Faculty
Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons, PhD (Director)
gibbonsm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
(215) 662-3488
Mary Beth Connolly Gibbons received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1996 and has been on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine since that time. She is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and the current Director of the Center for Psychotherapy Research. She is an author on over 100 journal articles and book chapters. She received the Early Career Award from the International Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2002. She conducts studies of the effectiveness and mechanisms of evidence-based psychotherapies in real world community settings as well as studies of measurement-based care systems to optimize the implementation and effectiveness of psychotherapies in these settings. Complimenting her research program, Dr. Gibbons is also involved in training psychiatry residents in models of time-limited, relationship-focused psychotherapy.
Paul F. Crits-Christoph, PhD
crits@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
(215) 662-7993
Paul Crits-Christoph received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and his PhD in Psychology (Clinical) from Yale University in 1984. He has been on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania since completing his doctoral degree. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and the past director of the Center for Psychotherapy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an author of over 230 journal articles, over 60 book chapters, and 5 books on topics related to research on the process and outcome of Psychotherapy. After receiving the Early Career Award (1992) from the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, he subsequently served (1996) as president of the Society. He has received the Distinguished Research Career Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2016 and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology Award from Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association in 2020. His primary interests are in the process and outcome of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral treatments for anxiety, affective and personality disorders, psychosocial treatments for substance use disorders, and methodological and statistical issues in treatment research. More recently he has been focusing on research on treatments for depression and substance use disorders in community settings.
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