Dr Victoria Pile
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and NIHR Fellow
- Clinical Psychologist
Research interests
- Psychology
Biography
Dr Victoria Pile is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences 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).
Victoria’s programme of clinical research focuses on addressing the need for effective early interventions for depression and anxiety in young people. She aims to co-design accessible psychological interventions with young people and practitioners. Her interests lie in identifying and then targeting key cognitive mechanisms implicated in depression and anxiety. For example, IMAGINE is a brief, school-based intervention that harnesses emotional mental imagery to reduce depression.
Clinically, Victoria has primarily worked in CAMHS services, including national and specialist services and CYP-IAPT. 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).
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.
News
Dr Victoria Pile receives NIHR Advanced Fellowship to reduce depression in young people
The funding will test a new psychological treatment known as IMAGINE which enables young people to harness their imagination to reduce instances of depression
Features
Exploring research into anxiety disorders this Mental Health Awareness Week
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week took place Monday 15 - Sunday 21 June, following the theme ‘anxiety’. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but...
News
Dr Victoria Pile receives NIHR Advanced Fellowship to reduce depression in young people
The funding will test a new psychological treatment known as IMAGINE which enables young people to harness their imagination to reduce instances of depression
Features
Exploring research into anxiety disorders this Mental Health Awareness Week
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week took place Monday 15 - Sunday 21 June, following the theme ‘anxiety’. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but...