Dr. Tim Trimble
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Junior Dean
Biography
Dr Tim Trimble is an Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology and Course Director of the MSc in Applied Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. He is a Chartered Psychologist. Tim is an expert in mental health assessment. Specifically, drawing on one of his main research areas and experience, he delivers courses in suicide risk assessment, prevention, intervention, and postvention. His Forensic Psychology experience also included working with the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and Serious and Organised Crime Agency. As well as assisting in interviewing and investigations, projects here included: Production of reports on police complaints for the PSNI, Policing Board, Patten Oversight Commissioner, and Secretary of State. Conducting organizational performance monitoring, designing and managing a wide range of research projects in relation to policing, and developing operational protocols between the Tactical Command Group and external organizations involved in investigations.
Additionally, Tim is a practising psychotherapist He also has expertise in the areas of Police Leadership and Management and Security and Risk Management. These projects include policing in various countries and jurisdictions, and both military and private security operations in conflict theatres worldwide.
Current research includes: Neurodiversity in Irish Prisons. He is collaborating with key stakeholders in the Criminal Justice System to design a new wraparound model of care to support neurodiverse people in custody, and following their release to the community. Briefly, it is proposed that this model would involve the early, systematic and comprehensive identification of neurodiverse people in custody, followed by the allocation of neurodiversity Caseworkers to support their needs in prison and post-release. This is funded by the Community Foundation Ireland, with support from the Irish Penal Reform Trust. A systematic review publication is being prepared for submission.
Recent research was in collaboration with the Probation Service in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and An Garda Siochana, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland " this is evaluating techniques for sex-offender risk assessment. Research with the PBNI also includes evaluating a range of offender management and rehabilitation programmes for offenders in the community.
PTSD " Continuing in my research theme in Forensic Psychology, recent research has explored PTSD in police officers in An Garda Siochana. Work currently in preparation for publication include: The prevalence and implications of Secondary Traumatic Stress; a qualitative examination of An Garda Síochána exposed to sexual crime; and, The impact of traumatic stress on operational Gardaí. Both these studies sought to identify the impact of traumatic experience on operational Gardaí and are the first studies of their kind conducted in the Republic of Ireland.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Conmy, E., Prentice, G., Hannigan, B. and Trimble, T.J., The lived experiences of women who discovered their partner perpetrated a sexual offence, Journal of Criminal Psychology, 14, (3), 2024, p271 - 287
Lynn McGovern Megan Gaffney Timothy Trimble, The experience of orthorexia from the perspective of recovered orthorexics, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 2020
Suzanne Hughes Anne O'Rourke Timothy Trimble, The Experiences of Young Offenders (aged 18 - 21) on Protection in an Irish Prison: Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), Journal of Criminal Psychology, 2020
Casey Donaghey Louise Hamilton; Barbara Hannigan; Jonathan Egan; Timothy Trimble; Casey Donaghey; Kristin Osborn, An Exploration of Body Centred Countertransference in Irish Therapists, Psychology Today, 2020
Suzanne Hughes, Anne O'Rourke & Tim Trimble, . The Experiences of Young Offenders (aged 18 - 21) on Protection in an Irish Prison: Using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis , Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Kilkenny, November 2019, 2019
Megan Gaffney Tim Trimble, . Foundations of the RISKRES: A Theory of Psychological Resilience to Suicidality, Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Kilkenny, November 2019, 2019
Eileen Conmy, Garry Prentice, Patrick Randall, Barbara Hannigan, Tim Trimble, . The Experiences of Women Whose Partner Perpetrated a Sexual Offence: Discovery and Aftermath , Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Kilkenny, November 2019, 2019
Sean O'Meara Tim Trimble, The Impact of Traumatic Experience in Operational Gardaí, Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Wexford, November 2018, 2018
Megan Gaffney, Timothy Trimble, Bailey Morgan & Paul Surgenor, Risk and resilience factors for suicidality in adolescents, Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Athlone, November 2016, 2016
Hallinan, P., Hannigan, B., & Trimble, T., Trauma Informed Care for People Experiencing Homelessness., Psychological Society of Ireland, Annual Conference,, Athlone, Ireland , 2016
H.R. Broughton, S. Cromie, T. Trimble1, J. Cummiskey, D. Corri, RugbyAthletes and the Prevention of Injuriies; an Analysis on Judgement knowledge and Decisions-made, European Journal of Sports Medicine, 3, (2), 2016, p2 - 10
Jenny Bulbulia Timothy Trimble Jean Quigley Michael S. Gordon, Impact of Vicarious Trauma On Barristers Practicing Criminal Law: An Armoury of Resilience, Cork Journal of Applied Psychology, 2015, p33 - 45
Timothy James Trimble , Mark Shevlin , Vincent Egan , Geraldine O'Hare , Dave Rogers , Barbara Hannigan, An evaluation of a brief anger management programme for offenders managed in the community using cross-lagged panel models, Journal of Criminal Psychology, 5, (2), 2015, p124 - 136
Trimble, T.J., Tierney, K. J., McDonnell, E., Exploring links between expressed emotion, challenging behaviour and burnout in learning disability frontline staff, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Trimble, T.J. , Police Officers' attitudes towards The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and the public who make complaints , International Journal of Research in Policing, 2015
