David Trickey

David Trickey is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has specialised in working with traumatised children, young people and their families since 2000. He is Co-director of the UK Trauma Council which harnesses the expertise of the UK’s leading child trauma experts to produce resources for those working with traumatised children and young people, as well as guidance and policy briefings based on the best available evidence. As a clinician he continues to focus on direct clinical work and the training and supervision of other clinicians working with traumatised children, young people and families. He acts as an expert witness in civil and criminal cases in the area of children and trauma particularly those bereaved by family homicide. He was a member of the committee responsible for the 2018 revision of the NICE Guidelines for PTSD. In all of his roles he draws heavily on (and tries to contribute to) the published research literature.