Personal statement

Lorraine is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and teaches on the MA Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice course as well as being Module Leads for Counselling, Ethics and the Law and Independent Study.

Lorraine has over 26 years of clinical psychotherapeutic practice experience and has taught, trained and supervised nationally in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland and internationally including on humanitarian projects in the USA, Poland, Greece and the Middle East.

Lorraine is a Past President of the EMDR Association UK and Ireland, former Advisor to the Board of EMDR ALL-Ireland, and a founding member of the Global Initiative for Stress and Trauma Treatment (GIST-T). Lorraine was a member of the National Clinical Audit of Anxiety and Depression (NCAAD) Psychological Therapies Audit Steering Group (UK) for services for people with anxiety and depression. 

Lorraine is research active and published in the field. More recently, Lorraine has been a co-investigator for the ‘One is Too Many’ Study which seeks to understand, identify and prevent the care breakdown and suicide in the United Kingdom’s veteran population. Lorraine is currently a member of an international research team working on intensive trauma treatment for PTSD and moral injury-A proof of concept study in collaboration with the Vermont Centre for Responder Wellness (USA) for first responders.

Academic qualifications

  • MSc EMDR Therapy Programme
  • Advanced Diploma in Supervision of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
  • Diploma in Person Centred (Rogerian) Counselling.

Professional qualifications

  • EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant
  • EMDR Training Facilitator

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA)
  • United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered
  • Honorary Life Member EMDR UK
  • Honorary Life Member EMDR All-Ireland
  • EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant.

Areas of expertise

  • Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Counselling, Ethics and the Law
  • Professional Practice