Tracey Williams MBPsS, MBACP, MNCS (Accred)

Tracey is a tutor in the Department of Psychology as well as a qualified counsellor, registered BACP member and accredited member of the National Counselling Society. Tracey teaches on a number of units across various courses, including the MSc Pathway and BSc (Hons) with Counselling and Psychotherapy. She also supervises a number of research projects by MSc students, including topics in Forensic Psychology such as vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in volunteers and jury members. 

Tracey is completing a PhD in Psychology that investigates the implementation of a trauma-informed model of residential care for looked-after children. The project is due for completion in April 2024.

Tracey’s experience as a counselling practitioner informs her research interests and enhances her teaching, as she is able to bring together theory and practice in contemporary contexts. She is particularly interested in posttraumatic growth, practitioner wellbeing and the role of the therapeutic relationship in healing. Tracey is passionate about amplifying the voices of under-represented populations through research, and was recently involved in a project that resulted in the development of a wellbeing charter for children’s home workers.