Paul Gilbert，英国德比大学临床心理系教授也是南德比郡精神健康咨询公司成人精神健康部门的负责人。

Paul Gilbert Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to the Derbyshire Mental Health Trust. Since 1991, he has been a fellow of the British Psychological Society. A graduate of Wolverhampton Polytechnic, he received a master of science degree in experimental psychology from Sussex University. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1980, the same year he qualified as a clinical psychologist. Dr. Gilbert practiced with the Norfolk Health Authority until he left for Derbyshire as principal clinical psychologist in 1988. Twice serving as acting director of its department of clinical psychology, he assumed his present position with the health authority in 1993 and his professorship in 1996. While maintaining an active clinical practice, he is also director of the Mental Health Research Unit, which is a collaboration between Derby University and the Mental Health Trust. He has served as president of the British Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies, member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Committee, associate editor of the British Journal of Medical Psychology, and associate editor for The Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, as well as serving on the editorial boards of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. He has published more than 60 journal articles and approximately 30 book chapters. Dr. Gilbert is the editor of eight books and is also the author of eight books.