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Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB

Curriculum Vitae

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, California Board of Psychology License #: PSY 27426 July 2015 – Present

Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCB), Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) Certificant #: B5783 June 2015 – Present

EDUCATION & TRAINING

VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Postdoctoral Residency Program Post-doctoral Fellowship in Health Psychology September 2012 – August 2013

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology Dissertation Title: Pilot Test of a Chronic Pain Management Intervention for Individuals With Axis I Disorders August 2005 – August 2011

University of California, Los Angeles Counseling and Psychological Services (UCLA CAPS) Pre-doctoral Internship, APA-Accredited July 2009 – June 2010

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology Master’s Thesis Title: Psychological Contamination and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder August 2005 – May 2007

The Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College, University Park, PA Bachelor of Science With Distinction and With Honors Major: Psychology, with specialization in Biological & Evolutionary Sciences Honor’s Thesis Title: Daily Stressors, Coping, and Depression in Multiple Sclerosis August 2001 – May 2005

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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Psychologist and Biofeedback Program Director, November 2019 – Present Cognitive Behavior Health Partners, Los Angeles, CA Practice Director: Jayson L. Mystkowski, Ph.D. • Providing empirically supported psychotherapeutic interventions in a private practice setting. • Designing and managing a biofeedback program.

Director of Behavioral Medicine, August 2017 – November 2019 Staff Psychologist, May 2016 – November 2019 Cognitive Behavior Associates, Beverly Hills, CA Supervised by Joel L. Becker, Ph.D. • Providing empirically supported psychotherapy and biofeedback to adults and teens. • Designing and implementing a biofeedback treatment program for the practice. • Developing and revising the practice’s existing chronic pain management program. • Writing content for newsletters and online resources on topics such as chronic pain, anxiety, stress, and insomnia. • Preparing and providing an online, continuing education webinar on combining CBT with biofeedback for chronic pain through the practice’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy Institute.

University Counseling Services Emergency Hire (Temporary) Part-Time Faculty Counselor, March 2019 – May 2019 California State University, Northridge Director: Julie Pearce, Psy.D • Providing short-term, evidence-based psychotherapy to a diverse student population. • Conducting intake assessments and providing crisis intervention, case management, and emergency walk- in coverage.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, August 2016 – September 2017 USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work/Cohen Military Family Clinic at USC University of Southern California • Contributing to a start-up, non-profit mental health clinic within a university setting (clinic closed in 2017). • Providing empirically supported psychotherapy to veterans and veterans’ families through the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at USC. • Collaborating with interdisciplinary team of licensed clinical social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, case managers, and peer support specialists to deliver client-centered care. • Co-creating clinic policies and procedures in a start-up clinic culture and participating in process improvement meetings to assess and refine these. • Providing weekly didactic training and clinical consultation to social work interns. • Collaborating on research project to study the effects of EEG neurofeedback on PTSD symptoms in veterans with the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR). • Receiving intensive training and supervision in prolonged exposure therapy.

