N I G E L W E L L I N G S psychotherapist and author
Present With Suffering
Being With The Things That Hurt
Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Foreword Henry Shukman
Confer 2021
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"There is something about everything that makes it not quite satisfactory. Even things we really love are spoilt by not being quite enough or – the opposite – going on too long. People entering psychotherapy want to feel better – more authoritative, less anxious or depressed, more whole – and although it can help, an enormous amount of difficult and painful emotions continue to arise. After years and years of therapy many of us feel as mad as ever. There is no ‘happy ever after’. This all begs the question; what is the place of suffering in human experience and how best can we be with it?"
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Why Can’t I Meditate?
How to Get Your Mindfulness Practice on Track
Nigel Wellings
Foreword Becca Crane
Bangor University
Piatkus 2015
Tarcher Perigee 2016
"I am very happy to finally see someone writing about why people can’t meditate. I’ve known Nigel for many years; he’s a sincere practitioner who has been thinking about how to untangle the blockages in the human mind for some time now. We had a lot of discussion together about the ideas presented here and I think his book will be very useful. It’s helpful to know the underlying causes of meditation problems - this book shows how to work with them.”
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
"Why Can't I Meditate? is, as far as I know, the first indepth and pragmatic analysis of a key issue that bedevils many people who undertake the practice of meditation. It is not at all uncommon for someone to encounter a deep resistance to meditation even though they are sincerely committed to it. Drawing on his many years experience as a psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher and Buddhist practitioner, Nigel Wellings explores this issue by combining first-hand reports of students as well as reflections from a number of Buddhist meditation teachers from various traditions and backgrounds. This important study is also an invaluable handbook that provides practical guidance and advice for anyone who strives to understand and overcome the obstacles that prevent meditation from becoming an integral part of one's life."
Stephen Batchelor,
Buddhism without Beliefs and
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
Crossroads in Psychoanalysis
Buddhism and Mindfulness
edited by Anthony Molino
Jason Aronson 2014
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With Buddha In Mind
Mindfulness Based Psychotherapy in Practice
Essay: Nigel Wellings
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"This book has so many riches - riches of Buddhism, of Buddhism as therapy, and of therapy as meditative quest, each affected by the other, becoming part of each other. The writings in this book take us to living places and provide much guidance about the ins and outs of experience."
Michael Eigen PhD
Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis
Nothing To Lose,
psychotherapy, mindfulness and living life
Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Foreword Mark Epstein
Thoughts Without a Thinker.
Continuum 2006
“In sharing their insights gained from the long application of Buddhism and Western psychology, Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth McCormick have produced a rich and moving work that reflects an unflinching honesty about themselves and a deep commitment to the welfare of others.”
Stephen Batchelor,
Buddhism without Beliefs and
Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist.
Transpersonal Psychotherapy,
Theory and Practice
Edited by Nigel Wellings and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick.
Foreword Prof. David Fontana
Sage Publications 2000
“In addition to proving timely, this book represents a milestone in the formalisation of transpersonal psychology . . . The book stands as a shining example of how psychotherapists can not only make their work comprehensible to readers, but can convince us of its ability to make a profound difference to the lives of both thier clients and of themselves.”
David Fontana,
Visiting Professor of Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Liverpool John Moores University
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Tara’s Colouring Book
Andy Weber and Nigel Wellings
Foreword Jonathan Landaw
Wisdom 1979
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"“Utterly beautiful.This is a wonderful book with beautiful images, it also has pages of very clear and helpful instructions...a gem to treasure.”
Tara’s Colouring Book
Second Edition
Andy Weber and Nigel Wellings
Foreword Jonathan Landaw
Wisdom 2018