One of the most prevalent issues I encounter in the therapeutic setting is that of teenage anxiety.
It can take the shape of many forms, from social anxiety to school refusal…
It is important that everyone in the family has a chance to express their feelings about what is happening in the house, writes Richard Hogan
TEENAGE mental health has received a lot of…
For many parents of teenagers, this time of year can be quite stressful. There are only 12 weeks to the Leaving and Junior Cert examinations.
Many of the conversations I have…
I still remember, vividly, the last conversation I had with a childhood friend of mine. I was out one Saturday night in Cork and happened to bump into him, writes…
Oscar Wilde said ‘to win back my youth, there is nothing I wouldn’t do — except take exercise, get up early, or be a useful member of the community’, writes…
In my work as a school psychotherapist, I have been alarmed by the increasing number of students coming to me because they are experiencing difficulties in their personal life.
Teenage depression…
Thomas Kinsella has a wonderful poem called, ‘Model School Inchicore.’ In the poem Kinsella explores the notion that the old traditional educational system of Ireland shrank creativity rather than promoted…
It’s time we stand up for how women are treated in society, writes Richard Hogan
And so this is Christmas, and what have we done this year?
In the Chinese calendar,…
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will return to the Seanad for debate tomorrow after the legislation was stalled for over a year reported the Irish Times last week.
“The legislation…
