Breanne E. Kearney

Breanne E. Kearney, MS, MRes, is an occupational therapist and a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Western University in Ontario, Canada. Ms. Kearney has over 10 years of experience working in a variety of settings with children and adolescents with sensory processing challenges, using a play- and relationship-based approach. She has received advanced training in sensorimotor-based interventions at the STAR Center in Denver, Colorado. Ms. Kearney’s doctoral work in Ruth Lanius's lab involves using neuroimaging to investigate the neurobiology of sensory processing and the efficacy of mind–body treatments in posttraumatic stress disorder. She is particularly interested in studying the relationship between sensory processing, attachment, and trauma-related symptoms.