Neuro Linguistic Programming

Neuro-linguistic programming - Wikipedia

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development and psychotherapy, that first appeared in Richard Bandler and John Grinder's 1975 book The Structure of Magic I.

NLP asserts that there is a connection between neurological processes, language and acquired behavioral patterns, and that these can be changed to achieve specific goals in life.^[1][2]: 2 

According to Bandler and Grinder, NLP can treat problems such as phobias, depression, tic disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, near-sightedness,^[3] allergy, the common cold,^[a] and learning disorders,^[5][6] often in a single session.

They also claim that NLP can "model" the skills of exceptional people, allowing anyone to acquire them.^{[7]: 5–6 [8}]

NLP has been adopted by some hypnotherapists as well as by companies that run seminars marketed as leadership training to businesses and government agencies.^[9][10]

There is no scientific evidence supporting the claims made by NLP advocates, and it has been called a pseudoscience.^[11][12][13]

Scientific reviews have shown that NLP is based on outdated metaphors of the brain's inner workings that are inconsistent with current neurological theory, and that NLP contain numerous factual errors.^[10][14]

Reviews also found that research that favored NLP contained significant methodological flaws, and that there were three times as many studies of a much higher quality that failed to reproduce the claims made by Bandler, Grinder, and other NLP practitioners.^[12][13]