Dr. Frankie Biography
Dr. Frankie Bashan is an American relationship coach and dating expert as well as a licensed clinical psychologist with almost 20 years of experience. She specializes in working with individuals and couples experiencing relational difficulties. Bashan is also the CEO and president of a professional matchmaking company for women.
Dr. Frankie Are You The One?
Speeking about her role on the show, Dr. Frankie said I’m there to help the cast better understand why they’ve struggled so terribly at dating, so they can change those behaviors and be successful. We do exercises in communication or eye contact and they talk about what has come up in the house, what they’re struggling with, then I make suggestions about how they may be able to shift their behavior or think about things differently.
Frankie who was not living in the same house with the cast expalins how they met each every day as a group for a few hours. Dr. Frankie talks, often “I would have them think about things to work on, behaviors to pay attention to and then we would come together. The idea is that viewers will have a takeaway — they’ll get nuggets of helpful information that they can apply to their own lives and make positive changes in their own relationships”.
These are the dating trends Frankie encountered in the house.
“Petty behaviors like manipulation, stone-walling — stone-walling is the same idea as ghosting, but it’s doing it in person. You get into a situation with your partner and then you ignore them, you don’t want to talk about it. You disappear, essentially. But now you’re under the same roof, having to sleep next to each other. So they have to confront [each other], they don’t have a choice, which is a beautiful thing, because they’re forced to work on it.
With me there, I can give them skills and tools so that they can feel more empowered to work on these things, not just throw their hands up and feel stuck. Now they’re like, ‘Okay, well Dr. Frankie made these suggestions, I’m going to try them. Let me see if they work.’ Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t, and that’s going to be captured on camera, which is going to be amazing for viewers”.
Did you find that the daters responded well to you and the advice you were offering?
DR. FRANKIE: Absolutely. They were hungry for it. They’re there because they want to find their person but they keep getting in the way of themselves. So they were eager for professional perspective or input about how their behavior is interfering in the process of them being successful.
Are You the One? Season 8 Cast (Contestants)
- Amber Martinez,
- Basit Shittu,
- Brandon Davis,
- Danny Prikazsky,
- Jasmine Olson,
- Jenna Brown,
- Jonathan Monroe,
- Justinavery “Justin” Palm,
- Kai Wes,
- Kari Snow,
- Kylie Smith,
- Max Gentile,
- Nour Fraij,
- Paige Cole,
- Remy Duran,
Dr. Frankie Age
Bashan has not disclosed her age.
Dr. Frankie Husband
Bashan has been married fro more than 20 years to her lovely husband but the details about the love of her life remains a misery.
Dr. Frankie Books
- Little Gay Book
- Little Black Book,