By Richard Hogan
One of the most difficult relationships to navigate is the one we have with our ex-partner in the immediate aftermath of a separation.
It brings with it so many…
Richard Hogan suggests how to approach grandparents about boundaries
I’ve always tried to encourage my wife’s parents to be an important part of my children’s lives. But increasingly I’m finding the way…
The nature of our rapidly lived lives can often mean that we lose contact with our partners, writes Richard Hogan.
The intimacy that was once so easily expressed in those early days…
When a family comes to me presenting with this problem, I ask: what is this behaviour trying to communicate? All behaviour is a form of communication, so we have to…
Monday brought with it the end to one of the most pressing and agonizing questions that students from all over Ireland have been grappling with since the leaving cert results…
Boundaries help children to understand the world, when they are communicated clearly and are not oppressive, writes Richard Hogan.
Then, they make children feel safe and secure. However, there is another…
You’ve told your children there is going to be ramifications for the behaviour they displayed in public and now you’re home and it’s time to implement those promises but as…
My 16-year-old daughter has been dating her boyfriend for four months. She was always such a bubbly, outgoing girl, but she has changed and I am very concerned about her.…
ONE of the most striking aspects I’ve noticed about working with teenagers in schools over the last 18 years is the sheer level of determination and commitment to self-improvement.
When I…
In last weeks article I discussed how The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently classified online gaming as a new mental health condition. For all of us working in the mental…
