TARYN RENEE NASIS
Curriculum Vitae
EXPERIENCE
October 2016 – Present
EAP Counselor, United Health Group
Act as triage and in the moment support for those seeking mental health relief in an inbound call center format. Manage crisis intervention, exploration of solutions, mental healthcare options, and support for acute stress. Trained to act as designated after-hours support for Critical Incident Response (CIRS), and high-touch special accounts.
January 2016 – August 2016
Research Assistant, St. Mary’s University
Principle Investigator: Jason Northrup, PhD
Developed grant (CBR Grant: Developing a Collaborative Interdisciplinary Sexual Assault Awareness Program for Undergraduate Students) and project activities, managed project, collaborated with multiple university offices and the Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio, analyzed and reported on campus climate survey, designed collateral material, reported on grant.
October 2015 - June 2016
Graduate Assistant, Office of Academic Research & Sponsored Projects, St. Mary’s University
Assist Principle Investigator of Biobehavioral Research Administration Development (BRAD) Award in completing grant activities which aimed to grow the grants office. Aggregated relevant funding opportunities for faculty and staff, developed, increased, and maintained the grants library by securing relevant accepted grant proposals to assist faculty in grant writing, and served as a liaison for the grant activities of the grants office for faculty while the office was without a director during this time period.
January 2016 - May 2016
Graduate Assistant, Undergraduate Research Office, St. Mary’s University
Plan and execute Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium, assist with activities of the URO.
January 2015 - December 2015
Intern, Office of Academic Research & Sponsored Projects, St. Mary’s University
Reviewed faculty grants for compliance with funding opportunity requirements, revised and coauthored grant need narratives and budget narratives. Reviewed and rated faculty on campus grants. Reviewed and rated student submissions for summer research fellowships. Shadowed mentor in all grant-related activities, including attending all workshops and presentations discussing grant writing such as those covering K, F, R01, and R03 grants. Participated on University Research Council to assist in managing research activities on campus. Wrote a DOJ grant for the University. Served on university grant writing teams to co-author material.
August 2007 – May 2010
Donor Relations Coordinator, San Antonio Youth
Manage and increase individual donors, manage and increase volunteers, plan and execute large scale special events, graphic design of collateral materials, graphic design and management of advertisement, and design of internal correspondence, organized and facilitated monthly projects with over 50 child clientele in large scale art projects, managed interns.
EDUCATION
In Progress
Doctorate of Philosophy in Marriage & Family Therapy
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
June 2012
Masters of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
March 2007
Bachelors of Arts in Psychology
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
TRAINING
UHG Culture Ambassador, 2022
Motivational Interviewing, 2021
Evidence based skills to motivate clients toward change
Twogether in Texas facilitator 2012
Great Start Program
Trained to lead an intensive 8-hour workshop for couples groups in relationship enhancement or premarital workshops utilizing relationship research in entertaining and educational ways.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy 2015
Training: Level 1
Red Cross Mental Health First Aid 2014
Trained to respond as mental health professional in large-scale crisis intervention.
AWARDS
2014 SAMHSA Dissertation Completion Fellow
American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
Minority Fellowship Program
The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program’s objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations, and to increase the number of doctoral-level culturally competent ethnic minority Marriage and Family therapists.
2013 SAMHSA Doctoral Fellow
American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
Minority Fellowship Program
The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program’s objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations, and to increase the number of doctoral-level culturally competent ethnic minority Marriage and Family therapists.
2012 SAMHSA Doctoral Fellow
American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
Minority Fellowship Program
The AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program’s objective is to expand the delivery of culturally competent mental health and substance abuse services to underserved minority populations, and to increase the number of doctoral-level culturally competent ethnic minority Marriage and Family therapists.
PRESENTATIONS
Nasis, T., & Hannon, D.S. (2013, November 7). Heteronormativity in Families: Are We Part of the Problem.
Roundtable presented at the 75th National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Telisak, M., & Casso, A., Nasis, T. (2013, November 7). Plays of power in adolescents: Bullying, relational aggression, and peer pressure .
Presented at the National Council of Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Nasis, T. (2013, February 2). Heteronormativity in Families .
Presentation on current research presented at the AAMFT MFP Winter Training Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Nasis, T. (2014, February 5). Social Justice Sexuality: A model for intersections of identities .
Presentation on current research presented at the AAMFT MFP 2014 Winter Training Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Nasis, T. (2015, February 7, 2015). Discrimination and community resourcing: A factor analysis.
Presentation on current research presented at the AAMFT MFP 2015 Winter Training Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
POSTERS
Nasis, T. (2016, April). Identity Intersections Matter in Sexual Minority Research.
Poster presented at the 17th Annual Research Symposium and Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX.
Nasis, T. (2016, April). Does community-level resourcing mediate the effect of homophobia and sexuality disclosure on well-being.
Poster presented at the 17th Annual Research Symposium and Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX.
Nasis, T. (2015, April). Intersections of race, gender and sexuality in the perception of discrimination stress.
16th Annual Research Symposium & Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.
Nasis, T. (2015, April). Four Infographics.
16th Annual Research Symposium & Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.
Telisak, M., Casso, A., Nasis, T., & Smith, Jessica. (2013, April 12). Plays of power in adolescents: Bullying, relational aggression, and peer pressure .
Poster presented at the 14th Annual Research Symposium & Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX
PUBLICATIONS
Collaborative Therapy Approach: Implications for Working With Afro-Caribbean Families Coping With Infidelity http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jsyt.2015.34.3.26
June 2015
This article illustrates the use of collaborative language systems (CLS) therapy with an Afro-Caribbean family. This manuscript uses a case study to implement the collaborative processes of (1) inner and outer talk and being public, (2) mutual puzzling, (3) appropriately unusual comments, and (4) reflecting team with a mother-daughter dyad confronting their family's infidelity issues.
SERVICE
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Volunteering Committee for EAP at UHG
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Volunteer
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Animal Defense League, San Antonio TX
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Volunteer
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San Antonio Humane Society
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Hiring Committee, Masters Student Representative
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In-kind design work for fundraising benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association