Emily Cygrymus, MA

I am a Master’s level clinician at Old Town Psychology and a fifth year doctoral candidate in the University of Maryland, College Park’s Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program.

My approach to therapy prioritizes an empathetic and non-judgemental approach, where we can center your needs, strengths, and goals for therapy. I primarily take an interpersonal and psychodynamic approach to therapy, while also incorporating mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral approaches, and multicultural perspectives. My primary areas of specialty include anxiety, depression, body image and self-esteem concerns, interpersonal difficulties, and career well-being.

I also have experience providing psychological assessments in private practice settings. I hope to bring the same warm and curious approach to testing that I do to therapeutic spaces, helping individuals feel supported and comfortable and fostering an environment to help children and adults perform at their best.

In addition to my clinical experience, I have served as an instructor to graduate and undergraduate students, teaching courses in clinical helping skills and positive psychology. My research interests include career and academic well-being, stress, and burnout in understudied populations of workers and students. I am also interested in the study of stigma and coping with stigma in the workplace.

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PUBLICATIONS

Cygrymus, E. R., & Lent, R. W. (2022). Social cognitive predictors of music majors’ academic well-being and persistence intentions. Journal of Career Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221113287.

Lent, R. W., Morris, T. R., Wang, R. J., Moturu, B. P., Cygrymus, E. R., & Yeung, J. G. (2022). Test of a social cognitive model of proactive career behavior. Journal of Career Assessment, 30(4), 756–775. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221080948.

PRESENTATIONS

Cygrymus, E. R., & Lent, R. W. (2022). Academic well-being of music majors: An application to understudied students. Poster session presented at the 130th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Lent, R. W., Wang, R. J., Cygrymus, E. R., & Moturu, B. P. (2022). Psychological coping with job loss: A social cognitive perspective. Poster session presented at the 130th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Lent, R. W., Morris, T. R., Wang, R. J., Moturu, B. P., Cygrymus, E. R., and Yeung, J. G. (2021, August). Linking proactive career behavior to social cognitive career theory. Poster session presented at the 129th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Virtual Conference.

Cygrymus, E.R., Bartel, J.S., Fornsaglio, J., Doyle, A. (2019, March). FoMO predicts student technology distraction while studying but not in the classroom. Poster session presented at the 90th annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Doyle, A., Bartel, J.S., Fornsaglio, J., Cygrymus, E.R. (2019, March). Relationships among faculty policies, technology addiction, non-academic technology use, and GPA. Poster session presented at the 90th annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.

Cygrymus, E.R. & Jacobs, B. (2018, November). “Just don’t be nervous”: The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques on music performance anxiety in middle school students. Poster session presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council, Boston MA on November 9, 2018.

Wilson, M.E., Cygrymus E.R., Few, N.M., Brownfield, T.N., Jacobs, E., & Bartel, J.S. (2018, March). Investigating the effect of benevolent sexism on the endorsement of hookup culture. Poster session presented at the 89th annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Cygrymus, E.R., Hrach, V., Schwartz, D. (2018, March) Human rights for the common good. Poster session presented at the 2018 Seton Hill University Undergraduate Conference, Greensburg, PA.

Cygrymus, E.R. (2017, April) The effect of adolescent males’ participation in the arts on impression formation of masculinity. Poster session presented at the 2017 Seton Hill University Undergraduate Conference, Greensburg, PA.