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Mary Beth Gibbons

Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Interpersonally-Oriented Treatment for Depression Program, Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Community-Based Training Program for Interpersonally-Oriented Treatment, Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
3535 Market Street Room 649
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-3488
Fax: (215) 349-5171
Education:
BA (Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania , 1987.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 1992.
Ph.D (Clinical Psychology)
Vanderbilt University, 1996.
Post-Graduate Training
Psychology Intern, Yale University, 1993-1994.
Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1994-1998.
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Selected Publications

Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Duong, L., Zoupou, E., & Connolly Gibbons, M. B.: Repeated assessments of depressive symptoms in randomized psychosocial intervention trials: Best practice for analyzing symptom change over time. Psychotherapy Research Page: 1-15, May 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/10503307.2022.2073289.

Connolly Gibbons, M. B., Fisher, J., Gallop, R., Zoupou, E., Duong, L., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Initial development of pragmatic behavioral activation fidelity assessments. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 50: 1-16, 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-022-01219-w.

Crits-Christoph, P., Goldstein, E., King, C., Jordan, M., Thompson, D., Fisher, J., & Connolly Gibbons, M.B.: A feasibility study of behavioral activation for major depressive disorder in a community mental health setting. Behavior Therapy 52(1): 39-52, Jan 2021.

Jennissen, S., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Crits-Christoph, P., Schauenburg, H., & Dinger, U.: Insight as a mechanism of change in dynamic therapy for major depressive disorder. Journal of Counseling Psychology 68(4): 435-445, May 2021.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Gallop, R., Thompson, D., Gaines, A., Rieger, A., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Predictors of treatment attendance in cognitive and dynamic therapies for major depressive disorder delivered in a community mental health setting. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 87(8): 745-755, Aug 2019.

Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Diehl, K. , Yin, S., & Connolly Gibbons, M.B.: Mechanisms of change in cognitive therapy for major depressive disorder in the community mental health setting. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 85(6): 550-561, Jun 2017.

Leichsenring, F., Ablon, S., Barber, J. P., Beutel, M., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Crits-Christoph, P., Klein, S., Leweke, F., Steinert, C., Wiltink, J., & Salzer, S.: Developing a prototype for short-term psychodynamic (supportive-expressive) therapy: An empirical study with the psychotherapy process Q-set. Psychotherapy Research 26(4): 500-510, Jul 2016.

Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Diehl, C., Yin, S., & Connolly Gibbons, M.B.: Methods for incorporating patient preferences for treatments of depression in community mental health settings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 44(5): 735-746, Jun 2017.

Yin, S., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Diehl, C., Gallop, R., & Crits-Christoph, P.: A self-report version of the ways of responding: Reliability and validity in a clinical sample. Psychotherapy Research 28(4): 581-592, Sep 2016.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Gallop, R., Thompson, D., Luther, D., Crits-Christoph, K., Jacobs, J., Yin, S., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Comparative effectiveness of cognitive and dynamic psychotherapy for major depressive disorder in a community mental health setting: A randomized clinical noninferiority trial. JAMA Psychiatry 73(9): 904-912, Sep 2016.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Kurtz, J.E., Thompson, D.L., Mack, R.A., Lee, J.K., Rothbard, A, Eisen, S.V., Gallop , R., & Crits-Christoph, P.: The effectiveness of clinician feedback in the treatment of depression in the community mental health system. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 83(4): 748-759, Aug 2015.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Thompson, S.M., Mack, R.A., Lee, J.K., & Crits-Christoph, P.: The relation of baseline skills to psychotherapy outcome across diverse psychotherapies. Journal of Clinical Psychology 71(6): 491-499, Jun 2015.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Mack, R., Lee, J., Gallop, R., Thompson, D., Burock, D., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Comparative effectiveness of cognitive and dynamic therapies for major depressive disorder in a community mental health setting: Study protocol for a randomized non-inferiority trial. BMC Psychology 2(47): 1-16, Dec 2014.

Mooney, T.K., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Gallop, R., Mack, R.A., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Psychotherapy credibility ratings: Patient predictors of credibility and the relation of credibility to therapy outcome. Psychotherapy Research 24(5): 565-577, Nov 2014.

Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Thompson, S.M., Scott, K., Schauble, L.A., Mooney, T., Thompson, D., Green, P., Macarthur, M.J., & Crits-Christoph, P.: Supportive-expressive dynamic psychotherapy in the community mental health system: A pilot effectiveness trial for the treatment of depression. Psychotherapy 49(3): 303-316, Sep 2012.

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