While your goose may not exactly be cooked just yet, she is certainly looking a little more rotund around the waist with those few extra pounds she has put on in the last number of weeks. Her broadening belt signals the arrival of the silly season, for we are rapidly hurtling towards Christmas; the season…
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One of the most important aspects of working with adolescents is understanding the context of their behaviour. All behaviour has a context and all behaviour is communication. Often parents bring their children to me in the hope the behaviour causing them concern will be fixed.
However, often what ends up being viewed is the…
How can it be that a father is told by the court that he has a right to see his child and yet remains without contact, asks Richard Hogan
IN last week’s article, I outlined parental alienation and how it devastates the family. I spoke about how children can be used by a parent in their war…
Children are far less likely to have psychological issues if the separating parents promote a healthy relationship, writes Richard Hogan
In the 1980s child psychiatrist Dr Richard A Garner coined a term to describe the process whereby one parent turns their child or children against the other parent; his term for this behaviour was ‘parental alienation’. And…