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
3535 Market Street, Suite 3046
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-6773
Fax: 215-573-3021
Fax: 215-573-3021
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Selected Publications
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.Tugendrajch, S., Comly, R., Rushworth, S., Wolk, C.B., Erialdi, R., & Creed, T.A.: Prioritizing partnerships in school-based implementation research and practice: Applying the ACCESS model. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2025.2485085.
Ganss, E., Mora Ringle, V., Menendez Solorzano, J., Brasgalla, E., Dallard, N., Du, C., & Creed, T.A.: “It’s a little bit confusing”: A qualitative investigation of community mental health workers’ perspectives of a financing strategy to promote evidence-based practice implementation in a public mental health system. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA December 2024.
Kuo, P., Mowery, D., Bauermeister, J., Mandell, D., Regli, S., & Creed, T.A. : Development of a natural language processing (NLP) based therapist tool for culturally responsive care. Poster presented at the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics September 2024.
Menendez Solorzano, J. D., Brasgalla, E., Ganss, E. A., Creed., T. A., & Mora Ringle., V. A. : Harmony in Healing: Low Burnout Among Spanish Language CBT Trainees. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, Washington. August 2024.
Levy, S.A., Creed, T & Diamond, G.S.: Improving Relationship Security for Distressed Adolescents. In. P. Rhodes & A. Wallis (Eds.), A practical guide to family therapy: Structured guidelines and key skills (2nd Edition). Australia: IP Communications. July 2024.
Imel, Z.E., Tanana, M.J., Soma, C.S., Hull, T.D., Pace, B.T., Stanco, S., Creed, T.A., Moyers, T.B., & Atkins, D.C.: Outcomes in Mental Health Counseling from Conversational Content with Transformer-Based Machine Learning. JAMA Network Open 7(1): e2352590, January 2024 Notes: doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52590.
Youn, S.J., Boswell, J., Douglas, S., Harris, B., Aajmain, S., Gutner, C., Creed, T.A., Stirman, S.W., Arnold, K., Orengo Aguayo, R., & Oswald, J.: Implementation science and practice-oriented research: Convergence and complementarity. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01296-5.
Mora Ringle, V., Calloway, A., Reich, D., Oziel, R., Walzer, A., O’Connor, S., Venti, A., Comeau,C., Williams, T., & Creed, T.A. : What really matters in community mental health implementation? Insight and recommendations from EBP implementation experts, providers, and clients. Community Mental Health Journal 2024 Notes: 10.1007/s10597-024-01307-1.
Wiltsey-Stirman, S., Gumport, N.B.,Calloway, A., Gunter, C., Marques, L., Hernandez, S., Song, J., Johnson, C., Youn, S.J, Elhusseini, S., Deguzman-Lucero, R.M., Loskot, T., La Bash, H., Aguilar Silvan, Y., Canale, C., Park, A.L., Bartuska, A.D., Jo, B., Barnett, P., Kuhn, E., DeRubeis, R., Vogt, D., & Creed, T.A.: A Comparison of Pragmatic and Scalable Strategies to Assess Fidelity to Cognitive Processing Therapy in Routine Care Settings. Behavior Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.12.003.