Name: Richard Hogan: Thriving – How To Do More Than Just Survive Life
Start: 2025-10-10T20:30:00+01:00
Location: bridge st

$Richard Hogan: Thriving \u2013 How To Do More Than Just Survive Life$

Richard Hogan: Thriving – How To Do More Than Just Survive Life
In conversation with Darina Molloy
Friday, 10th October 2025, 8.30pm
Location: Festival Dome, Bridge Lane, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 PN20
Richard Hogan is a systemically trained family psychotherapist registered with the Family Therapy Association of Ireland. Clinical director of the Therapy Institute, Richard Hogan is the leading contributor on RTÉ ‘Raised by the village’. Richard is also an expert contributor on Virgin Media’s ‘Eating With The Enemy’, and RTÉ’s ‘Raised by the Village’ and ‘Traitors Ireland’. He is also a regular contributor on shows such as: Drivetime, RTÉ Radio 1; The Hard Shoulder, Newstalk; The Today Show, RTÉ; Ireland AM, Virgin Media; The Tonight Show with Claire Brock; and he is a regular contributor on The Brendan O’Connor show where he offers his expertise and progressive strategies for better mental health promotion.
Richard is 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’. His recent publication, Home is where the Start is was a national bestseller and shortlisted for an Irish book award.
He writes every Thursday for the Irish Examiner. His column ‘Learning Points’ explores his progressive approaches to mental health promotion.
He is the clinical director of the award-winning psychotherapy and counselling service Therapy Institute. Trinity College Dublin invited Richard, in 2017, to undertake a PhD with the university to explore how his paper, ‘systemic practices in education’ could be introduced into the Irish educational system. Richard was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for his work in 2020 and travelled to America in 2021 to carry out research in a leading American university on how to better promote inclusion in Irish and American schools.
Booking info: All events at this year’s festival are on a first come, first served basis. We recommend wrapping up warmly and arriving early to secure a seat. All events in the festival dome are free of charge.