Byron A Lewis

Byron Lewis studied with the originators of NLP both on and off the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, pursuing special studies under Dr. John Grinder and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1977. He went on to obtain his MA in Psychology focusing on NLP studies with Frank Pucelik at the San Diego META Institute and followed with a Masters in Marriage Family and Child Counseling from International College.

During the 1980s he was the director of the Northwest META Training Institute, conducting seminars and workshops in the field of NLP. In 1985 he began to focus on addiction, working as a Substance Abuse Counselor and Supervisory Counseling Psychologist (Clinical Director) of Outpatient Services, retiring in 2004 from his position as a Santa Cruz County Health Department Senior Analyst.

He has written two books (The Magic of NLP Demystified - co-authored with R. Frank Pucelik and recently updated with a Second Edition - and Sobriety Demystified: Getting Clean and Sober with NLP and CBT). Byron continues to write articles on NLP that are oriented towards the layperson. (See Research/Articles at www.researchandrecognition.org)