Expertise:

suicide intervention, adolescent mental health, youth work, parent-youth attachment

Language(s) spoken:

English

Professional associations:

PhD

Patti Ranahan is a Professor in the Graduate Diploma in Youth Work and Human Relations program in Applied Human Sciences. Dr. Ranahan has over two decades of practice experience working as a child and youth care professional in a variety of settings including residential care, crisis shelters, school-based practice, mental health outpatient services, and community-based foster parent support. She has facilitated suicide intervention education programs, and currently acts as a clinical supervisor of Connect - an attachment and trauma-informed group for parents and caregivers. Her practice experience informs her research and teaching activities. Her program of research focuses on education as intervention, including suicide prevention education, development and application of mental health literacy, youth work pedagogy, enhancing security in parent-youth relationships through parenting interventions, using qualitative research methods including grounded theory, discourse analysis, and focused ethnography. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and Editor-in-Chief of Child & Youth Services.

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