=Palo Alto, CA |publisher=Science & Behavior Books | year=1976b

| isbn=0-8314-0051-X }}

{{Cite book |first1=John |last1=Grinder |first2=Richard |last2=Bandler |first3=Judith |last3=DeLozier |title=Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. |volume=II |place=Cupertino, CA |publisher=Meta Publications |year=1977}}{{ISBN?}}
{{Cite book |first1=John |last1=Grinder |first2=Richard |last2=Bandler |title=Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming |place=Moab, UT |publisher=Real People Press |year=1979 |isbn=0-911226-19-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/frogsintoprinces00band_0 |url-access=registration }}
{{Cite book

| title=Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis

| place=Moab, UT |publisher=Real People Press |year=1981 |isbn= 0-911226-23-0 }}

{{Cite book

| last1=Grinder |first1=John |first2=Richard |last2=Bandler

| title=Reframing: Neurolinguistic programming and the transformation of meaning

| place=Moab, UT |publisher=Real People Press |year=1982 |isbn=0-911226-25-7 }}

{{cite book |title=Using Your Brain for a Change |year=1985 |isbn=0-911226-27-3 |last1=Bandler |first1=Richard |publisher=Real People Press }}
{{cite book |title=An Insider's Guide To Sub-Modalities |year=1988 |isbn=0-916990-22-2 |first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Will |last2=MacDonald|publisher=Meta Publications }}
{{cite book |title=Magic in Action |year=1992 |isbn=0-916990-14-1 |last1=Bandler |first1=Richard |publisher=Meta Publications }}
{{cite book |title=Time for a Change |year=1993 |isbn=0-916990-28-1 |last1=Bandler |first1=Richard |publisher=Meta Publications }}
{{Cite book

| first=Richard |last=Bandler

| title=The Adventures of Anybody

| publisher=Meta Publications | year=1993

| isbn=0-916990-29-X }}

{{Cite book

| publisher=Meta Publications | year=1996

| isbn=978-0-916990-36-7 }}

{{Cite book

| first=Richard |last=Bandler

| title=Get The Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming

| publisher=HCi |year=2008| isbn=978-0-7573-0776-8 }}

{{Cite book | first=Richard |last=Bandler | title=Richard Bandler's Guide to Trance-formation: How to harness the power of hypnosis to ignite effortless and lasting change | publisher=HCi | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7573-0777-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/richardbandlersg00band | url-access=registration }}
{{Cite book

| publisher=Health Communications | year=2009 | isbn= 978-0-9551353-0-9 }}

{{Cite book | first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Garner |last2=Thomson | title=The Secrets of Being Happy: The Technology of Hope, Health, and Harmony | publisher=IM Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-9827804-0-4 }}
{{Cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Alessio |last2=Roberti |first3=Owen |last3=Fitzpatrick | title=The Ultimate Introduction to NLP: How to build a successful life | publisher=HarperCollins | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-00-749741-6 }}
{{Cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Owen |last2=Fitzpatrick |first3=Alessio |last3=Roberti | title=How to Take Charge of Your Life: The User's Guide to NLP | publisher=HarperCollins | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-00-755593-2 }}
{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Kate |last2=Benson |year=2016 |title=Teaching Excellence |publisher=Bandler Benson Publications |isbn=978-0-9956406-0-3}}
{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Bandler |first2=Glenda |last2=Bradstock |first3=Owen |last3=Fitzpatrick |year=2019 |title=Thinking on Purpose, a 15 Day Plan to a Smarter Life |publisher=New Thinking Publications |isbn=978-0-9987167-3-2}}