Who We Are

Adam Carmel, PhD is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, where he leads the Harborview DBT program at Harborview Medical Center.  Dr. Carmel is the co-author of two books on DBT-Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency (DBT-ACES), DBT-ACES: Skills Training Manual (2021) and DBT-ACES: A Clinician’s Guide (2021), written with Drs. Kate Comtois and Marsha Linehan.

Dr. Carmel completed a predoctoral internship at Duke University and a NIMH-funded T-32 postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington. He was previously the Director of a DBT outpatient clinic and partial hospitalization program at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2016 he received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Carmel previously served as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, where he taught DBT in the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics under the direction of Dr. Marsha Linehan.

Education

Duke University Medical Center - Predoctoral Internship 2011-2012
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center - T32 Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2014
Harvard Medical School, Instructor of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center DBT Program Director 2014-2017

Department Affiliations