About Dr. John Grinder
John Grinder is internationally recognised as the co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), along with Richard Bandler, the ground-breaking field of study and practice that explores the structure of human experience and communication.
John Grinder received his doctorate in linguistics from the University of California, San Diego in 1969, specializing in transformational grammar. He went on to become an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he began a collaboration with Richard Bandler, which led to the creation of Neuro Linguistic Programming.
NLP Books by Dr. John Grinder
Grinder and Bandler co-authored seven Books on NLP
- The Structure of Magic, Vol. I (1976)
- The Structure of Magic, Vol. II (1976)
- Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., Vol. I (1975)
- Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson, M.D., Vol. II (1977)
- Frogs into Princes (1979)
- Trance-formations (1981)
- Reframing: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Transformation of Meaning (1982)
New Code NLP
John Grinder and Richard Bandler ceased their partnership in 1980. In the following decades, John has continued to evolve NLP, alongside his partner, Carmen Bostic St Clair – developing a new style of NLP, known as New Code NLP, which was radically updated in 2022 to Emergent New Code NLP, targeted primarily for working with health issues.
John’s initial motivation for remodelling NLP was inspired from a desire to correct what he saw as personal incongruency in the people who had studied the earlier forms of NLP, now known as Classic Code NLP.
"In the late 70’s I noticed a significant number of NLP-trained Practitioners who were stunningly effective in doing change work with clients, yet these same Practitioners had chosen to, or lacked the choice to, apply the patterns of NLP successfully to themselves. I therefore set out with the intention of designing a set of patterns that would both correct the coding flaws of the Classic Code (roughly my collaborative work with Bandler from 1972 through 1979) that could not be effectively presented unless the presenter was congruent with self-application.”
- Published in Whispering in the Wind, Bostic and Grinder (2001)
Key publications after the Classic NLP period
- Grinder, J., DeLozier, J. (1987). Turtles All the Way Down: Prerequisites to Personal Genius. Scotts Valley, CA: Grinder, DeLozier & Associates.
- Grinder, J., Bostic St. Clair, C. (2001). Whispering in the Wind. Scotts Valley, CA: J & C Enterprises.
In the current era, John and Carmen offer training courses in New Code NLP and Emergent New Code NLP, with Michael Carroll and the NLP Academy, which are available online and in various locations around the world.