Grace Lyons, B.A.

Education: 

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2018)

Certifications:

• Telepsychology Best Practices 101 (2022)
• Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (2022)
• Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (2022)

• DeFrain, M. A., Lyons, G. A., Demers, J. M. (2022, August). The impact of interpersonal violence victimization on unemployment. Poster presentation at the 2022 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
• Lyons, G. A., Quan, H., Petts, R. A., & Zettle, R. D. (2022, June). What do you like about it? Examining perceptions and preference for ACT and CBT interventions. Poster presentation at the 2022 Association of Contextual Behavioral Sciences World Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Bartholomay, E. M., Stone, B. M., & Lyons, G. A. (2021). Depression and social anxiety symptoms explain substance use problems beyond amount/frequency of substance use. Current Psychology, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01984-1
• Lyons, G. A., & Petts, R. A. (2021). Assessing the acceptability of treatment techniques: A comparison of cognitive restructuring and cognitive defusion. Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Psychology Department Research Roundup, Wichita KS.
• Nguyen, C., Lyons, G. A., & Petts, R. A. (2021). The influence of helicopter parenting on college students’ coping skills and decision making. Poster presentation at the 17th Annual Psychology Department Research Roundup, Wichita KS.
• Lyons, G. A., Chamberlain, A. B., & Drake, C. E. (2020). Cognitive fusion and stigma: Exploring perceived stigma and attitudes toward mental illness. Poster presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
• Bartholomay, E. M., Lyons, G. A., Stone, B. M., & Kertz, S. J. (2019). Social anxiety is related to increased alcohol and marijuana problems. Poster presentation at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Harris, E. K., Klein. K. P., Lyons, G., Björgvinsson, T., & Kertz, S. J. (2018). A comparison of the relative impact of symptoms of depression and anxiety on impairment. Poster presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.
• Lyons, G. A., Kimball, R., Seidler, D. A., & Drake, C. E. (2018). A comparison of brief ACT measures in predicting clinical symptoms. Poster presentation at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Bartholomay, E. M., Klein, K. P., Lyons, G. A., & Kertz, S. J. (2018). The moderating influence of facets of state mindfulness on changes in anxiety after a brief mindfulness intervention. Poster presentation at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
• Lyons, G.A., & Drake, C. E. (2018). Examining the ACT matrix as a one-time psychotherapeutic intervention. Poster presentation at the Undergraduate Research Forum, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL.
• Lyons, G., Kimball, R., Sain, T., & Drake, C. E. (2017, April). Frenemies: An Idiographic Version of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP). In B. Clark (Organizer), There’s an IRAP for that! Broad Applications of Implicit Measurement. Symposium conducted at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL

• Instructor of Record, Wichita State University (August 2021 – Present)
• Research Assistant – Cognitive Behavioral Sciences Lab, Wichita State University (August 2021 - Present
• Research Assistant – Integrated Behavioral Health Lab, Wichita State University (August 2020 – May 2021)
• Researchers I – Project 12-Ways, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (January 2019 – July 2020)
• Research Assistant – Cognitive Behavioral Sciences Lab, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (October 2015 – December 2018)
• Research Assistant – Anxiety, Behavior, and Cognition Lab, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (August 2017 – December 2018)

Pronouns: she/her