Psychologist, May 2016 – August 2016 Western Pacific Psychological Network, Los Angeles County Area, CA • Providing brief, individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy, crisis intervention, biofeedback, and case management to a culturally diverse adult population with primary diagnosis of medical disorders in various outpatient medical settings. Treatments focused on chronic pain management, medical/medication compliance, insomnia, depression, panic, trauma, and anxiety. 3 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB • Working with interpreters for patients whose primary language was Spanish or Chinese. • Conducting brief psychological testing and interpreting results using self-report assessment measures.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Psychology, September 2012 – August 2013 VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, CA Supervised by Michael Goldstein, Psy.D. • Receiving advanced training in health psychology as it applies to clinical psychology, including etiology of various medical, behavioral, and psychological problems, and corresponding treatment approaches, including CBT, CBT for Insomnia, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, biofeedback, and biopsychosocial frameworks. • Conducting individual and group psychotherapy for a variety of mental health disorders as well as behavioral health-related problems including primary insomnia, chronic pain, type II diabetes, weight management, and smoking cessation. Treatment focused on treatment compliance, coping, and symptom relief. • Designing and implementing two new group psychotherapy programs for chronic pain: for patients enrolled in Primary Care, as well as for homeless veterans enrolled in The Department of Housing and Urban Development – VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. • Providing individual biofeedback therapy for a variety of patient problems, using the following devices: electrocardiograph (ECG/EKG), electromyograph (EMG), electrodermograph (GSR), electroencephalograph (EEG), feedback thermometer (TEMP), photoplethysmograph (PPG), and pneumograph (RESP), to monitor heart rate and heart rate variability, muscle tension, eccrine sweat gland activity, brain wave activity, peripheral blood flow, and respiration rate, respectively. • Evaluating bariatric surgery candidates to assess psychological readiness and safety for surgery and providing recommendations at interdisciplinary Bariatric Surgery Team meetings. • Assisting attending physicians with chiefing the medical residents in both the Primary Care Clinic and the Smoking Cessation Clinic. • Conducting initial intake assessments for patients first presenting in Primary Care Mental Health. • Co-leading group biofeedback therapy for weight management within the Women’s Clinic. • Leading educational seminars and implementing behavioral health interventions during patients’ individual and group medical appointments. • Attending quarterly multi-disciplinary Pain Board meetings, and leading psychoeducational seminars in the Back Pain Clinic.

Registered Psychologist & Researcher, August 2011 – August 2012 Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP) Supervised by Alison Johnson, Psy.D. • Designing and implementing an intervention for patients with co-morbid chronic pain and Axis I disorders based upon my dissertation research. • Conducting group therapy based upon this intervention. • Providing brief psychological intakes alongside the Pain Clinic MD. • Designing research studies and writing a research grant. • Training practicum-level clinical psychology doctoral students to co-lead group therapy.

Psychological Assistant, May 2012 – August 2012 Center for Neurotherapy, Studio City, CA Supervised by Perri Johnson, Ph.D. • Administering and assisting with neurofeedback and biofeedback treatment for children ages 3 to 16 with problems including autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and anxiety disorders. • Assisting with QEEG brain mapping of new neurofeedback patients. • Providing individual and family psychotherapy, with children and adults. 4 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB • Providing comprehensive assessments for children ages 3 to 16 with learning, neurological, anxiety, and developmental disorders.

Volunteer Clinician and Researcher, January 2011 – August 2011 Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP) Supervised by Alison Johnson, Psy.D. Academic advisor and committee chair: Jonathan Mohr, Ph.D. • Assisting in the development of a Behavioral Health Program at a non-profit community health center. • Collecting data for my dissertation research on the group therapy intervention that I designed for patients with co-morbid chronic pain and Axis I disorders. • Assisting the on-call MD pain specialist by conducting psychological intakes with patients referred for group therapy intervention, to determine appropriateness and eligibility for the group therapy intervention. • Providing a 90-minute pain psychotherapy group, twice weekly, for a duration of 6 weeks per group. • Administering twice-weekly surveys, pre- and post-treatment, to participants to analyze the effectiveness of the intervention.

Predoctoral Psychology Intern, July 2009 – June 2010 UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services Supervised by Melissa Magaro, Ph.D., Peter Kassel, Psy.D., Liz Gong-Guy, Ph.D., Ancy Cherian, Ph.D., and Bonnie Zucker, Ph.D. • Receiving clinical and didactic training in psychodynamic therapy, CBT, ACT, multicultural issues, ethics, and assessment. • Managing a caseload of approximately 16 individual clients per week. • Co-leading weekly therapy groups, including Mixed Anxiety Disorders (CBT group for clients with panic, OCD, GAD, and/or social phobia), Relationships 101 (a process group for developing relational skills), Finding Focus (for clients with ADHD and academic concerns), and Managing Mood (CBT group for clients with major depressive disorder). • Providing approximately 6 hours per month of emergency walk-in coverage for students in crisis. • Conducting assessments for clients with concerns related to ADHD and learning disabilities. • Co-leading campus outreach activities, including presentations on suicide prevention, as well as procrastination, perfectionism, and stress management within the Wellness Skills Program.

