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  • Dr Adam Carmel is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, where he leads the Harborview Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program and the Addiction Intervention Service at Harborview Medical Center.

Dr Carmel is the co-author of two books on DBT, DBT: Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency, DBT-ACES: Skills Training Manual and DBT: ACES: A Clinician’s Guide, written with Drs Kate Comtois and Marsha Linehan.

Dr Carmel received specialized training in DBT while completing a predoctoral internship at Duke University and a 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. In 2023, he received the Outstanding Mentoring and Teaching Faculty Award from the UW Psychology Internship Program.

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. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Washington and Massachusetts.

3 Honors and Awards
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry2016
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship
University of Washington Psychology Internship Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences2023
Outstanding Mentoring and Teaching Faculty Award
2 Books
Book cover of "DBT: Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency, DBT-ACES: A Clinician's Guide "
Book cover of "DBT: Accepting the Challenges of Employment and Self-Sufficiency: Skills Training Manual"