Recent studies have identified that there is a high incidence and prevalence of trauma amongst people with Intellectual disabilities which often results in arrested emotional development.
She has a specialist interest in early personality development and the consequences of disturbance through traumatic life events..
She has a wide experience of psychological issues across age groups.
She went on to Doctoral studies and was made a Doctor of Psychology in 2003.
A (Open) in Humanities and Psychology before undertaking training in teaching children with severe learning difficulties and then a masters in Clinical Psychology.
Sc (Hons) in Psychology and B.
About the Author Dr Pat Frankish obtained B.
Written by Dr Pat Frankish, a clinical psychologist with many years of experience in the field of Intellectual Disability and psychotherapy, whose work is dedicated to the development and growth of Trauma Informed Care as a model of working with people with disabilities.
Trauma-Informed Care in Intellectual Disability will enable support staff to work therapeutically.
While this has proved not to be the case and attempts are being made to redress the balance, individual psychotherapy will always be in short supply.
For years psychotherapy has been denied to people with Intellectual disabilities who have experienced trauma, on the grounds that they could not benefit from it.
Historically, most of the consequential emotional difficulties have been labelled as an effect of the Disability or more recently, as challenging behaviour.
Some of this relates to experiences of being restrained or separated from people they know, and some to early traumatic events, such as abandonment or neglect.
Recent studies have identified that there is a high incidence and prevalence of trauma amongst people with Intellectual disabilities which often results in arrested emotional development
