Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

About this episode

Psychotherapist Richard Hogan discusses the importance of setting boundaries and the differences between authoritative and authoritarian parenting.

Psychotherapist Richard Hogan joins Brendan to talk about boundaries: teaching people how to treat you, putting down boundaries within your family and dealing with tricky people who try to undermine you. He also explains the critical difference between being an authoritative parent, and an authoritarian parent.

People in this episode

Host: Brendan O'Connor

Guest: Richard Hogan

Topics covered

• boundaries
• psychotherapy
• parenting
• family dynamics
• communication

Keywords

• boundaries
• psychotherapy
• authoritative parenting
• family
• communication
• tricky people

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