My name is
adam majrouh.
I am a Father Wound Advocate, working with men who sense that something unresolved from their relationship with their father continues to shape their inner life, relationships, and sense of direction.
This work is not theoretical for me.
It is lived, practiced, and continually unfolding.
How this work found me
This work did not begin as a profession. It began as something I carried.
When I was two and a half, I was circumcised without anaesthesia. My father was in the next room. He heard it, and he did not come. He was not absent, and he was not cruel — he was present, and his presence did not protect me. The family name I carry, Majrouh, means injured in Arabic. At school, teachers turned it into a question — Majrouh, who injured you? — knowing what it meant. The wound was named in me, by the adults meant to teach me, before I had language to question it.
For a long time I did not see how that early failure of protection was still moving through my life — in how I trusted, how I withdrew, how I braced for the moment someone I depended on would not come. Naming it took years. What happened to me was not my fault. What continued through me was still mine to face.
Most men do not arrive at this work through a single memory like that. They arrive because something in the way they relate, or lead, or protect themselves no longer fits the life they are living, and they begin to sense where it came from. What you carry from your father is not only his. At some point it became the material of your own life — and that is where the work begins.
I do not work with men from above this. I work alongside, because I am still in it too. Not a cure, and not a method applied to you — a steady presence while you do the work that is yours to do.
My work today
I have worked with people on their inner lives for over 25 years, and with men specifically for more than 16.
My approach is less about technique than attention. We look at what you actually feel, and why. At the story you carry from your father, and how it still moves through the way you relate. At the boy you once were, and what he still needs. And at what is now yours to take responsibility for — not as blame, but as the place where things begin to change.
I work with men aged 25 to 75+, from many cultural and personal backgrounds, both in Australia and internationally.
This work is explored more fully in my book,
The Father Wound — The Unspoken Inheritance.
How I work
I don’t believe in fixing people.
I believe in creating the conditions where:
- clarity can emerge
- responsibility can be reclaimed
- emotional truth can be met without judgment
- and new ways of relating can slowly take root
My role is not to lead from above, but to walk beside — with presence, steadiness, and respect for each man’s pace and dignity.
Beyond the work
I am based in Perth, Western Australia.
I am a father of four and a grandfather to eight much-loved grandchildren.
Creativity, stillness, and self-expression matter to me. Outside my professional work, I find grounding in writing, reading, painting, music, and cooking — simple practices that keep me connected to what is essential.
You may notice that I write my name in lowercase. This is intentional. For me, it is a small reminder that the work matters more than the one doing it, and that what we carry is part of our shared human ground.
An invitation
If you’re here, you may already sense that something in your own story is asking to be understood more fully.
If and when you feel ready, you’re welcome to explore this work further through a Discovery Session — a conversation to clarify where you are, and whether working together feels appropriate.
A brief note
I am not a medical professional, and my work does not replace medical or psychological care. Where specialised support is needed, I encourage appropriate professional guidance.
Warmly,
adam majrouh
Father Wound Advocate