The Structure of Magic I: A Book About Language and Therapy - Richard Bandler & John Grinder

Richard Bandler and John Grinder examine how language shapes perception, behaviour and the therapeutic process in this foundational text of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Drawing on their study of influential psychotherapists, including Virginia Satir and Milton H. Erickson, they explore patterns of language, communication and questioning that can reveal how people organise their experiences and maintain limiting ways of thinking. With introductions by Satir and Gregory Bateson, the book presents the early framework of NLP and its approach to modelling therapeutic communication.