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Dr Freddy Jackson Brown

Chartered Clinical Psychologist

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Areas of Expertise ¶

Child Development
Family Systems
Parenting Capacity
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Child Protection
Language and Communication skills Development
Physical Health and Psychological Adjustment
Disability and Learning
Self Injurious Behaviour
Preschool Development
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Brain Injury in Children
Drug, Alcohol and Addiction Issues
Cognitive Assessment of Adults and Children
Fitness to Plead

Experience ¶

Dr Freddy Jackson Brown is a British Psychological Society chartered clinical psychologist. He graduated from the Southampton University doctoral clinical psychology training programme in 1996 and for the last 10 years has been employed by North Bristol NHS Trust to deliver mental health services to children and their families. He is the lead psychologist for disabled children in North Bristol Trust and contributes to service development and strategy for disabled children.

Clinically he has experience of a range of clinical areas, such as mental health, disability (including autistic spectrum disorders), drug and alcohol, health issues and capacity. He has a particular interest in challenging behaviour and leads a small team of four psychologists supporting disabled children at risk of school exclusion. He is also an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy practitioner.

Professionally he has written widely on clinical, conceptual and philosophical issues and has published quantitative and qualitative research papers in nationally and internationally peer reviewed journals. He provides teaching on disability in infancy and childhood and child and adolescent mental health on the Bristol Doctoral Clinical Psychology training course.

Dr Jackson Brown has undertaken legal instructions since 1999, contributing expert witness reports for civil proceedings. He is qualified to use, and has experience with, a range of psychological and clinical procedures (such as interview, observational and psychometrics) to assess children needs, profiles and family functioning.

Professional Memberships ¶

British Psychological Society (BPS)
Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP)
Association of Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Associate Fellow of Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)

Other Information ¶

Dr Jackson Brown has full enhanced CRB clearance.
Dr Jackson Brown holds personal professional indemnity insurance.
Dr Jackson Brown holds a full UK driver’s license

Publications ¶

Brown J.F. (1995) My therapeutic ‘signature’: a reflection on clinical training. Clinical Psychology Forum, 86, 31.

Brown J.F. (1998) Clinical Psychology Training Dissertations: Some fundamental issues that we seldom talk about. Clinical Psychology Forum. 116, 30-33.

Brown J.F. & Cullen, C. (1999) The pragmatic nature of ‘good’ theory. In J. Hartley & and A. Branthwaite (Eds.), The Applied Psychologist. Open University Press.

Brown J.F. (1999) Definitions and misunderstandings: What do you mean ‘non-aversive’? Clinical Psychology Forum, 127,28-30.

Cullen, C., Brown, J.F., Coombes, H. and Hendy, S. (1999) Working with people who have intellectual impairments. In J. Marzillier and J. Hall (Eds.) What is Clinical Psychology? Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Brown, J.F. and Hendy. S. (2001) A step towards ending the isolation of behavior analysis: A common language with evolutionary science. The Behavior Analyst, 24(2), 163-172.

Brown, J.F. and Ash. B. (2001) Two heads with different tales: a look at the supervision process. Clinical Psychology, 2, 11-13.

Brown, J.F., Spencer, K. Swift, S. (2002) A parent training programme for chronic food refusal: a case study. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30, 118-121.

Brown, J.F. (2002) Dualism, reductionism and the notion of brain disease: an addendum to Boyle. Clinical Psychology, 16, 22-25.

Brown, J.F. (2002) Epistemological Differences within Psychological Science: A philosophical perspective on the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practise (formerly British Journal of Medical Psychology), 75, 239-250.

Brown, J.F. (2004) Scientific narratives and ADHD. Clinical Psychology, 40,17-20.
Jackson Brown, J.F. (2005) ADHD and the Philosophy of Science. In N. Radcliffe and C. Newnes (eds.) The Making and Breaking of Childrens’ Lives. ADS Books. Shrewsbury.

Jackson Brown, J.F. (2006) Maintaining long-term therapeutic programmes: a qualitative case study. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34 (2), 117-12.

Moreland, J. Hendy, S, Jackson Brown, J.F. (2008) The Validity of a Personality Disorder Diagnosis for People with a Learning Disability. Journal of Applied Research in Disabilities, 21(3), 219-226.

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