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, their relationships, and their
sense of direction.
This work is not
theoretical
for me.
It is lived, practised, and
continually unfolding.
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.
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.
Less about technique
than attention
I have worked with people on their inner lives for over twenty-five years, and
with men specifically for more than sixteen.
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 and beyond, from many cultural and personal
backgrounds, in Australia and internationally.
This work is explored more fully in my book,
The Father Wound — The Unspoken Inheritance.
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 judgement
- ✺and new ways of relating can slowly take root
My role is not to lead. It is to stay present and steady, and to
respect each man’s pace and his 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.
Something in your own story may
be asking to be understood
more fully
If and when you feel ready, you are welcome to explore this work further
through a Discovery Session — a conversation to clarify where you are,
and whether working together feels appropriate.
This is a conversation — not a sales call, and not a commitment.
What ongoing mentoring involves, and what it costs, is set out on the
mentoring page.
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
