The Inner Critic: An Old Protector in an Adult Life
Why the critical voice can shape our lives, how it learned to protect us in childhood, and what helps it grow into an adult guide.
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Psychology for men and the lives they lead.
Male-focused online psychological services and structured self-development programs informed by 40 years of clinical experience working with men across emotional, behavioural, relationships and life concerns.
Psychology services
Practical psychological work grounded in experience.
Online sessions are solution-focused and trauma-informed, drawing on experience across more than 40 therapeutic approaches. The work is tailored to the person, their circumstances and the aims they bring to therapy.
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Depression & low mood
Psychological support focused on understanding the causes of low mood and negative expectations, and workable change.
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Anxiety & stress
Understanding threat, worry, avoidance and practical skills that support steadier functioning and confidence.
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Addiction & compulsive patterns
Individual psychological work that can be combined with structured online learning to find healthier ways to make life enjoyable and rewarding.
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Problem behaviours & self-sabotage
Examining the function of recurring behaviours and building more effective alternatives.
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Relationships
Communication, intimacy, boundaries, conflict, loss, attachment issues and recurring relationship patterns.
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Career & direction
Identity, purpose, decision-making, work pressures and life transitions.
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Emotional issues
Understanding emotions as guides and motivators and working with them to create the life you want
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Trauma-informed therapy
Work informed by the effects of trauma on memory, emotion, relationships, behaviour and identity.
A different frame
Your Life, Your Way.
Mentor Psychology is designed around the diversity of men's lives rather than a single idea of what a man should be. The focus is on understanding the person and the life they are trying to build.
Make sense of the pattern
Define the direction
Build new responses
Make change usable
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Why do we have addictions?
A substance, activity or habit can offer real relief, freedom or connection. Understanding what it does for us helps us care for the pain beneath it and build other ways forward.
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When the inner critic drives addiction
When an old voice demands perfection and rejects parts of us, an addictive behaviour can offer a brief holiday from its pain. Understanding that childhood pattern can open another path to freedom.
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Dopamine and Addiction: when stimulation becomes a refuge
Gambling, stimulants, shopping, pornography, gaming and social media can offer a quick spark. What does dopamine actually do, and how can we find more ways to feel engaged and alive?
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Structured ways to work between sessions and beyond therapy.
Individual + online program
Addiction Programs
Individual psychology sessions combined with a structured online program supporting understanding, change planning, relapse prevention and ongoing practice.
10-week group course
The Mentor Program
A ten-week group self-development course exploring identity, emotional life, relationships, direction, behaviour and practical skills for deliberate living.