Steve Andreas was formerly known as John O Stevens. His mother was the well known Gestalt therapist Barry Stevens. He has been teaching NLP since 1977 and was an early student of Richard Bandler and John Grinder. He and wife Connirae founded NLP Comprehensive, one of the first NLP training institutes.
He started Real People Press in 1967 to publish high quality personal change books. He and Connirae edited and published many of the early NLP Books:
- Frogs into Princes – Neuro Linguistic Programming – Richard Bandler and John Grinder (1979)
- Trance-formations – Richard Bandler and John Grinder (1981)
- Reframing – Richard Bandler and John Grinder (1982)
- Using Your Brain for a Change – Richard Bandler (1985)
He and wife Connirae co authored other classic NLP Books:
- Change Your Mind and Keep the Change (1987)
- Heart of the Mind (1989)
Other books he has written include:
- Transforming Your Self – Becoming who you want to be – about changing self concept
- NLP the New Technology of Achievement with Charles Faulkner (1994)
- Six Blind Elephants Volume 1: Fundamental Principles of Scope and Category
- Six Blind Elephants Volume 2: Applications and Exploration of Scope and Category