Pat Frankish is a British consultant psychologist and psychotherapist with over 35 years’ experience working with children and adults with complex needs.
Frankish has pioneered the development of psychotherapy for people with intellectual disabilities, demonstrating its effectiveness for people with the most complex needs, including those in high secure settings.
As a result of her childhood experiences living in the grounds of a long-stay hospital for those with mental handicap as it was then called, Dr Frankish has dedicated her career to improving the lives of this client group.
Through continuing her clinical work with both disabled and non-disabled clients, Dr Frankish is able to put theory into practice. Alongside this, Dr Frankish has directly implemented her model of
trauma-informed care
Trauma-informed care (TIC) or Trauma-and violence-informed care (TVIC), is a framework for relating to and helping people who have experienced negative consequences after exposure to dangerous experiences. There is no one single TIC framework, or m ...
by establishing a social care organisation together with her daughter. Amara Care provides support to more than 30 clients.
Past President of the
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the org ...
., Frankish has presented at conferences across the world. She has authored and edited several books, which are available from Pavilion and Karnac.
References
Living people
British psychologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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