Dr Jake Camp is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and DBT Therapist working within a national DBT programme for adolescents (UK). They have extensive experience delivering DBT to young people and their parents/carers, alongside providing supervision, consultation, and training to support the development of DBT programmes and competencies within child and adolescent mental health services. This includes supporting the set-up and supervision of DBT teams, as well as individual therapists.
They completed their Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (King’s College London), and have undertaken further specialist training in DBT post-qualification. Jake is actively involved in a number of organisations seeking to further DBT, including the Society for DBT (UK and Ireland) and the World DBT Association.
Jake is also actively involved in DBT research, supervision, and training, with a particular focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion. Their research programme focuses on optimising DBT for LGBTQIA+ populations, alongside neuro-affirmative adaptations and understanding the experiences of autistic people in DBT. This work emphasises co-production and centring lived experience, and has led to a number of peer-reviewed publications and a recent book chapter on DBT for sexual minority populations (Camp, 2023). A further area of focus is the development and evaluation of DBT-informed interventions for parents and carers.
Jake’s work is conducted collaboratively across their NHS role and their academic position within the Department of Psychology and LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Group at King’s College London. They have presented this work at national and international conferences and clinical training events. Their research has been supported by funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Maudsley Charity.