The Father Wound

COMING SOON

THE FATHER WOUND: Healing the Hidden Injury Behind Your Son’s Struggle

Prescriptive Parenting / Psychology — 65,000 words — Complete manuscript

Nearly eighteen million American children live without a resident father. Millions more have fathers who are in the house but not in the room. THE FATHER WOUND names five distinct patterns of father wounding—Absent, Passive, Critical, Volatile, and Enmeshed—each producing predictable behaviors, each requiring different interventions.

Drawing on thirty years of clinical work with over 2,000 boys, this book gives parents a diagnostic tool to identify their son’s specific wound pattern, a research-backed five-stage healing model (the Quest Path), and practical tools they can use immediately: scripts for fathers who don’t know what to say, age-stratified screen guidelines, and a healing progress tracker.

Currently seeking representation. For inquiries: Clayton@ClaytonLessor.com