Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is an approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy founded and implemented by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, United States in the 1970s. NLP sees there is a connection between neurological processes (neuro-), language (linguistic) and behavioral patterns learned through experience (programming), and that these can be changed to achieve specific goals in life. Bandler and Grinder shown that NLP methodology can "model" the skills of exceptional people, allowing anyone to acquire those skills. The fact that often in a single session, NLP can treat problems such as phobias, psychosomatic illnesses, depression, anxiety, tic disorders, near-sightedness, allergy, common cold, and learning disorders etc.