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Home is Where the Start Is

Home is Where the Start Is

How Your Family Made You, and How You Can Make Yourself Even Better

Summary

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A leading psychotherapist's essential guide for anyone who wants to break free from cycles of family dysfunction.

The modern family is one of the most complicated systems we navigate as children and parents. In Home is Where the Start Is, Richard Hogan teaches you how to free yourself from negative experiences you have had in the past, to find true happiness and meaning in the future.

Packed with fascinating case studies from Richard's clinical practice, he offers innovative, proactive and practical strategies for dealing with a wide range of issues; whether you have experienced authoritarian parenting, the effects of addiction, or estrangement, this book will give you the tools to recognise negative patterns from childhood, and avoid them when it comes to making your own family. Home Is Where the Start Is will help you to create the best relationships of your life.

©2023 Richard Hogan (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Reviews

  • Excellent
    Brendan O'Connor, RTÉ Radio 1

About the author

Richard Hogan

Psychotherapist Richard Hogan has been in practice for over a decade and specializes in working with families. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Award and is completing a PhD exploring the intersection between psychological models of the family and educational theory. He writes a weekly mental health column for the Irish Examiner and makes frequent TV and radio appearances, including as a regular contributor to Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1. He lives in Dublin with his family.
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