About Us
TRAC Psychological was established in 2010, by Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan and Mr Matthew Russell. Our reputation has been built on high quality evidence-based interventions, training and consultancy.
TRAC design and deliver effective behaviour change programmes, based on the most up to date research, for a range of statutory and third sector organisations. Our programmes are updated regularly to reflect emerging evidence to ensure that they target core client need factors in a responsive and engaging way.
Our training uses a range of delivery modes, including videos, exercises and discussion, so that it is engaging and informative. TRAC delivers both off the shelf packages designed in-house as well as bespoke and tailored training to meet individual and organisational needs.
Meet our senior team
Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan PhD
Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Fellow of the International Society for Research on Aggression
Director, TRAC Psychological
Programme Development Lead
Nicola is a Professor in Criminal Justice Psychology and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Research & Partnerships at the University of Central Lancashire. She is also Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Mittuniversitetet University in Östersund, Sweden.
An internationally recognised expert in violence research, Nicola specialises in domestic abuse and coercive control research. She also publishes on victim vulnerability, occupational trauma and post-traumatic growth. Her articles and book chapters can be found here.
Nicola presents her work at national and international conferences as well as delivering training workshops both nationally and internationally. She leads research on a variety of topics, including coercive control and domestic abuse, stalking, victim needs and vulnerability, occupational stress and trauma, sexual offending and victimisation.
Nicola delivers individual and group-based interventions with men and women in community, prison and secure hospital settings, using technology for over a decade. She is also trained in risk assessment and hostage negotiation.
Matthew Russell
Director, TRAC Psychological
Lead Programme Facilitator
Matthew began his career building nuclear submarines which took him all around the world, most notably to Australia, Singapore and Thailand.
He then studied to be a teacher, specialising in environmental science and outdoor education. Having taught for fifteen years Matthew became more involved in working with children who struggled to stay in mainstream education, working with groups and 1 to 1 in schools and pupil referral units.
Matthew gained a MSc in psychology and further training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Lancaster University), Mindfulness at Christies NHS Hospital, along with numerous other therapy interventions (restorative justice, Footsteps, Inner Strength, Positive Futures, Life Minus Violence – NHS Merseyside, Silence the Violence, and Face It).
He co-authored Understanding Self and Others (USO), a youth behavioural change programme, with a successful Pilot in Accrington Academy. Matthew also training peer mentors and staff on the effects of trauma and its impact on staff burn out and attainment within the school setting. He works in schools, Young Offender Institutions, community centres and prisons, and is currently involved in delivering Inner Strength (a community domestic violence programme) throughout the north of England. Matthew is also lead facilitator for the Silence the Violence and Face It programme in HMP Manchester Forest Bank and Bolton for Khulisa.
