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Trauma Psychology, Trauma Capacity Building, EMDR Therapy, Trauma Treatment, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Humanitarian Activity

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Principal Lecturer in Psychology

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Dr Derek Farrell is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology, an EMDR Therapy Europe Accredited 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 currently President of the EMDR UK & Ireland Board, President of Trauma Aid Europe, Co-Vice President of EMDR Europe Board and Chair of the EMDR Europe Practice Committee. He is involved in a number of Humanitarian Trauma Capacity Building programmes in Pakistan, Turkey, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Lebanon, Poland, Palestine and Iraq. His PhD in Psychology was researching survivor’s experiences of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy and consequently has written several publicatmore...

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PhD MA PGDip

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Wippich, A., Howatson, G., Allen-Baker, G., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Kiernan, M. and Scott-Bell, A. (2024) Eye movement desensitization reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD in conflict-affected areas. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16 (S3). ISSN 1942-9681
Willner, P., Anderson, P., Kroese, B., Clifford, C., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Willott, S., Cooper, V., Watkins, A., Murphy, G., Hutchings, H., Rose, J., Bisson, J. and Langdon, P. (2024) Eye Movement Desensitisation And Reprocessing For Symptoms Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Adults With Intellectual Disabilities (Trauma-Aid): A Single-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial. In: IASSIDD 17th World Congress 2024, 5 - 8 August 2024, Chicago, USA. (Unpublished)
McCullough, J., Gillen, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-4355, Miller, P., Sinclair, M., Black, R., Miller, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-2566 and Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 (2024) Exploratory pedagogical research of a bespoke eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy training for midwives. Mental Health Science (e59). pp. 1-14. ISSN Online ISSN:2642-3588; Print ISSN:2642-3588
Bizouerne, C., Dozio, E., Dlasso, E., Letzelter, A., Abuzeid, A., Le Roch, K. and Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 (2023) Randomized controlled trial: Comparing the effectiveness of brief group cognitive behavioural therapy and group eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing interventions for PTSD in internally displaced persons, administered by paraprofessionals in Northern Iraq. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7 (4). ISSN 2468-7499
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Moran, Johnny, Zat, Zeynep, Miller, Paul W., Knibbs, Lorraine, Papanikolopoulos, Penny, Prattos, Tessa, McGowan, Iain, McLaughlin, Derek, Barron, Ian, Mattheß, Cordula and Kiernan, Matthew D. (2023) Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury—An RCT study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. p. 1129912. ISSN 1664-1078
Unwin, G., Stenfert-Kroese, B., Rogers, G., Swain, S., Hiles, S., Clifford, C., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and Willner, P. (2023) Some observations on remote delivery of eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing to people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1741-1130
Gettings, R.D., Kirtley, J., Wilson-Menzfeld, G., Oxburgh, G. E., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and Kiernan, M. D. (2022) Exploring the Role of Social Connection in Interventions With Military Veterans Diagnosed With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Narrative Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. p. 873885. ISSN Online: 1664-1078
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Fadeeva, A., Zat, Zeynep, Knibbs, Lorraine, Miller, P., Barron, I., Matthess, Helga, Matthess, Cordula, Gazit, N. and Kiernan, M. D. (2022) A Stage 1 Pilot Cohort Exploring the Use of EMDR Therapy as a Videoconference Psychotherapy During COVID-19 With Frontline Mental Health Workers: A Proof of Concept Study Utilising a Virtual Blind 2 Therapist Protocol. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. p. 901855. ISSN Online: 1664-1078
Taylor Miller, P.G., Sinclair, M., Gillen, P., McCullough, J.E.M., Miller, P.W., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Slater, P.F., Shapiro, E. and Klaus6, P. (2021) Early psychological interventions for prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-partum women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One, 16 (11). e0258170. ISSN 1932-6203
Black, R., Sinclair, M., Miller, P.W., Reid, B., McCullough, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Slater, P.T., Stein, M.T. and Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 (2021) The effectiveness of online psychotherapy interventions for the treatment of perinatal mental health disorders: A systematic review. Evidence Based Midwifery, 19 (1). pp. 6-18. ISSN 1479-4489
Mattheß, Cordula ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-5619, Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Mattheß, Marcel, Bumke, P., Sodemann, U. and Mattheß, Helga (2020) Trauma stabilization as an effective treatment for children with post‐traumatic stress problems in South‐East Asia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 29 (4). pp. 725-735. ISSN 1447-0349
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Kiernan, M.D., de Jongh, Ad, Miller, P.W., Bumke, P., Ahmad, S., Knibbs, Lorraine, Mattheß, Cordula, Keenan, P. and Matthess, Helga (2020) Treating implicit trauma: a quasi-experimental study comparing the EMDR Therapy Standard Protocol with a ‘Blind 2 Therapist’ version within a trauma capacity building project in Northern Iraq. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 5 (3). ISSN 2364-3404 (eISSN)
de Jongh, Ad, Amann, B.L., Hofmann, A., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and Lee, C.W. (2019) The Status of EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 30 Years After Its Introduction. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 13 (4). pp. 261-269. ISSN 1933-3196 Online: 1933-320X
de Jongh, Ad, Bicanic, I., Matthijssen, S., Amann, B.L., Hofmann, A., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Lee, C.W. and Maxfield, L. (2019) The Current Status of EMDR Therapy Involving the Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 13 (4). pp. 284-290. ISSN 1933-3196 Online: 1933-320X
Mattheß, Cordula, Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Mattheß, Marcel, Bumke, P., Sodemann, U. and Mattheß, Helga (2019) The Therapeutic Value of Trauma Stabilisation in the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – A Southeast Asian Study. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 41. pp. 45-49. ISSN Print: 1876-2018 Online: 1876-2026
Eichfeld, Cordula, Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Mattheß, Marcel, Bumke, P., Sodemann, U., Ean, N., Phoeun, B., Direzkia, Y., Firmansyah, F., Sumampouw, N. and Mattheß, Helga (2019) Trauma Stabilisation as a Sole Treatment Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Southeast Asia. Psychiatric Quarterly, 90 (1). pp. 63-88. ISSN 0033-2720 Online: 1573-6709
Millar, P., McGowan, I., Bergmann, U., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and McLaughlin, D. (2018) Stochastic Resonance as a Proposed Neurobiological Model for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy. Medical Hypotheses, 121. pp. 106-111. ISSN 0306-9877
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 (2018) EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of a Hillsborough Survivor with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Personal Injury Law, 2 (2). pp. 146-158. ISSN 1352-7533
Wilson, G., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Barron, I., Hutchins, J., Whybrow, D. and Kiernan, M.D. (2018) The Use of Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in Treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder — A Systematic Narrative Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (923). pp. 1-11. ISSN Online: 1664-1078
Wagstaff, C., Graham, H., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Larkin, M. and Tatham, L. (2018) Perspectives of Cannabis Use in the Life Experience of Men with Schizophrenia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (3). pp. 1099-1108. ISSN 1445-8330
Wagstaff, C., Graham, H., Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031, Larkin, M. and Nettle, Mary (2018) Experiences of Mental Health Services For ‘Black’ Men With Schizophrenia and a History of Disengagement: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (1). pp. 158-167. ISSN Print: 1445-8330 Online: 1447-0349
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and Taylor, Charlotte (2017) The Teaching and Learning of Psychological Trauma – a Moral Dilemma. Psychology Teaching Review, 23 (1). pp. 63-70. ISSN 0965-948X
Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 and Keenan, Paul (2013) Participants’ Experiences of EMDR Training. Journal of EMDR Practice & Research, 7 (1). pp. 2-16. ISSN 1933-3196
Ingrid, T. and Farrell, Derek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-8031 The Effects of EMDR Therapy on Pregnant Clients With Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative, Scoping Literature Review. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. ISSN 1933-3196 Online: 1933-320X

