Who's who within the Centre
Directors of the centre
Stephen Regel is Principal Psychotherapist/Co-director of the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Special Associate Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Nottingham University and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham. Since 2002, he has been visiting therapist/consultant at the Family Trauma Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has over 30 years experience working with trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and his time is divided between clinical, teaching and research activities. He has been a regular contributor to the University of Copenhagen’s MA in Disaster Management and is also on the Board of Overseers of the Children and War Foundation (www.childrenandwar.org).
He consults and trains extensively with UK police forces on the provision of post trauma support. The Centre’s Peer Support Training package continues to be delivered to emergency services, Social Services Departments, Health Trusts, humanitarian aid organisations and various health/mental health professionals in the UK and abroad. He is also consultant/trainer to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) peer support initiative. Currently he is acting as advisor/trainer to Victim Support’s new national Homicide Service.
Since 1998 he has been consultant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support. Assessment and training missions for the IFRC have included assignments in Korea, Japan, Estonia, Kenya, Somalia, Russia, Scandinavia, Uganda, Sri Lanka and following the conflict in Georgia.Since 2005, he has been part of the British Red Cross Psychosocial Support Team; assisting UK nationals affected by incidents abroad.In 2000/2001 he acted as consultant to the UNHCR peer support programme in Kosovo. He is the co-author (with Stephen Joseph), of a handbook on psychological trauma and post traumatic stress for Oxford University Press, The facts series, written for sufferers and families, but also for other professionals e.g. GPs, nurses, the emergency services, counsellors.
Stephen.Regel@nottshc.nhs.uk
Stephen Joseph is Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care at the University of Nottingham, and Honorary Consultant Psychologist in Psychotherapy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Stephen has specialised in trauma research since the late 1980s when he completed his doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. His current research interests are in growth following adversity. He has had over 100 articles and five books published. He is a chartered health psychologist and senior practitioner member of the British Psychological Societies register of psychotherapists. To find our more about Professor Joseph visit the University of Nottingham
Stephen.Joseph@nottingham.ac.uk
University Research Group and collaborating partners
As well as its presence in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust the CTRG is hosted by three schools across the University - the School of Sociology and Social Policy, the School of Education and the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, where the Research Group is jointly convened by Professor Stephen Joseph, Dr David Murphy and Dr Nigel Hunt respectively. The Group hosts regular postgraduate seminars and visiting speakers. We have a number of collaborating partners
Dr David Murphy is a Lecturer in Counselling and Trauma Studies in the School of Education at The University of Nottingham and Honorary Psychologist specialising in psychotherapy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and is on the British Psychological Society Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy and is also an Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. He has worked within the field of trauma as a psychologist and psychotherapist within both the public and private health sectors. David has a special interest in person-centred therapy and in working with adults affected by childhood abuse and neglect. He has worked for Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (icap) with whom he shares a belief in the benefits of long term and open ended psychotherapy for survivors of childhood abuse and trauma. David completed a PhD researching mutuality within the therapeutic relationship and the effect on outcome. His research interests remain in the area of psychotherapy process research and specifically in the field of the therapeutic relationship. Together with Stephen Joseph, David is currently joint editor of Self & Society: A Journal of Contemporary Psychology which is the journal for the Association of Humanistic Psychology.
Dr Nigel Hunt has research interests in post-traumatic stress disorder, war trauma, traumatic memory, trauma and coping, and health psychology. After bricklaying and lorry driving I became a psychologist specialising in the study of traumatic stress, particularly in relation to war experience, and have since conducted research in many areas. I take an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of stress and trauma, with a particular focus on understanding the role of personal and social narratives surrounding how people deal with stressful and traumatic situations. I currently supervise around a dozen PhD students who are conducting research into a number of areas, such as the impact of the war in Iraq on Iraqi civilians, using narrative techniques to help the victims of earthquakes, the role of post-traumatic growth, intergenerational transmission of trauma in Communist Czechoslovakia, and the role of social support in cancer sufferers.
- Prof David Alexander, Robert Gordon University
- Prof Peter Berliner, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Dr Atle Dyregrov, Centre for Crisis Psychology, Bergen
- Prof Lynne McCormack, University of Canberra
- Hostage UK
Clinical Team
Dr Tanzeel Ansari is a consultant addictions psychiatrist based in the Alcohol service in the Trust. He has a special interest in trauma therapy, particularly in the aftermath of successful engagement and treatment for alcohol-related problems associated with trauma. He has worked with supervision in Lincoln for a year using a person-centred approach with clients facing trauma, and is a certificate level B Interpersonal Therapist.
Dr Sarah Fairbank is a Clinical Psychologist working as a visiting therapist for the Trauma centre. Currently she is the Clinical Psychologist for Residential services in Nottingham which provides inpatient care for people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties including diagnosis of OCD, Psychosis and Schizophrenia. A large percentage of this client group have experienced numerous and recurring traumas throughout their lives. Sarah has over 10 years experience of working in mental health in a variety of fields including adult mental health, learning disabilities, forensic, child and older adults services. She divides her time between clinical, research and teaching commitments on both nursing and clinical psychology programmes. She is also Nottingham’s lead trainer on the Department of Health sexual abuse training course for qualified NHS staff. Her main research interest is the link between trauma and psychosis.
Liz Blakey is a UKCP trainee psychotherapist/counsellor, currently entering her 3rd year on the Person-Centred Psychotherapy MsC at the Sherwood Institute. Liz has spent 5 years working in the Advice & Information team at the Nottinghamshire Personality Disorder and Development network, providing support and engagement for clients entering into the service.
Administration
Liz Edwards is the Centre Administrator/Co-ordinator providing support for the clinical and research teams. Liz acts as the point of access for communication for service users and referring agencies and makes arrangements for booking, cancelling and rearranging appointments.
The Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth also offers a wide range of educational packages. Some of these events are held locally and Liz is involved in booking the venue and ensuring the event runs smoothly. She also helps in the preparation of teaching materials for external events and in the ‘calendar-planning’ of these events. Liz is also able to help with simple IT and practical solutions.
