Grinder, John

Together with Richard Bandler, John Grinder is considered the founder of Neurolinguistic Programming. In the beginning, both of them still led a Gestalt therapy group, in which they always exchanged the roles between observer and group leader. This led them to explore nonverbal communication in psychotherapy. They also combined Erikson's insights into hypnosis and hypnotherapy into their approaches. This eventually gave rise to neurolinguistic programming.