# David M. Clark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_M._Clark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_M._Clark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Clark > Source revision: 1354271004 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British psychologist **David Millar Clark** (born 20 August 1954) is a British psychologist. ## Career This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Clark was born in [Darlington](/source/Darlington) and studied [experimental psychology](/source/Experimental_psychology) at [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University). He trained as a [clinical psychologist](/source/Clinical_psychologist) at the [Institute of Psychiatry](/source/Institute_of_Psychiatry). He then returned to teach at Oxford University where he became a professor, then returned to the IOP where in 2000 he became head of psychology and founded the centre for anxiety disorders and trauma at the IOP and associated [Maudsley Hospital](/source/Maudsley_Hospital) along with fellow Oxford psychologists trauma-specialist [Anke Ehlers](/source/Anke_Ehlers) and OCD-specialist [Paul Salkovskis](/source/Paul_Salkovskis). He has been a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford since 2011 and is also National Clinical Adviser at the Department of Health. ## Research His clinical research and practice has mainly focused on developing [cognitive models](/source/Cognitive_psychology) and [cognitive therapy](/source/Cognitive_therapy) for [anxiety disorders](/source/Anxiety_disorders). His research has focused on [panic disorder](/source/Panic_disorder), [hypochondriasis](/source/Hypochondriasis), [social phobia](/source/Social_phobia) and [posttraumatic stress disorder](/source/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder).[1] Clark was strongly influenced by the American [psychiatrist](/source/Psychiatrist) [Aaron T. Beck](/source/Aaron_T._Beck) who made long visits to Oxford University in the 70s and 80s, whose head of psychiatry [Michael Gelder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Gelder&action=edit&redlink=1) strongly believed in cognitive therapy.[2] Clark was instrumental, with the economist [Richard Layard](/source/Richard_Layard%2C_Baron_Layard), in the development and implementation of the [Improving Access to Psychological Therapies](/source/Improving_Access_to_Psychological_Therapies) programme from 2003. In 2014, with Layard, he published the book *Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies*, in which the authors demonstrate the potential value of the wider availability of modern talking therapies.[3] ## Personal life He is married to the psychologist [Anke Ehlers](/source/Anke_Ehlers).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Honours Clark has won numerous awards in the UK and the USA. He was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to mental health.[4] In 2016, Clark was elected a [Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences](/source/Fellow_of_the_Academy_of_Social_Sciences) (FAcSS).[5] ## Footnotes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [David M. Clark: CV](https://www.isas.co.il/eabct2015/workshops.php?auth=9) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160816151213/https://www.isas.co.il/eabct2015/workshops.php?auth=9) 2016-08-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) EABCT 45th Annual Congress update, 2015 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [AARON T. BECK: THE COGNITIVE REVOLUTION IN THEORY AND THERAPY](http://johnjayresearch.org/cje/files/2012/08/Aaron-Beck-chapter-.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170114213800/http://johnjayresearch.org/cje/files/2012/08/Aaron-Beck-chapter-.pdf) 2017-01-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) [Steven D. Hollon](/source/Steven_D._Hollon), 2010 ([http://psycnet.apa.org/books/12137/006](http://psycnet.apa.org/books/12137/006)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Layard, Richard; Clark, David (2014). *Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies*. London, England: Allen Lane. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-846-14605-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-846-14605-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 60367"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/7). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 7. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Eighty-four leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190606033408/https://www.acss.org.uk/news/eighty-four-leading-social-scientists-conferred-fellows-academy-social-sciences/). *Academy of Social Sciences*. 19 October 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.acss.org.uk/news/eighty-four-leading-social-scientists-conferred-fellows-academy-social-sciences/) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2017. ## References - [http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10813](http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/staff/profile/default.aspx?go=10813) - CLARK, Prof. David Millar’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; online edn, Nov 2011 [accessed 1 Feb 2012](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10000006,) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Japan Netherlands Norway Poland Israel Croatia Academics ORCID Scopus 2 People DDB Other IdRef SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David M. Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Clark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Clark?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.