About Derek Farrell & The Colloquy Trauma Centre

Professor Derek Farrell MBE  is a Professor in Trauma Psychology at the University of Worcester, Honorary Professor in Clinical Practice at Queen’s University Belfast, an EMDR Therapy Europe Accredited Senior Trainer and Consultant, a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, and an Accredited Psychotherapist with the British Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Psychotherapies (BABCP).

He is President of Trauma Aid Europe and the Trauma Response Network Ireland, Past President of the EMDR UK & Ireland Board, and Past Co-Vice President of EMDR Europe.

Derek is also Scientific Advisor to the Board of Trauma Aid Germany. He is involved in several Humanitarian Trauma Capacity Building programmes in Pakistan, Turkey, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Lebanon, Poland, Philippines, Palestine and Iraq.

In Geneva 2013, Derek was the recipient of the ‘David Servan Schreiber Award’ for Outstanding Contribution to EMDR Therapy. In addition, Derek was also shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Education Supplement (TES) Awards (2017) for ‘International Impact’ due to his Humanitarian Trauma Capacity Building work in Iraq with the Free Yezidi Foundation and the Jiyan Foundation for Torture and Human Rights. In June 2018 Derek was also awarded the Trauma Aid Europe ‘Humanitarian of the Year Award, in Strasbourg, France. In June 2020 Derek was awarded the Member of the (Most Excellent Order of the) British Empire (MBE) as part of Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honours List for services to the fields of psychology and trauma.

Derek is Co-Editor of the Journal of EMDR Practice & Research and the Oxford Handbook of EMDR therapy.

Psychological Specialisms

• Trauma populations – post-traumatic stress disorder & complex PTSD, and adverse childhood experiences
• Working with military, veteran, law enforcement, emergency & frontline workers
• Dissociative Disorders
• Major Depressive Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
• Medical Conditions, including pain management.
• Substance misuse
• Emotional regulation: anger, anxiety, panic, etc.,
• Eating Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Performance Enhancement
• Occupational, Social, & Relational Issues
• Vicarious trauma, burnout, compassion-fatigue
• Resilience & post-traumatic growth
• Life coaching and personal/ professional development

Client Group: Across the life span – Older person, Adult, Adolescent, Children

Psychological Therapies used with the Colloquy Trauma Centre

• • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
  • Compassion-Focussed Therapy
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Intensive Trauma Treatment

Services offered by the Colloquy Trauma Centre

• Bespoke psychological treatment programme
• Clinical supervision and consultation (including accreditation)
• Medico-legal assessment and reports
• Court reports
• Video-conference Psychotherapy Treatment via platforms such as ZOOM, Microsoft Teams, etc.,