The Man Behind MenWhoHeal
Dr Philippe Jacquet
Wounded Healer.
Jungian Analyst.
- Europe's only doctorate in male eating disorders
- Jungian Analyst, 25+ years clinical practice
- Private eating disorder rehab supervisor
- Lived experience of ED & 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 that could not have been designed any other way.
"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
Jung's concept of the wounded healer is not a metaphor for Dr Jacquet. It is a lived truth that runs through every aspect of his clinical work with men.
DOCTORAL 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.
"Men with eating disorders often suffer in silence, believing their struggles are rare or invalid. The myth that these illnesses only affect women is not just wrong — it is dangerous."
— Dr Philippe Jacquet · Doctoral Research 2025
Academic Foundation
Built on Original Research
01
The Male Eating Disorder Matrix
Four clinical positions: Shame, Identification, Father Figure, and Power Struggle.
02
The Kronos Complex
The tyrannical mind that attacks the body with devouring force — as Kronos devoured his children in Greek myth.
03
Body Number 2
The pathological idealisation of an imaginary body — an empty symbol that interrupts recovery.
04
Father Hunger
How paternal absence leaves a son without an embodied masculine symbol, driving disordered eating.