This one is genealogy: NLP's first patterns were extracted from Fritz Perls' Gestalt work. Comparing them is comparing a parent and the child that took its notes.
The honest contrast
Origins: Bandler transcribed Perls before NLP existed — the empty-chair work, present-tense awareness and experiments all shaped early NLP
Method: Gestalt works through embodied awareness and contact in the therapeutic relationship; NLP extracted the patterns and made them portable techniques
Strength: Gestalt keeps depth and relational honesty; NLP keeps speed and transferability. Each lost what the other kept
Scope: Gestalt is a psychotherapy; NLP remains coaching/training scope
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