The Kronos Complex
The critical, controlling mind attacks the body with a devouring force.
Clinical Framework
A Framework Built
Only for Men.
The first Jungian clinical approach to male eating disorders in Europe — drawn from 25 years of clinical experience and original doctoral research.
Why This Matters
Everything Else Was
Designed for Women.
Until recently, the diagnostic criteria for anorexia required three missed menstrual cycles — making it clinically impossible to diagnose a man. NICE guidelines still offer no male-specific treatment pathways. MenWhoHeal was built to correct this.
The Core Framework
The Male Eating
Disorder Matrix
Developed through 25 years of clinical observation, the Matrix identifies four core positions consistently present when working with men.
01
Shame
The silent conviction that one's suffering and body are fundamentally wrong.
02
Identification & Blueprint
The son needs a father whose body he can identify with.
03
The Father Figure
When the archetypal need is unmet, men seek identity in their bodies or addiction.
04
The Power Struggle
The disorder becomes the one place the man can exercise power.
Original Concepts
New Language for
What Men Actually Experience
Body Number 2
An imaginary perfect body becomes the condition for real life to begin.
Father Hunger
The search for an embodied masculine symbol.
Why Jungian Therapy?
The Three Pillars of
Recovery
The Unconscious Speaks
Dreams and active imagination make hidden dynamics visible.
The Body as Symbol
The body is a symbolic terrain where psyche and soma meet.
Myth as Mirror
The stories of Kronos and the wounded healer carry weight.
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