Torrey A. Creed - Faculty Biosketch

Torrey A. Creed, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director, Beck Community Initiative, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Center for Global Health

Founder and Director, Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Psychiatry

Contact information

Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science
3535 Market Street, Suite 3046
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-573-6773
Fax: 215-573-3021

Email:
tcreed@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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The Penn Collaborative is a joint clinical, educational, and research partnership with the shared aim of placing tangible, evidence-based tools in the hands of the front-line staff who support individuals seeking recovery and wellness

Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
James Madison University, 1995.
M.S.Ed. (Psychological Services)
University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2003.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology, Specialization in Developmental Psychopathology)
Temple University, 2007.

Post-Graduate Training
Internship in Clinical Psychology, Temple University Hospital and Temple Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-2009.
Fellowship, Summer Research Institute on Suicide, Rochester, NY, 2008-2008.

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Selected Publications

Eliot, L.B.: Emergence Of AI Personas As Simulated Therapists And Synthetic Patients For Psychotherapy Training And Research. Forbes Magazine January 2026 Notes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2026/01/15/emergence-of-ai-personas-as-simulated-therapists-and-synthetic-patients-for-psychotherapy-training-and-research/

Shafran, R., Bond, L.,Carlbring, P., Cohen, Z., Creed, T.A., Davey, E., Egan, S.J., Freeman, D., Hollon, S.D., Jacobson, N.C., Johnson, C., Kaysen, D., McGuinness, D.L., Patel, V., Pozuelo, J.R., Santos, H., Singla, D.R., Wiltsey Stirman, S., Taylor, D., & Wade, T.D.: From Innovation to Implementation: Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training and Supervision. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104945 *After the first author, remaining authors are listed in alphabetical order and all contributed equally.

Mora Ringle, V., Menendez Solorzano, J., Brasgalla, E., Schaechter, T., Adutwum, K., Miller, A., Dallard, N., Du, C., Smith, F., Schaffer, S., & Creed, T.A.: Implementation considerations and benefits of a financing strategy to increase evidence-based practice use within a public mental health system. Poster presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies November 2025.

Calloway, A.C., Creed, T.A., Gumport, N.B., Hernandez, S., Song, J., Johnson, C., La Bash, H., Elhusseini, S., Laskot, T., Park, A., Dean, K., Youn, S.J., DeRubeis, R., Marques, L., Vogt, D., & Wiltsey Stirman, S.: A Comparison of Scalable Routine Clinical Materials and Observer Fidelity Ratings to Assess CBT Fidelity Behavior Research and Therapy January 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104655.

Imel, Z. E., Creed, T., Kious, B., Althoff, T., Atzil-Slonim, D., & Srikumar, V.: A Framework for Automation in Psychotherapy. Current Directions in Psychological Science 2025.

Rushworth, S. J., Tugendrajch, S. K., Creed, T. A., Wolk, C. B., Steinberg, M., & Becker-Haimes, E. : Ethical considerations and practical suggestions for CBT consultation in mental health implementation research and practice. Cognitive Behavior Therapy 2025 Notes: Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2025.2511088.

Mora Ringle, V.A., Ganss, E., & Creed, T.A. : Pre-training Implementation Perceptions of Urban School-based Mental Health Providers. School Mental Health 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-025-09836-0.

Romito, R.: AI therapy promises help, but is it the real deal? The Hawk of St. Joseph's University 2025.

Becker-Haimes,E.M., Mandell, D.S. Kuo, P., Lynch, K., Brady, M., Young, S., & Creed, T.A.: Behavioral Nudges to Enhance Fidelity in Telehealth Sessions (BENEFITS): Protocol for Developing and Pilot Testing a Telehealth Tool to Improve Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Implementation. JMIR Research Protocols 14: e76035, 2025 Notes: doi: 10.2196/76035.

Mora Ringle, V., Ganss, E.,, Menendez Solorzano, J.D., Rosado, A.R., & Creed, T.A. : Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training and Implementation: Comparisons Between Spanish-Speaking and English Monolingual Therapists. International Journal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41811-025-00257-0.