
Men's Psychology® - Comprehensive Guide
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Overview of Men's Psychology®
13 lessons- What is Men's Psychology®?
- What Are Men's Psychological Challenges?
- Why Men's Psychology® is Needed
- The Struggles of Being Male
- How Men Feel Seen and Heard
- Sex Differences and Advantages
- Stereotypes, Archetypes and the Titanic
- Stereotyping Men in Counseling Instead of Helping
- Testosterone Dropping
- "The End of Men"
- Men Getting Lonely
- Men, Loneliness and Despair
- Dignifying Men's Psychology® and Speaking to Men
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New Theory of Men's Psychology®
20 lessons- What is Masculinity?
- Masculinity Defined in a Poem
- Struggling With Masculinity
- Masculinity Defined in Going "All the Way"
- Male Vs Female Approaches to Masculinity
- Origins of Men's Psychology
- The Generalist Approach
- The Crucial Role of Statistics
- Masculine Archetypes
- Jungian Psychology and Male Instincts
- Defining Passion
- Masculinity is Passion
- No Human Doing, No Human Being
- Positive Masculinity
- Healing Male Loneliness
- Shame, Rage and Masculinity
- Shame as the Master Negative Emotion for Males and Females
- Philoctetes and How Men Heal
- The Ariadne Instinct: Granting Men Autonomy and Agency in Their Lives
- Male Instincts: the Masculine "Superpowers"
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The Biopsychosocial Model
5 lessons- The Biopsychosocial Model
- Introduction and Application to a Man's "Mission"
- Biology and Instincts
- Psychology and Friendship
- Sociology, Boundaries, and Bias
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Masculinity and the Triune Brain Model
3 lessons- The Triune Brain Model
- Mental Health and Masculinity
- "Toxic Masculinity" Vs Treatment
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The Masculine Reptilian Brian - Instincts as Tools for Love and Career
5 lessons- The Reptilian Brain of Men and Women
- Shame and Masculinity
- Shame and Femininity
- The Twin Drivers of Masculinity
- The Masculine Reptilian Brain - Instincts, Passions, and the Unconscious
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The Masculine Mammalian Brain - Emotions and Love
4 lessons- The Definition of Friendship
- The Mammalian Brain of Men and Women
- Transforming Negative Emotions
- Stress and Masculinity
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The Masculine Higher Brain - Character, Virtue, and Career Mission
15 lessons- The Higher Brain of Men and Women
- Observing Ego and Mindfulness
- Observing Ego: The Only Learned Human Skill that Allows Change or Growth
- Personal Boundaries: the Cause of Most of the World's Problems
- Decisions, Free Will, and Personal Agency
- Virtue Vs Narcissism
- Codependence, Independence and Interdependence in Relationships
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Relationship Boundaries
- Codependence
- Independence
- Interdependence
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Maturity and the Ego Defenses
- The Four Levels of Maturity in the Ego Defenses
- The Primitive Ego Defenses
- The Immature Ego Defenses
- The Neurotic Ego Defenses
- The Mature Ego Defenses (Virtues)
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Effective Therapies for Men
19 lessons- Philoctetes: How Men Heal
- Male-friendly Therapy
- The Master Therapeutic Technique and Strategy for Men
- Positive Psychology for Men
- The Two Drivers of Masculinity and Its Therapy
- Masculinity and Love
- Masculinity and Work
- The Therapy and Educational Tools that Work Best for Men
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The Therapies That DO Work for Men
- The Master Resource for Men: Men's Groups
- Therapy That Works for Men: Gottman Therapy for Relationships
- Therapy That Works for Men: Trauma and EMDR
- Therapy That Works for Men: Trauma and Inner Child Work
- Therapy That Works for Men: Positive Psychology / Positive Masculinity
- Therapy That Works for Men: Mentalization and Being in the Present Moment
- Therapy That Works for Men: Existential Therapy and Accepting What We Don't Control
- Therapy That Works for Men: Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT)
- Therapies That Work for Men: ACT (Accept and Commit Therapy)
- Therapy That Works for Men: Cognitive Analytic Therapy
- Therapy That Works for Men: Compassion Focused Therapy
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Masculine Instinct Therapy
23 lessons- The Functions of the Masculine Instincts
- Synthesis of Psychology That Explains Masculinity
- Evolutionary Psychology and Masculinity
- Example of the Two Factors of Masculinity Seen in Romance
- Avoiding the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle - Part I
- Avoiding the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle - Part II
- Masculine Instincts Applied to the Hero's Journey
- The Perseus Instinct
- The Narcissus Instinct: What to Avoid in All the Other Instincts
- Zeus and His Brothers
- The Zeus Instinct (Leadership and Honor)
- The Dynamics of the Zeus Instinct
- The Hera Instinct (Ultimate Words of a Woman to a Man)
- The Dynamics of Hera With Zeus and Beyond
- The Poseidon Instinct (Commerce and Wealth)
- The Hades Instinct (Privacy, Creativity and the Male Unconscious)
- The Ares Instinct (Fighting and Winning)
- The Apollo Instinct (Scholarliness in the Arts and Sciences)
- The Hephaestus Instinct ("A Job Well-done" Behavior)
- The Hermes Instinct
- The Eros Instinct
- The Odysseus Instinct
- The Theseus Instinct
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Summary and the Future of Men's Psychology®
3 lessons- Summary of Male Psychology®
- Conclusion
- Resources for Further Study