Dr Victoria Pile is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. She currently holds an Advanced Fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Clinically, Victoria has primarily worked in CAMHS services, including national and specialist services and CYP-IAPT. 

Victoria completed her undergraduate degree at University of Cambridge and then her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology as well as her PhD at King’s College London.

Research interests

• Identifying and then targeting key cognitive mechanisms implicated in depression and anxiety
• Co-designing accessible psychological interventions with young people and practitioners
• Addressing the need for effective early interventions for depression and anxiety in young people. For example, IMAGINE is a brief, school-based intervention that harnesses emotional mental imagery to reduce depression.

Teaching

Victoria has experience in both teaching and supervising CBT and third-wave therapies, as well as supervising PhD students and trainees on the doctorate in clinical psychology. In addition, Victoria co-leads a multi-disciplinary special interest group for adolescent depression, funded by Emerging Minds (UKRI).