Kristy E. Benoit - Psychology Department - Virginia Tech

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• Supervisor: Ronald M. Rapee, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Scheduled and ran subjects in various computer tasks relating to memory
• Generated stimuli and analyzed data
• Learned fMRI scanning techniques at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Supervisor: Jason P. Mitchell, Ph.D.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assessor
Fall 2011 - Present
Virginia Tech Child Study Center, Blacksburg, VA
• Work as an assessor on my dissertation project, which involves the administration of semistructured
interviews (ADIS-IV and ADIS C/P), computer tasks, various self-reports, parentchild
interaction tasks, behavioral approach tests, and a speech task, as well as the collection of
psychophysiological data
• Participate in weekly case management meetings
• Supervisor: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D.
Graduate Assessor and Clinician
Spring 2008 - Present
Virginia Tech Child Study Center, Blacksburg, VA
• Work as an assessor on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of childhood specific
phobias, which involves the administration of semi-structured interviews (ADIS C/P), computer
tasks, various self-reports, parent-child interaction tasks, and behavioral approach tests, as well
as the collection of psychophysiological data
• Participate in weekly case management meetings
• Serve as a therapist on this project, receiving training and supervision in both the child and
parent components of One-Session Treatment (OST), a cognitive-behavioral intervention
• Supervisor: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D.
Graduate Assessor and Clinician
Fall 2007 - Present
Virginia Tech Child Study Center, Blacksburg, VA
• Work as an assessor on an NIMH-funded R01 treatment outcome study of children with
oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which involves the administration of semi-structured
(ADIS C/P) and structured (DISC) interviews, computer tasks, various self-reports, parent-child
interaction tasks, and vocabulary tests
• Participate in weekly case management meetings
• Serve as a therapist on this project, receiving training and supervision in Parent Management
Training (PMT) and Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)
• Supervisors: Thomas H. Ollendick, Ph.D. and Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
Graduate Assessor and Clinician Fall 2007 - Fall 2010
Virginia Tech Psychological Services Center, Blacksburg, VA
• Assessed and treated children, adolescents, and adults in individual, group, and family therapy
formats, with a focus on anxiety, trauma, and depression