Dr Victoria Pile

Victoria Pile is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology. 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.