<!--Orientating sentence: broad definition-->'''Neuro-linguistic programming''' ('''NLP''') is an approach to [[interpersonal communication|communication]], [[personal development]], and [[psychotherapy]]. ▼
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▲'''Neuro-linguistic programming''' ('''NLP''') is an approach to [[interpersonal communication|communication]], [[personal development]], and [[psychotherapy]].
<!--Broad definition of NLP based on impartial source such as OED or NLM-->According to the US National Library of Medicine, NLP is "A set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. Techniques are generated from these models by sequencing of various aspects of the models in order to change someone's internal representations. Neurolinguistic programming is concerned with the patterns or programming created by the interactions among the brain, language, and the body, that produce both effective and ineffective behavior."[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2011/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D020557] ▼
<!--Broad definition of NLP based on impartial source such as OED or NLM-->
▲According to the US National Library of Medicine, NLP is "A set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. Techniques are generated from these models by sequencing of various aspects of the models in order to change someone's internal representations. Neurolinguistic programming is concerned with the patterns or programming created by the interactions among the brain, language, and the body, that produce both effective and ineffective behavior."[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2011/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D020557]
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NLP co-originated by Richard Bandler, who had an interest in [[Gestalt therapy]]<ref name="Perls 1973">According to [[Robert Spitzer]] (1992), Bandler was to select portions of Perls transcripts to be published in ''The Gestalt Approach'' and ''Eye Witness to Therapy'' (1973)</ref><ref name="Spitzer 1992">Spitzer, R. (1992) [http://www.nlpanchorpoint.com/Satir395.pdf Virginia Satir and the Origins of NLP], Anchor Point, 6(7)</ref>, and [[John Grinder]], then a professor of linguistics, at University of [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]. TogetherBandler theyand studiedGrinder Perls'sproduced utterancesseveral books and run seminars based on tapetheir observation and observedimitation aof [[gestalt]] therapist secondFritz Perls, [[family systems therapy|family systems therapist]], [[Virginia Satir]], to produce what they termed theand [[meta-model (NLP)hypnotherapy|metamedical modelhypnotist]], a[[Milton modelH. for gathering information and challenging a client's language and underlying thinkingErickson]].<ref name="ClancySpitzer and Yorkshire 19891992">Frank Clancy and Heidi Yorkshire (1989) "The Bandler Method". 'Mother Jones' Magazine</ref>
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TheThere titleis wasno coinedsingle bydefinitive itsversion foundersor todefinition of NLP. The title referrefers to a stated connection between the neurological processes ("neuro"), language ("linguistic") and behavioral patterns that have been learned through experience ("programming") and can be organized to achieve specific goals in life.<ref name="Tosey & Mathison 2006">Tosey, P. & Mathison, J., (2006) "[http://www.som.surrey.ac.uk/NLP/Resources/IntroducingNLP.pdf Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming] Centre for Management Learning & Development, School of Management, University of Surrey.</ref><ref name= "Dilts et al. 1980 p.2">{{Cite book|author=Dilts, R., Grinder, J., Delozier, J., and Bandler, R. |title=Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Volume I: The Study of the Structure of Subjective Experience |publisher=Cupertino, CA: Meta Publications |year=1980 |page=2 |isbn=0916990079}}</ref> <!--Example of definition from promotional literature --> In the promotional literature NLP has been defined, for example, as the "science of excellence". <!--Definition from founders -->Other practitioners define the fields as "the study of the structure of subjective experience" which as the subtitle of one of the earliest books on NLP.<ref name= "Dilts et al. 1980 p.2"/> Some authors tend to emphasis NLP as a modelling technology. <!-- stated definition from Co-Founder: John Grinder-->For example, Grinder and Bostic St Clair (2001) state that “NLP is a modeling technology whose specific subject matter is the set of differences that make the difference between the performance of geniuses and that of average performers in the same field or activity.”<ref name="Grinder & Bostic St Clair 2001">{{Cite book|author=Grinder, John & Carmen Bostic St Clair |title=Whispering in the Wind |publisher=CA: J & C Enterprises |year=2001 |isbn=0-9717223-0-7}}</ref><!-- stated definition from Co-Founder: Richard Bandler -->
<!--Example of definition from promotional literature -->
In the promotional literature NLP has been defined, for example, as the "science of excellence".
<!--Definition from founders -->
Subtitle of an early work was "the study of the structure of subjective experience".<ref name= "Dilts et al. 1980 p.2"/>
<!-- stated definition from Co-Founder: John Grinder-->
Grinder and Bostic St Clair (2001) state that “NLP is a modeling technology whose specific subject matter is the set of differences that make the difference between the performance of geniuses and that of average performers in the same field or activity.”<ref name="Grinder & Bostic St Clair 2001">{{Cite book|author=Grinder, John & Carmen Bostic St Clair |title=Whispering in the Wind |publisher=CA: J & C Enterprises |year=2001 |isbn=0-9717223-0-7}}</ref>
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