Tracey's research interests span interpersonal trauma and psychological growth.

Published Work

Clare, T. (2026). The challenge of cross-cultural counselling and the risk of vicarious trauma. University and College Counselling, BACP, May, pp. 20-25

Clare, T. (2023). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: its practice and its place in social work. In J. Lishman, J. Bolger, N. Gibson, G. Spolander & C. Yuill (Eds.). Social Work: An Introduction (3rd ed). Sage.

Clare, T. (2022). Exploring psychological growth in adult offspring following perceived parental rejection in childhood. University of Chester Open Repository.

Clare, T. (2018). The symbiotic relationship between mindfulness and person-centred therapy. Thresholds, BACP, April, pp. 10-14.

Clare, T. (2018). A person-centred approach to breaking the cycle of trans-generational parental rejection. Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 18(1), 13-18.

Clare, T. (2016). Processing Perceived Parental Rejection. In: P. Gubi & V. Swinton (Eds.), Researching lesser-explored issues in counselling and psychotherapy (pp. 93-127). London: Karnac.

Conference Presentations

PGR Conference, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2024: Paper 'Building resilience and grit'.

International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2024: Paper 'What's grit got to do with it? A qualitative analysis of instrumental copers and pscyhological growth'.

European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Belfast, 2023: Paper ‘Exploring psychological growth in adult offspring following perceived parental rejection in childhood’.

What’s love got to do with it? 13th Keele Counselling (Research and Practice) Conference, 2019: Paper ‘Exploring psychological growth in adult offspring following perceived parental rejection in childhood’.

International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection, Athens, Greece, 2018: Paper ‘Exploring psychological growth in adult offspring following perceived parental rejection in childhood’.

PGR Conference, University of Chester, 2018: Paper ‘Adult perspectives on psychological growth following perceived parental rejection in childhood’.

International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection, Madrid, Spain, 2016: Paper ‘Processing perceived parental rejection through personal development on a counsellor training course’.

International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection, Madrid, Spain, 2016: Poster ‘The relationship between perceived parental acceptance, self-compassion, positive self-regard and self-acceptance’.

British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists Brighton, 2016: Poster ‘Processing perceived parental rejection through personal development on a counsellor training course’.