Men's Psychology® - Comprehensive Guide

1. Overview of Men's Psychology®

   13 lessons

   1. What is Men's Psychology®?
   2. What Are Men's Psychological Challenges?
   3. Why Men's Psychology® is Needed
   4. The Struggles of Being Male
   5. How Men Feel Seen and Heard
   6. Sex Differences and Advantages
   7. Stereotypes, Archetypes and the Titanic
   8. Stereotyping Men in Counseling Instead of Helping
   9. Testosterone Dropping
   10. "The End of Men"
   11. Men Getting Lonely
   12. Men, Loneliness and Despair
   13. Dignifying Men's Psychology® and Speaking to Men

2. New Theory of Men's Psychology®

   20 lessons

   1. What is Masculinity?
   2. Masculinity Defined in a Poem
   3. Struggling With Masculinity
   4. Masculinity Defined in Going "All the Way"
   5. Male Vs Female Approaches to Masculinity
   6. Origins of Men's Psychology
   7. The Generalist Approach
   8. The Crucial Role of Statistics
   9. Masculine Archetypes
   10. Jungian Psychology and Male Instincts
   11. Defining Passion
   12. Masculinity is Passion
   13. No Human Doing, No Human Being
   14. Positive Masculinity
   15. Healing Male Loneliness
   16. Shame, Rage and Masculinity
   17. Shame as the Master Negative Emotion for Males and Females
   18. Philoctetes and How Men Heal
   19. The Ariadne Instinct: Granting Men Autonomy and Agency in Their Lives
   20. Male Instincts: the Masculine "Superpowers"

3. The Biopsychosocial Model

   5 lessons

   1. The Biopsychosocial Model
   2. Introduction and Application to a Man's "Mission"
   3. Biology and Instincts
   4. Psychology and Friendship
   5. Sociology, Boundaries, and Bias

4. Masculinity and the Triune Brain Model

   3 lessons

   1. The Triune Brain Model
   2. Mental Health and Masculinity
   3. "Toxic Masculinity" Vs Treatment

5. The Masculine Reptilian Brian - Instincts as Tools for Love and Career

   5 lessons

   1. The Reptilian Brain of Men and Women
   2. Shame and Masculinity
   3. Shame and Femininity
   4. The Twin Drivers of Masculinity
   5. The Masculine Reptilian Brain - Instincts, Passions, and the Unconscious

6. The Masculine Mammalian Brain - Emotions and Love

   4 lessons

   1. The Definition of Friendship
   2. The Mammalian Brain of Men and Women
   3. Transforming Negative Emotions
   4. Stress and Masculinity

7. The Masculine Higher Brain - Character, Virtue, and Career Mission

   15 lessons

   1. The Higher Brain of Men and Women
   2. Observing Ego and Mindfulness
   3. Observing Ego: The Only Learned Human Skill that Allows Change or Growth
   4. Personal Boundaries: the Cause of Most of the World's Problems
   5. Decisions, Free Will, and Personal Agency
   6. Virtue Vs Narcissism
   7. Codependence, Independence and Interdependence in Relationships

   1. Relationship Boundaries

      1. Codependence
      2. Independence
      3. Interdependence

   2. Maturity and the Ego Defenses

      1. The Four Levels of Maturity in the Ego Defenses
      2. The Primitive Ego Defenses
      3. The Immature Ego Defenses
      4. The Neurotic Ego Defenses
      5. The Mature Ego Defenses (Virtues)

8. Effective Therapies for Men

   19 lessons

   1. Philoctetes: How Men Heal
   2. Male-friendly Therapy
   3. The Master Therapeutic Technique and Strategy for Men
   4. Positive Psychology for Men
   5. The Two Drivers of Masculinity and Its Therapy
   6. Masculinity and Love
   7. Masculinity and Work
   8. The Therapy and Educational Tools that Work Best for Men

   1. The Therapies That DO Work for Men

      1. The Master Resource for Men: Men's Groups
      2. Therapy That Works for Men: Gottman Therapy for Relationships
      3. Therapy That Works for Men: Trauma and EMDR
      4. Therapy That Works for Men: Trauma and Inner Child Work
      5. Therapy That Works for Men: Positive Psychology / Positive Masculinity
      6. Therapy That Works for Men: Mentalization and Being in the Present Moment
      7. Therapy That Works for Men: Existential Therapy and Accepting What We Don't Control
      8. Therapy That Works for Men: Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT)
      9. Therapies That Work for Men: ACT (Accept and Commit Therapy)
      10. Therapy That Works for Men: Cognitive Analytic Therapy
      11. Therapy That Works for Men: Compassion Focused Therapy

9. Masculine Instinct Therapy

   23 lessons

   1. The Functions of the Masculine Instincts
   2. Synthesis of Psychology That Explains Masculinity
   3. Evolutionary Psychology and Masculinity
   4. Example of the Two Factors of Masculinity Seen in Romance
   5. Avoiding the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle - Part I
   6. Avoiding the Narcissistic Abuse Cycle - Part II
   7. Masculine Instincts Applied to the Hero's Journey
   8. The Perseus Instinct
   9. The Narcissus Instinct: What to Avoid in All the Other Instincts
   10. Zeus and His Brothers
   11. The Zeus Instinct (Leadership and Honor)
   12. The Dynamics of the Zeus Instinct
   13. The Hera Instinct (Ultimate Words of a Woman to a Man)
   14. The Dynamics of Hera With Zeus and Beyond
   15. The Poseidon Instinct (Commerce and Wealth)
   16. The Hades Instinct (Privacy, Creativity and the Male Unconscious)
   17. The Ares Instinct (Fighting and Winning)
   18. The Apollo Instinct (Scholarliness in the Arts and Sciences)
   19. The Hephaestus Instinct ("A Job Well-done" Behavior)
   20. The Hermes Instinct
   21. The Eros Instinct
   22. The Odysseus Instinct
   23. The Theseus Instinct

10. Summary and the Future of Men's Psychology®

    3 lessons

    1. Summary of Male Psychology®
    2. Conclusion
    3. Resources for Further Study