Jessica Yakeley MB BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych

Jessica Yakeley MB BChir MRCP FRCPsych is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy at the Portman Clinic and Director of Medical Education and Associate Medical Director, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. She is also a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society, and Editor of the journal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

She has a longstanding interest in medical education and has published the results of research into psychodynamic methods of teaching medical students about the doctor patient relationship.

She is currently leading the national development of new services for a multi-site randomised-controlled trial of mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder as part of the National Personality Disorder Offender Pathways Strategy commissioned by the Minisry of Justice and NHS England. She is Research Lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychotherapy Faculty, and for the British Psychoanalytic Council.