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Professor Rachel Tribe

Professor

Psychology and Social Change

Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care

Professor Rachel Tribe is a chartered organisational and chartered counselling psychologist who has experience of working in the private, public, charity and academic sectors. She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a registered HCPC Psychologist.

Areas Of Interest

Professor Tribe has consulted to a wider range of organisations in the UK and abroad, she has consulted to the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Families/Education, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, National Institute for Mental Health in England [NIMHE], HM Prison Service, NHS England and a variety of statutory and voluntary organisations in a number of countries. She has also provided training and consultancy to several management consultancy firms. She is currently engaged in a variety of national and international projects.

Professor Tribe has co-edited eight books, six Special or Guest editions of journals, and written over 50 book chapters and 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.

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OVERVIEW

Professor Rachel Tribe is a Chartered Counselling and Organisational Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a registered practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She also holds an MBA and formal qualifications in training and marketing. Her career spans the private, public, charitable, and academic sectors, where she has made significant national and international contributions to applied psychology and mental health.

Currently Professor of Applied Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of East London (UEL) and Queen Mary, University of London. Professor Tribe holds a portfolio of influential external roles. Her work has had global reach and impact, and she is regularly invited to deliver training and present internationally. She has consulted on different topics for a wide range of UK and international bodies, including:

  • Department of Health (UK)
  • Department for Education and Department for Children and Families
  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE), National    Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU)
  • HM Prison Service
  • NHS England
  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
  • World Psychiatric Association
  • AIT
  • Amnesty International
  • British Council
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
  • War Child
  • Singapore Psychological Society
  • Red Cross and other national NGOs as well as  a number of consultancy firms and corporate organisations.

Professor Tribe’s clinical and research interests include trauma, culture and mental health, migration, social justice, professional ethics, working with interpreters in mental health, older adults and psychosocial interventions. She is also a recognised authority on clinical supervision and doctoral-level training.

Her leadership in the field has been widely recognised. She was the founding Programme Leader of the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at UEL and an invited member of the BPS’s first Presidential Task Force. She continues to lead multiple projects, including a cross-sector team responsible for developing a regularly updated mental health and wellbeing portal for refugees, asylum seekers, and professionals.

Awards and Recognition

  • BPS Ethics Committee Award for Challenging Social Inequalities (2014)
  • BPS Division of Counselling Psychology (DCoP) Award for Diversity and Innovation (2019)
  • Global Challenges Research Fund – Research Grant Recipient (2019)
  • International Fellowship, Association of Commonwealth Universities (2020)
  • BPS DCoP Award for Supervisor, Mentor and Trainer (2022)
  • Research funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (2023)
  • BPS Distinguished Contribution to Practice Award (2025)

Community Engagement and Leadership

Professor Tribe is deeply engaged in charitable and community work, both in the UK and internationally. She is Chair of the international mental health charity www.careif.org.uk, a trustee of two other global mental health organisations, and contributes pro bono to a wide range of initiatives. She is also a co-author of The Health Needs of the Indo-Caribbean Community in the UK, a report to be launched in 2025.

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • Professional and Ethical Practice
  • Critical Psychology
  • Trauma
  • Migration and Mental Health
  • Geopyschiatry/psychology
  • Social Justice
  • Working across Culture and Language in Mental Health
  • Working with Interpreters in Mental Health
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MODULES

Teaching: Programmes

MSc in Clinical and Community Psychology
International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation by distance learning
Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology
Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

EDITORIAL WORK

Professor Tribe has co-edited eight books, six Special or Guest Journal Editions, and authored over 50 book chapters and 90 peer-reviewed journal articles. She is on the editorial boards of four international journals. She has also contributed to six sets of BPS guidelines since 2018 and continues to publish and present widely.

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