Gregory Bateson

Gregory Bateson

male, deceased (1980)
linguist, Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Angels Fear Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred, University of California, Santa Cruz alumni, Psychological anthropologist, cyberneticist…Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors
Gregory Bateson was a British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. Some...
Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir

female, deceased (1988)
American self-help writer, Psychologist, The New Peoplemaking, Conjoint Family Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni
Virginia Satir (26 June 1916 - 10 September 1988) was a noted American author and psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family...
Alfred Korzybski

Alfred Korzybski

male, deceased (1950) (United States)
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski, Russian Empire, Congress Poland, philosopher, polish, naturalized citizen of the United States…Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski was born on July 3, 1879 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire and died on March 1, 1950, in Lakeville,...
Milton H. Erickson

Milton H. Erickson

male, deceased (1980)
Hypnotist, American self-help writer, Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors, American Psychopathological Association, American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy An Exploratory Casebook…neuro-linguistic programming
Milton Hyland Erickson, MD (* 5th December 1901 in Aurum, Nevada, † 25th March 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American psychiatrist sp...

Frank Farrelly

male
Temple University, social work, The Catholic University of America, Provocative Therapy, Analysing the Analyst, Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors…neuro-linguistic programming
Frank Farrelly is the author of a book called "Provocative Therapy" focusing on radical therapeutic moves intended to jolt the client out of his...
Fritz Perls

Fritz Perls

male, deceased (1970)
Gestalt therapist, Gestalt prayer, Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls, Neuro-Linguistic Programmingpredecessors, individualism
Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls, better known as Fritz Perls, was a noted German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist of Jewish descent. He...