Doyle, M., Chorcorain, A., Griffith, E., Trimble, T., & O'Callaghan, E., Obsessive compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia on clozapine and with obsessive compulsive disorder: A comparison study, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55, (1), 2014, p130 - 136
Roisin Finnegan Tim Trimble Jonathan Egan, Irish Parents' lived experience of learning about and adapting to their child's autistic spectrum disorder diagnosis and their process of telling their child about their diagnosis, Irish Journal of Psychology, 2014, p1-12
Sarah Culligan Barbara Hannigan Timothy Trimble, An in-depth exploration of therapist's experience of sexual attraction to a client, Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Sligo, 8th November 2013, 2013
D. McGuinness, M. Dowling, & T. Trimble, Experiences of involuntary admission in an approved Mental Health Centre, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20, (8), 2012, p726-734
Timothy Trimble, Barbara Hannigan, Megan Gaffney, Suicide Postevention; coping, support and transformation, Irish Journal of Psychology, 33, (2-3), 2012, p115-121
Felicity Fanning, Sharon Foley, Elizabeth Lawlor, Stephen McWilliams, Deirdre Jackson, Laoise Renwick, Marie Sutton, Niall Turner, Anthony Kinsella, Timothy Trimble, Eadbhard O'Callaghan, Group cognitive behavioural therapy for first episode psychosis: who's referred, who attends and who completes it?, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 6, (4), 2012, 432-441
H. Broughton S. Cromie, T. Trimble, AN INFORMATION RESOURCE LINKING PERFORMANCE TO PREVENTION OF SPORTS INJURIES - A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 45, 2011, p337 - 337
Trimble, T.; McConnell, B.; Quinn, L & Donnelly, P., Young Children's social Identity in the border region of Ireland, Centre for Cross Border Studies, Queen's University Belfast, Centre for Cross Border Studies, Queen's University Belfast, 2011, 1-10
Ailbhe Booth, Tim Trimble, Jonathan Egan, Body-Centred Countertransference in a Sample of Irish Clinical Psychologists. Irish Journal of Psychology, Irish Psychologist, 36, (12), 2010
Niall Galligan, Timothy Trimble, Paul Gaffney, The relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Depression in an Irish adolescent population, British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology, Conference proceedings, 2010 Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference , Manchester, 2-3 December, 2010
Gordon, Michael S.; Shevlin, Mark; Tierney,Kevin J.; Bunting, Brendan; Trimble, Timothy, Correspondence between self-ratings and key-workers' ratings of depression in adults with mild learning disabilities , British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, (4), 2007, p491 - 495
Andrew Hamilton, Linda Moore and Tim Trimble, Policing a Divided Society: Issues and Perceptions in Northern Ireland, Published by the University of Ulster, Coleraine 1995, 1995
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Trimble, T.J., Ostermeyer, M., & Craig, I. , Intimidation and harassment of lawyers by police in Northern Ireland., Northern Ireland, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, March, 2003
Trimble, T.J., Ostermeyer, M, & Craig, I , Police baton use in Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Policing Board for Northern Ireland, March, 2003
Trimble, T.J., Ostermeyer, M. & Craig, I , Public awareness of the police complaints system in Northern Ireland., Northern Ireland, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, April, 2002
Trimble, T.J., Ostermeyer, M. & Craig, I , Police use of Baton rounds, Northern Ireland, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, October, 2002
Research Expertise
Description
Neurodiversity in Irish Prisons. Along with Senator Lynn Ruane I am collaborating with key stakeholders in the Criminal Justice System to design a new wraparound model of care to support neurodiverse people in custody, and following their release to the community. Briefly, it is proposed that this model would involve the early, systematic and comprehensive identification of neurodiverse people in custody, followed by the allocation of neurodiversity Caseworkers to support their needs in prison and post-release. This is funded by the Community Foundation Ireland, with support from the Irish Penal Reform Trust. A systematic review publication is being prepared for submission. Recent research was in collaboration with the Probation Service in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and An Garda Siochana, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland " this is evaluating techniques for sex-offender risk assessment. Research with the PBNI also includes evaluating a range of offender management and rehabilitation programmes for offenders in the community. PTSD " Continuing in my research theme in Forensic Psychology, recent research has explored PTSD in police officers in An Garda Siochana. Work currently in preparation for publication include: The prevalence and implications of Secondary Traumatic Stress; a qualitative examination of An Garda Síochána exposed to sexual crime; and, The impact of traumatic stress on operational Gardaí. Both these studies sought to identify the impact of traumatic experience on operational Gardaí and are the first studies of their kind conducted in the Republic of Ireland.Recognition
Representations
University of Limerick " External Examiner " MSc Psychology
Regular peer reviewer for international leading academic journals: Qualitative Health Research Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Journal of Criminal Psychology Journal of Traumatic Stress Pain Medicine Psychosis Current Psychology Irish Journal of Psychology Child Care in Practice Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Awards and Honours
MA Jure Officii
Memberships
Chartered Psychologist - British Psychological Society Psychological Society of Ireland - Secretary to the Conference Committee