Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Adaptations for Adolescents

American Psychological Association (APA)

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)

National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ)

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)

Torrey A. Creed, Ph.D.

Dr. Creed is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist. She leads the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science, which emphasizes public-academic partnerships to increase access to CBT and other evidence-based practices (EBPs) in under-resourced community settings. Under this umbrella, Dr. Creed directs the Beck Community Initiative, a program of implementation and research to foster high-quality, sustainable CBT in community mental health care services for diverse levels of care and client populations. Dr. Creed also serves as a health policy advisor to Partners in Health, with a focus on the implementation of EBPs in ten low- and middle-income countries. She has several NIMH-funded studies focused on pragmatic methods to evaluate CBT competence. Her book, Cognitive Therapy for Adolescents in School Settings, is used to guide treatment services in several public school systems, and a soon-to-be released book focuses on implementation strategies and tools developed within the Penn Collaborative.

Barbara H. Stanley, Ph.D.

Dr. Stanley is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of individuals with borderline personality disorder, depression, and self-harm. With her colleague, Dr. Gregory Brown, she developed the Safety Planning Intervention that is used in Emergency Departments, inpatient and outpatient facilities, throughout the VA and on crisis hotlines. She currently holds numerous leadership positions as Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, the Director of the Suicide Prevention Training, Implementation and Evaluation for the Center for Practice Innovation and Research Scientist in Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Leader of the Conte Center for Suicide Prevention Project 5, “Stress, Inflammation, Aggression and Emotion Regulation in Suicidal Behavior”.

Gregory K. Brown, Ph.D.

Dr. Brown is an internationally renowned expert in suicide prevention whose work has led to transformational advances in the treatment of suicidal individuals. His research aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative, targeted interventions designed to reduce vulnerability factors associated with suicidal behavior in high-risk populations and to examine and improve the implementation of evidence-based treatments into “real world” settings to prevent suicide. With colleagues, Dr. Brown developed two clinical interventions for individuals at risk for suicide: the Safety Planning Intervention and Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention. The Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based, brief suicide prevention strategy that has been used in research and widely disseminated in health care settings, including the VA. Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention, one of the few existing evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, has been shown to prevent suicide attempts among individuals at high risk for suicide. He also provides clinical training for clinicians in suicide assessment and risk management, cognitive behavior therapy for depression, and suicide prevention.