Briahna Yuodsnukis
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical, Office of Applied Psychological Services
Pronouns: She/Her
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About
Briahna Yuodsnukis (she/her), PhD, is a Queer, generation 2.5 immigrant, multi-ethnic clinical psychologist. She received her PhD in clinical psychology with an emphasis in LGBTQ+ psychology from Palo Alto University. She completed her internship at the Medical College of Georgia/Charlie Norwood VA – Trauma Track and her pediatric fellowship at Lurie Children’s Gender & Sex Development Program. Her clinical training has primarily focused on specialized care for LGBTQ+ individuals from a trauma-informed perspective, primarily in healthcare settings with an interdisciplinary team approach. She works from a cognitive behavioral approach with special interests in trauma, disordered eating, and anxiety disorders. Much of her work emphasizes the impact of minority stress on mental, social, and physical well-being.
Her research has focused on understanding minority stress and resilience among gender diverse individuals. Her most recent research projects included adapting the minority stress model to intersex folks/folks with differences of sex development (IDSD), exploring experiences of sexual victimization among IDSD, and examining disordered eating among trans and gender diverse youth and young adults. She also has a special interest in promoting sexual well-being and sexual health among LGBTQ+ folks and folks with IDSD.
At UIC, Dr. Yuodsnukis primarily serves as a clinical supervisor within the Office of Applied Psychological Services (OAPS). Dr. Yuodsnukis provides supervision and mentorship to all students in the clinical psychology PhD program. She does not have an ongoing research lab; thus, she does not accept graduate student applications for the program.
Selected Publications
Yuodsnukis, B., Davies, A., Spiecker, N. C., Papadakis, J. L., Dalke, K. B., Chen, D., & van de Grift, T. C. (2025). “They Knew Something Was Different About Me, They Date Raped Me”: A Pilot Study on the Sexual Victimization Experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults with Differences of Sex Development/Intersex Variations. Sexes, 6(2), 14.
van de Grift, T. C., Dalke, K. B., Yuodsnukis, B., Davies, A., Papadakis, J.L., & Chen, D. (2024). Minority stress and reliance experiences in adolescents and young adults with intersex variations/differences of sex development. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
Coyne, C. A., Yuodsnukis, B. T., & Chen, D. (2023). Gender Dysphoria: Optimizing Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth with a Multidisciplinary Approach. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 479-493.
Education
B.S. in Psychology and Criminal Justice, 2015, Sam Houston State University
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 2021, Palo Alto University
Pediatric Postdoctoral Fellow in the Gender and Sex Development Program, 2023, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Licensures and Certifications
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), 2021 – Present
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Illinois, 2023 – Present
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Oregon, 2025 – Present
Professional Memberships
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Division 44: Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
- Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race
- Division 53: Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Division 54: Pediatric Psychology