Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy that first appeared in Richard Bandler and John Grinder‘s book The Structure of Magic I (1975). NLP asserts a connection between neurological processes, language, and acquired behavioral patterns, and that these can be changed to achieve specific goals in life.^[1][2] According to Bandler and Grinder, NLP can treat problems such as phobias, depression, tic disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, near-sightedness,^[a] allergy, the common cold,^[a] and learning disorders,^[3][4] often in a single session. They also say that NLP can model the skills of exceptional people, allowing anyone to acquire them.^[5][b]