Wilfried Nelles

Wilfried Nelles (* 1948 in Marmagen , Eifel ) is a German psychologist , psychological advisor and author . His books have been translated into several languages. Coming from the field of family constellation, Nelles conceived a theory on the evolution of human consciousness , which is intended to serve as an orientation for understanding contemporary psychological problems as well as for practical psychological counseling . At first Nelles worked according to Bert Hellinger's method, but from 2006 onwards he developed “a new type of constellation work in several steps”, which he calls the life integration process (LIP). The focus is "not on relationships with the family (the so-called 'systemic' '), but on one's own life and recognizing its inner context".

Since Nelle's family constellation differs from Hellinger's highly controversial methods only in details, there is also no scientific evidence for Nelle's methods and they are even considered possibly counterproductive by other therapists.

Life

Wilfried Nelles grew up in a small village in the Eifel. He is the oldest of five children, his father was a master painter, his mother a housewife. He studied and obtained his doctorate in political science , sociology and psychology at the University of Bonn . After twelve years in social science research and teaching, he left the university and began to deal intensively with humanistic psychology, Eastern meditations and, in particular, the spiritual teaching of Osho . In 1996 he got to know Bert Hellinger and family constellation. He became a family producer and published several books on the subject before developing his own theory and practice. Today, together with his son Malte Nelles, he heads the Nelles Institute in Nettersheim-Marmagen, which has representatives in several European countries and in China. Nelles is married and has two sons.

Books (selection)

• Everything is awareness - awareness is everything. On the psychology of the present. Essays, conversations, aphorisms. Innenwelt Verlag 2016, 251 pages, ISBN 978-3-942502-52-8 .
• Life's longing for itself. The life-integration process in practice. Innenwelt Verlag 2014, 350 pages, ISBN 9783942502306 (together with Thomas Geßner).
• Embrace Your Life - How We Grow Up Mentally. Innenwelt Verlag 2012, 160 pages, ISBN 978-3-942502-16-0 .
• Men, women & love. About child demands and adult needs. Innenwelt Verlag 2010, 205 pages, ISBN 978-3-936360-58-5 .
• Life has no reverse gear. The Evolution of Consciousness, Spiritual Growth, and Family Constellation. Innenwelt Verlag 2009, 295 pages, ISBN 978-3-936360-51-6 .
• The tree bears abundant fruit. Dimensions and further developments of family constellation. Carl Auer Systems 2006, 288 pages, ISBN 978-3896705310 .
• The Hellinger controversy. Facts - Background - Clarifications. HERDER Spectrum 2005, 160 pages, ISBN 978-3451055713 .
• In good times and bad - love, lust, growth in the partnership. Goldmann 2004, 218 pages, ISBN 978-3442216925 .
• The Hellinger principle - information and clarifications. Herder 2003, 157 pages, ISBN 978-3451053528 .
• Where love falls - conversations about couple relationships and family ties. Innenwelt Verlag 2002, 174 pages, ISBN 978-3936360004 .
• Love that solves. Insights from Family Constellations. Carl Auer Systems 2002, 174 pages, ISBN 978-3896702869 .

Web links

http://www.nellesinstitut.de/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.innenwelt-verlag.de/autoren
2. ↑ http://www.nellesinstitut.de/seminare/lebensintegrationsprozess/
3. ^ GWUP - Die Skeptiker - GWUP - Die Skeptiker. Retrieved August 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ http://www.nellesinstitut.de/institut-philosophie/ueber-uns/