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#	Item title
1.	EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of a Hillsborough Survivor with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	410	10
2.	Participants’ Experiences of EMDR Training.	301	1014
3.	Experiences of Mental Health Services For ‘Black’ Men With Schizophrenia and a History of Disengagement: A Qualitative Study	270	755
4.	The Use of Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy in Treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder — A Systematic Narrative Review	255	84
5.	The Status of EMDR Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 30 Years After Its Introduction	240
6.	Perspectives of Cannabis Use in the Life Experience of Men with Schizophrenia	202	150
7.	The Therapeutic Value of Trauma Stabilisation in the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder – A Southeast Asian Study	192
8.	The Teaching and Learning of Psychological Trauma – a Moral Dilemma	189	1
9.	Treating implicit trauma: a quasi-experimental study comparing the EMDR Therapy Standard Protocol with a ‘Blind 2 Therapist’ version within a trauma capacity building project in Northern Iraq	180	68
10.	The Current Status of EMDR Therapy Involving the Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder	174
11.	Trauma Stabilisation as a Sole Treatment Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Southeast Asia	168	147
12.	Randomized controlled trial: Comparing the effectiveness of brief group cognitive behavioural therapy and group eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing interventions for PTSD in internally displaced persons, administered by paraprofessionals in Northern Iraq	164
13.	Stochastic Resonance as a Proposed Neurobiological Model for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy	162
14.	Trauma stabilization as an effective treatment for children with post‐traumatic stress problems in South‐East Asia	153
15.	Group early intervention eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy as a video-conference psychotherapy with frontline/emergency workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury—An RCT study	127	45
16.	Eye movement desensitization reprocessing as a treatment for PTSD in conflict-affected areas.	125
17.	The effectiveness of online psychotherapy interventions for the treatment of perinatal mental health disorders: A systematic review	123
18.	A Stage 1 Pilot Cohort Exploring the Use of EMDR Therapy as a Videoconference Psychotherapy During COVID-19 With Frontline Mental Health Workers: A Proof of Concept Study Utilising a Virtual Blind 2 Therapist Protocol	106	74
19.	Some observations on remote delivery of eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing to people with intellectual disabilities	106	53
20.	The Effects of EMDR Therapy on Pregnant Clients With Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative, Scoping Literature Review	101
21.	Early psychological interventions for prevention and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic stress symptoms in post-partum women: A systematic review and meta-analysis	100	35
22.	Eye Movement Desensitisation And Reprocessing For Symptoms Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Adults With Intellectual Disabilities (Trauma-Aid): A Single-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial	99
23.	Exploring the Role of Social Connection in Interventions With Military Veterans Diagnosed With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Narrative Review	98	36
24.	Exploratory pedagogical research of a bespoke eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy training for midwives	87	35

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