Mark has spent 20 years facilitating Business Graffiti projects to kick-start over 70 different business and commercial projects. Producing elegant and powerful plans in graphic form is one thing, having people implement them fully is another. As an experienced facilitator and organisational psychologist, coaching leaders and teams has been a big part of working life.

As a therapeutic counsellor, ManMind has been on Mark’s mind for some time as we all witness the western world seeming to turn against men for reasons that are spurious at best and palpably dangerous at worst. We all know that incidents of male suicide are not declining and increases in depression amongst young men in particular, is on the rise. The question “what is it to be a man?” seemed clearer 20 years ago, now its not and the repercussions are not good for men or women in the long run. The vast majority of us are not misogynist nor culpable for running an oppressive patriarchy. We need to counter this meme with solid, tried-and-tested techniques for regaining some psychological balance.

Mark is a volunteer at the Oxford Men’s Counselling Service, is a MHFA mental health first aider and aspiring Poet.