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About Breanne Cahoy
Dr. Breanne Hiivala Cahoy (she/her) is an adjunct counseling faculty member based in Minnesota. She is a licensed professional counselor, a certified rehabilitation counselor, and a consultant specializing in ecowellness-based career development. Her previous roles included assistant director of career development at a large public university, career counselor at a mid-sized public university, employee assistance program (EAP) solutions coordinator, and sexual assault victims’ advocate within a university gender violence prevention program. In recent years, she has partnered with a wildlife biologist to develop workplace health and wellbeing programs for professionals in conservation, mental health, education, and the corporate sector.
Bre loves traveling and being outdoors. When she’s not in the classroom, you’ll usually find her with her family enjoying a walk, a good book, or a game of fetch with their Labrador Retriever, Lemon.
Recent Courses Taught
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504 Abnormal Psychology & DSM 5
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505 Developmental Psychology
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509 Comparative Theories Through an Adlerian Lens
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513 Comparative Theories of Personality & Psychotherapy
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533 Clinical Assessment
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534 Behavioral Neuroscience
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562 Foundations of Career Development
Research Interests and Specialties
Work-life welbeing
Reciprocal nature-based healing
Distinctions & Associations
- National Career Development Association
- Minnesota Career Development Association (MCDA) (Co-President 2024-2025)
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
- Western Region ACES (WACES)
- North Center ACES (NCACES)
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC)
Selected Publications and Presentations
Cahoy, B., Doerr, M., & Park, C. (2025, March). Nurturing hope and resilience in climate-aware career development. NCDA Career Developments (pp. 18-19). Spring.
Player, A., Fisher, R., & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. (2024). Navigating occupational hazards: Supporting helping provider health and wellbeing. In Stark, C. Professionals’ Guide to Trauma-Informed Decision-Making. Springer Nature.
Cahoy (Hiivala), B. & Park, C. (2024, Mar 8). Cultivating belonging, social interest, and planetary wellbeing in higher education: An Adlerian approach. [Conference session]. Minnesota College Personnel Association: A State Division of ACPA College Student Educators International (MNACPA) Annual Conference: Anti-racism, inclusion, and belonging in higher ed, virtual.
Cahoy (Hiivala), B., Goonetilleke, D., & Park, C. (2023, Oct 14). Andragogy in the Anthropocene: Bringing hope and climate awareness to counselor education. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference, Denver, CO.
Doerr, M., Cahoy (Hiivala), B., & Park, C. (2023, Sept 18). Nurturing trauma informed conservation communities [4-hour workshop]. Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Ashland, WI.
Fisher, R., & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. (2023). Culture-sensitive psychotraumatology. In Dermer, S. B. & Abdullah, J. R. (Eds). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy (pp. 430-435). SAGE Publications.
Fisher, R., & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. (2023). Internalized racism and oppression. In Dermer, S. B. & Abdullah, J. R. (Eds). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy (pp. 845-850). SAGE Publications.
Judd, S., Mast, G., Oliver, S., Ralph, R., Shortell, O., Wright, S., & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. [Faculty advisor]. (2023, February). Exploring the relationship between discrimination and interoceptive awareness. Counselors for Social Justice (pp. 4-6). Spring.
Doerr, M. & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. (2023, February). Acknowledging trauma in the workplace. The Wildlife Professional, (pp. 50-55). Jan/Feb 2023, www.wildlife.org.
Boyle-Milroy, L., Manthe, B., & Cahoy (Hiivala), B. (2023, Mar 31). Integrating cultural humility and nonviolent communication strategies in conversations about the climate crisis [Conference session]. Minnesota College Personnel Association: A State Division of ACPA College Student Educators International (MNACPA) Annual Conference: Envisioning an inclusive and sustainable future in higher ed, Minneapolis, MN.
Educational Background
Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN
Ed.D., Counselor Education and Supervision
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
M.S., Rehabilitation Counseling
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
B.A., Psychology