The Man Behind MenWhoHeal
Dr Philippe Jacquet
Wounded Healer.
Jungian Analyst.
Doctorate in Analytical Psychology · University of Essex, 2025
Europe's only doctorate in male eating disorders
- Jungian Analyst, 25+ years clinical practice
- Private eating disorder rehab supervisor
- Lived experience of eating disorder and addiction recovery
Biography
There is a reason Dr Jacquet has spent 25 years with men who could not explain what was wrong.
He was once one of them. Dr Philippe Jacquet's path into this work did not begin in a lecture hall. It began in the quiet devastation of his own eating disorder and addiction — years of suffering that eventually led him to Jung, to training, and to a life's work.
“Only if the doctor knows how to cope with himself and his own problems will he be able to teach the patient to do the same.”— C. G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Academic Foundation
Built on Original Research
The Devouring Kronos — University of Essex, 2025. Dr Jacquet's doctoral thesis is the first Analytical Psychology study to place the father at the centre of male eating disorder development.
The Male Eating Disorder Matrix
Shame, Identification, Father Figure, and Power Struggle.
The Kronos Complex
The tyrannical mind that attacks the body with devouring force.
Body Number 2
The idealisation of an imaginary body that interrupts recovery.
Father Hunger
How paternal absence leaves a son without an embodied masculine symbol.
Take the First Step