CHRISTINE E. BREAZEALE
Southern Illinois University | Lif e Sc ienc e II | [email protected]
E D U CA T IO N :
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Masters of Psychology, December 2015
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Bachelor of Psychology, May 2013
Summa Cum Laude, 3.9
CL IN CA L E X PE R IE N CE :
2015—Present Choate Mental Health Hospital
Position: Psychology Extern
Semesters: Summer 2015, Fall 2015 Supervisor: Jan Pregel, Ph.D.
Position is an internship at an inpatient mental hospital involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and head injury, and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
2015—Present VA Hospital—Marion, IL
Position: Psychology Extern
Semesters: Summer 2015, Fall 2015 Supervisor: Susan Rosenberger, Ph.D.
Position is an internship at VA medical hospital involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).
2015 SIU Education Development Center
Position: Psychometrist
Semesters: Spring 2015 , Summer 2015 Supervisor: Ladonna Hensen, LPC; James Bordieri, Ph.D. Position is an internship at an Education Development Center providing cognitive and intellectual assessments to community members referred for a variety of reasons such as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Learning Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Traumatic Brain Injury.
2013
-Present
SIU Clinical Center
Position: Practicum Student
Semesters: Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Supervisors: Sarah Kertz, Ph.D.; Mary Louise Cashel, Ph.D.;
Chad Drake, Ph.D.
Practicum position involving therapy and assessments given to clients with presenting problems such as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Learning Disorders, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and receiving supervision in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
R E S E A R CH E XPE R IE N CE :
2014
-Present
SIU Clinical Psychology Department
Position: Research Assistant Semesters: Summer 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 Supervisor: Benjamin Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating anxiety and posttraumatic stress.
2013
-Present
SIU Criminal Justice Department
Position: Research Assistant Semesters: Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2015 Supervisor: Daryl Kroner, Ph.D.
Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating hopelessness, negative affect, depression, suicidality, and PTSD in offender populations.
2012-2013
Anatomies Weight Loss Center;
Hattiesburg, MSPosition: Behavioral Consultant Assistant Semesters: Fall 2012, Spring 2013
Supervisors: James W. Moore, Ph.D., Rachel R. Mitchell, M.A. Position is an independent internship in a weight loss center employing behavioral principles with weight loss clients. Duties include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data as well as making contact with and scheduling clients. Further duties include administering data collection techniques and consultation with clients following data collection.
2011-2013 USM Psychology Department, Behavioral Neuropsychology; Hattiesburg, Mississippi Position: Research Assistant
Semesters: Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Supervisor: David Echevarria, Ph.D.
Position involved serving as a research assistant on multiple projects investigating food-motivated tasks in an animal model. Duties include collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.
2011
USM Psychology Department, School Psychology,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Position: Research Assistant Semesters: Fall 2011
Supervisor: Joe Olmi, Ph.D.
Served as a research assistant on a project investigating the effects of teacher delivered public versus private praise on the classroom behavior of secondary level students. Duties included collecting, analyzing, and reporting data.
N A TIO N A L A N D R E G IO N A L PR E S E N TA TIO N S
Bernard, J.,
Breazeale, C.,
Palo, A., Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). Positive Relational
Centrality and Positive Event Centrality: A Preliminary Comparison. Poster accepted
for presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Bernard, J.,
Breazeale, C.,
Palo, A., Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). A preliminary Examination
of the Centrality of Negative Social Relationships. Poster accepted for presentation
at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Bernard, J., Palo, A.,
Breazeale, C.,
Rodriguez, B. F., (2014, May). Positive Relational
Centrality: Examination of a Modified Centrality Measure. Poster accepted for
presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
Echevarria, D., Collier, A.,
Breazeale C.
, Camarillo E., (2013) Assessing Behavior Change
Related to Acute Stress Exposure in the Zebrafish. Poster accepted for presentation
at the International Regional Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry Conference,
New Orleans, LA.
Echevarria, D., Collier, A.,
Breazeale C.
, Camarillo E., (2013) Cortisol expression and related
behavior change in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Poster accepted for presenation at
The Annual Meeting of The Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.
Breazeale, C.
, "Assessing Behavior Change Related to Acute Stress Exposure in the
Zebrafish" (2013).
Honors Theses.
Paper 165. http://aquila.usm.edu/honors_the
ses/165
Moore, J.W., Mitchell, R.R., Folkes, V.,
Breazeale, C.,
Ewoldt, E., Jordan, T., Smith, B. &
Singh, R. (2013, May). Exploring Behavioral Treatment of Over-Eating. Paper
accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavior
Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN.
Olmi, D.J., Mitchell, R. R., O’Handley, R., Ness, E., Labrot, Z. & McHugh, M.,
Breazeale, C
.
(2012). CBT in the Schools: Effective Programming for Behavior Change. Training
presented at The Louisiana School Psychologists Association Annual Conference,
Lafayette, LA.
Blaze, J.T., Olmi, D. J., Mercer, S. H., Dufrene, B. A., Tingstrom, D. H,
Breazeale, C.
(2012,
February) Public versus private praise: A direct behavioral comparison in secondary
classrooms. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National
Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.
TE A CH IN G A N D S E R V I CE E X PE R IE N CE :
2014
-Present
Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department
Position: Undergraduate Career Counselor Semesters: Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
Supervisor: Reza Habeeb, Ph.D.
Position involves meeting with students to discuss academic concerns, organizing events, serving on the undergraduate committee meeting, advising clubs, meeting with potential students and parents interested in visiting campus, and attending SIU open houses.
2014 Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department
Position: Teaching Assistant for Careers in Psychology Semesters: Fall 2014
Supervisor: Meera Komarraju, Ph.D.
Position involved teaching two discussion sections per week, leading class discussions, giving examples, keeping graded papers, inviting feedback, keeping grade book, and meeting with students as needed.
2013-2014 Southern Illinois University, Psychology Department
Position: Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Psychology Semesters: Fall 2013 and Spring 2014
Supervisor: Meera Komarraju , Ph.D.
Position involved teaching one discussion section per week, leading class discussions, gaveing examples, keeping graded papers, inviting feedback, keeping grade book, and meeting with students as needed.
O TH E R WO R K E X PE R IE N CE :
Seasonal Work
2010-2013Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi DOI National Park Ranger (full-time)
Served as an Interpretive Ranger at a civil war national military park. Duties included: communicating with the customers, researching historical topics, conducting programs on varied aspects of the civil war, first aid, and secretarial duties.
• Member of USM Honor’s College 2009—2013
• USM Leadership Scholarship 2009—2010
• USM Jubilee Scholarship 2009—2013
• MS Imminent Scholars Scholarship 2009—2013
A CTIV IT IE S :
• Member of Midwest Psychological Association 2014—Present
• Member of SIU Red White and Blue 2013—Present
• Member of SIU Fitness Club 2014
• Member of USM Honor’s College
• Member of Psychology Club 2011—2013
