Well at 34 he's too young to be going through an MLC. It sounds like his obsessive/compulsive nature. He feels he has to do certain things and feels like he's been held back.
My W is a little like that. M counseling doesn't cut it in those cases. They have to go into IC to see why they are so restless.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.