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Current Members
Graduate Students
Amanda Adcock
Jeff Geddes
Nikki Hernandez
Cicely LaBorde
Christina Larson
Karen O’Brien
Rebecca Sawyer
Andrew Scherbarth
Anita Varghese
Undergraduate Students
Tiffani
Allison
Vaishnavi Kapadia
Chelsea Kubiak
Ryan Mitchell
Jonathan Schmalz
Sylvia Casas (TAMS student)
Past Members
Jenny
Bivona
On internship at Central Texas VA
Joe Dracobly
"My name is Joe Dracobly,
and I am a Masters student in the Department of Behavior Analysis. I
was part of Dr. Murrell’s lab during the Spring and Summer 2007
semesters and I helped with the Parenting Study (I am not sure what the
exact title is) . Currently, I am a Caseload
Supervisor for the Behavior Analysis Resource
Center at the Denton State School.
I just finished assisting with research (in the Behavior Analysis
Resource Center Clinic at the Denton State School) comparing the
effects of mixed schedules and multiple schedules on the treatment of
physical aggression and self-injury maintained by access to food."
Lea Fisher
"After graduating in December of 2006, I have been
working for Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
in the Psychiatry Department and pursuing a masters
in counseling at the University
of North Texas.
At least once a day, I think about our lab and what a rich educational
experience it was for me.
One of the things that I most appreciate here in the “real world” is
the concept of values from an ACT perspective. When I start to tell
myself that I have too many responsibilities, too much stress and, as I
am sure none of you can relate, too much self imposed pressure, I think
back to what we practiced in our lab. I ask myself if what I am working
toward is worth it and gratefully, my answer is… yes it is!
It is so rare and precious to be able live consistently with your
values.
Thanks Amy."
Laura Howe-Martin
"I joined Dr. Murrell's research team in 2006,
after working as her departmental research assistant and becoming
hooked into the wonderful way that she interacted with her students.
Dr. Murrell willingly became the co-chair for my dissertation project
on adolescent self-mutilation as a form of experiential avoidance, and
has been a mentor ever since. I was able to meld my psychodynamic and
feminist theory background with the contextual features of this lab and
with my current interests in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Working
within Dr. Murrell’s lab has also allowed me to participate in several
research projects, learn about the grant-writing process, and present
at several conferences. Currently, I am on internship at the United States Medical
Center for Federal Prisoners
in Springfield, Missouri, working with inpatients
who struggle with severe mental disorders and Axis II diagnoses. My
dissertation is being defended in November 2007, and I look forward to
graduating in August 2008, five years after beginning the Clinical
program at UNT. Research projects:
Rape Fantasy Projects I & II
Related presentations:
- Rape Fantasy, Relational Frame Theory, and Implications for Sexual
Abuse Survivors (ABCT 2006 Symposium)
- Childhood Sexual Abuse, Rape Fantasies, and Magnified Sexual Scripts
(ACT 2nd World Congress, 2006) Adolescent Self-Mutilation: Experiential
Avoidance Coupled with Imitation? (Dissertation)
Related presentations:
- Adolescent Self-Mutilation: The Role of Media Exposure (APA Annual
Convention, 2007)
- Adolescent Self-Mutilating Behaviors and the Role of Experiential
Avoidance (APA Annual Convention, 2007)
- Adolescent Self-Mutilation: The Role of Experiential Avoidance
(proposed for ABA 2008)"
Jessica Madrigal-Bauguss
Darisse Norris
Richelle Sain
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