Are You Sabotaging Your Child's Resilience?

On-Demand Class · Parenting

Resilience is a trait that will serve your child in countless ways throughout their lives, and it's easier to instill it in them! In this class you will learn the myth of resilience, and leave with a toolkit for nurturing it in your child.

Class Description

In the modern world with so much dependency on technology, children's resilience has been dramatically impacted in a negative way. More than ever, parents need to help their chidlren develop the skills they need to be able to manage the pressures placed on them. By the end of this 7-session class, you will have gained fresh and progressive insights into the concept of resilience and how to better empower your child so that they are prepared for the world they will have to navigate. In this easy to follow class Richard Hogan (Ireland's leading family psychotherapist) outlines very clearly how to rethink resilience, and provides parents with new ways to think about their child and how they can better develop the skills they will need to thrive in our multifaceted world.

Sessions Overview

  1. Building Resilience in the Modern Child: Introduction to the course.
  2. The Science of Resilience: Learn about the neuroscience behind resilience, so you can better understand what is happening in the brain when your child lacks resilience.
  3. The Pillars of Resilience: Explore the fundamentals of building resilience.
  4. The Impact of Gaming on Your Child’s Resilience: Help your child manage their gaming habit, and learn easy-to-follow steps for helping them reconnect with their peer group.
  5. Intentional Parenting Strategies: Learn how to rethink your parenting strategies, as well as very clear steps you can use to intentionally build your child's resilience.
  6. Do Not Remove Obstacles from Your Child: Learn how important it is to allow your child to solve their own problems.
  7. Putting All the Pieces Together: Class summary and next steps.

Your Instructor

Richard Hogan

My name is Richard Hogan (PhD) and I am a systemically trained Family Psychotherapist and the proud father of three very energetic and beautiful young girls. I am a columist for the Irish Examiner. My column ‘Learning Points’ explores mental health issues for teenagers, couples and families. I am the author of the best-selling book ‘Parenting the Screenager’. This book is a practical and accessible guide for parents of the modern child. The book received critical acclaim from The Irish Times as a ‘must buy for any parent of a teenager’. I am the clinical director of the award-winning psychotherapy and counselling service Therapy Institute. Trinity College Dublin invited me, in 2017, to undertake a PhD with the university to explore how my paper, ‘systemic practices in education’ could be introduced into the Irish educational system. Oxford University invites me annually as a keynote speaker at its annual educational symposium. I was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for my work in 2020 and I travelled to Antioch University in Seattle WA in 2021 to carry out research on how to better promote inclusion in Irish and American Schools. I am an expert contributor on Virgin media’s most successful launch of an original programme, ‘Eating With The Enemy’. I am also a regular contributor on shows such as The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates Newstalk, The Today Show RTÉ, Ireland AM Virgin Media where I offer my expertise and progressive strategies for parents and children navigating the modern family. I strongly believe in strength based approach to parenting. I empower parents so that they can better help their children thrive in this modern tech world.

Degrees and Certifications

Undergrad in English and History University College Cork Higher Diploma in Teacher Education University College Cork Sceince Medicine Masters in Systemic Family Psychotherapy University College Dublin PhD - Intersection of Systemic Theory and Educational Pedagogy Trinity College Dublin

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