Mental health articles

Reflections and conversations

The seasons turn. Life finds a way. If we let it

I was surprised, and not surprised at all, to find myself at Boscawen-un Stone Circle on the final night of my pilgrimage.

1 September 2025|Child protection, Family separation, Relationships

Where grief meets trauma: A new map for a special kind of pain

I was lucky enough to meet regularly with two thinkers and healers I admire to develop the new psychological concept of Prolongued Ruptured Attachment Syndrome (PRAS).

1 May 2025|Child protection, Men's issues

Abuse & Violence Against Men and Boys Bill template email

Below I am pasting an email I received today that readers may want to use to promote the welfare of men and boys in the UK.

29 November 2024|Culture, Men's issues

Principles of male friendly therapy

In the world of therapy there is an elephant in the room. Perhaps for the same reasons that sentencing guidelines are harsher for men than for women found guilty of the same offences, men also receive harsher treatment b...

15 October 2024|Child protection, Masculinity, Men's issues

Review: Improving boys' mental health

A hundred years ago the seven-year-old Roald Dahl was caned for putting a dead mouse in a jar of gobstoppers at the sweetshop. His mother gasped when she saw "the scarlet stripes and the deep blue bruising in between" at...

9 December 2023|Masculinity, Men's issues

My letter from the BACP

I was concerned that the professional organisation I am a member of, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, was overlooking men's issues, so I submitted a resolution ahead of the AGM this year.

1 December 2023|Culture, Fatherhood, Masculinity, Men's issues, Podcast, Relationships

The Masculinity Podcast omnibus

This summer I embarked on a series of recorded conversations with Pablo, a young man who wanted guidance as he launched into adulthood.

30 November 2023|Culture, Men's issues

10 issues for a Minister for Men & Boys

I’ve signed this petition and think it's worth sharing here in case you feel called to sign it too.

30 November 2023|Child protection, Family separation, Men's issues, Self regulation

The 8 primary emotions wheel

I facilitate a course that helps domestic abusers to change their behaviour with the charity Temper DV.

28 November 2023|Men's issues

Be male-friendly and he won't be A C.L.A.M

I was asked by Dr John Barry to look over a brief jargon free guide to supporting men’s mental health. I didn't have much to add. I think it's on the money.

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A moving and disturbing exploration of three outcomes of fatherlessness: ADHD, self harming and inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Sue and I explore cognitive distortion in thinking about gender issues: gamma bias and the gender distortion matrix

I discuss the science on testosterone with author and therapist Sue Parker Hall.

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Me and my colleague Sue Parker Hall discuss a chapter by Martin Seager and John A. Barry in The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health called Positive Masculinity: Including Masculinity as a Valued Aspect of Humanity

I explore evolutionary perspectives on male suicide with the author and therapist Sue Parker Hall.

Me and my colleague Sue Parker Hall explore the trouble with identity politics in therapy.

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Mental health articles

Reflections and conversations

Categories

The seasons turn. Life finds a way. If we let it

Where grief meets trauma: A new map for a special kind of pain

Abuse & Violence Against Men and Boys Bill template email

Principles of male friendly therapy

Review: Improving boys' mental health

My letter from the BACP

The Masculinity Podcast omnibus

10 issues for a Minister for Men & Boys

The 8 primary emotions wheel

Be male-friendly and he won't be A C.L.A.M

Connect With Me

Video

Me and my colleague Sue Parker Hall discuss a chapter by Martin Seager and John A. Barry in The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health called Positive Masculinity: Including Masculinity as a Valued Aspect of Humanity