Counseling Center Psychology Extern, August 2008 – May 2009 The Catholic University of America Counseling Center Supervised by Dorothy Vandam, LICSW and John Chamberlain, Ph.D. • Conducting weekly psychotherapy with clients with problems including major depression, sexual assault, relationship problems, eating disorders, and social anxiety. • Conducting intake interviews and writing intake reports. • Providing process observation notes during group therapy consisting of 8 clients with relationship difficulties. • Providing campus outreach, including psychoeducation on stress management and instruction on deep breathing exercises to university students and staff.

Neuropsychology Technician, August 2008 – January 2009 Private practice: Barry Ekdom, Ph.D., P.C. Supervised by Barry Ekdom, Ph.D., P.C. • Administering and scoring weekly neuropsychological assessments for clients ages 9 to 16 presenting with learning, neurological, and developmental disorders.

Psychology Extern – Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program, May 2008 – August 2008 Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center 5 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB Supervised by Leonard Tate, Ph.D. • Providing weekly individual psychotherapy to veterans in the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program. • Leading sessions of group therapy for veterans with non-combat post-traumatic stress disorder.

Psychology Extern – Primary Care Behavioral Health, August 2007 – May 2008 Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Supervised by John Davison, Ph.D., and Neil Bien, Ph.D. • Conducting approximately six intake interviews per week with walk-in patients in Primary Care Behavioral Health.

Psychology Extern – Health Improvement Program, August 2007 – May 2008 Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Supervised by Slavomir Zapata, Ph.D. • Providing weekly psychotherapy services to veterans in the inpatient and intensive outpatient programs, with problems including schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, substance dependence in remission, and chronic pain. • Conducting intake assessments for the Chronic Pain Clinic. • Co-leading group therapy focused on building social skills for an inpatient group of approximately 30 clients.

Student Psychotherapist, June 2006 – February 2008 George Mason Center for Psychological Services, Fairfax, VA Supervised by James Maddux, Ph.D., John Riskind, Ph.D., Lisa Meier, Ph.D., Jonathan Mohr, Ph.D., and Jelena Spasojevic, Ph.D. • Providing weekly psychotherapy services to adolescents and adults with problems including depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, behavioral problems, and adjustment issues. • Completing comprehensive diagnostic assessments with adults and writing integrated reports. Assessments included intellectual functioning, information processing, executive functions, academic skills and social-emotional functioning. Referral questions included learning disorders, mood disorders, and AD/HD. Assessment and documentation following best practices as recommended by the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) and ETS.

Student Psychodiagnostic Evaluator, January 2006 – May 2006 George Mason Center for Psychological Services, Fairfax, VA Supervised by Lisa Meier, Ph.D. and Dawna Thompson, Ph.D. • Completing child intellectual assessments for Fairfax County’s Gifted and Talented Program. • Writing descriptive reports and providing feedback to parents.

Crisis Hotline Counselor Volunteer, June 2004 – May 2005 The Community Help Centre, State College, PA Supervised by Lindsay Alt, Malcom Hurley, and Jessica Kurland • Providing support via phone and in person, to callers and walk-ins for problems such as suicidal ideation, drug and alcohol abuse, relationship conflicts, financial struggle, and sexual assault. • Referring eligible clients to financial support agencies, food banks, shelters, and long-term mental health agencies. • Training and supervising new crisis counselors.

TEACHING, SUPERVISION, & STUDENT ADVISING EXPERIENCE

6 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB Dissertation Committee Member – External Reader, August 2015 – Present Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program • Conducting regular meetings with doctoral student and/or other committee members to discuss dissertation progress, organization, and content. • Providing feedback on manuscript drafts, and approval on both final draft and oral defense.

Group Didactics Supervisor, August 2016 – May 2017 Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at USC University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA • Developing and providing a pilot didactics program for USC social work interns. Topics included cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), CBT for chronic pain management, cognitive and behavioral theories of post-traumatic stress disorder, exposure therapies for anxiety disorders, health psychology, biofeedback and physiology of stress, and professional development. Also provided group clinical consultation to interns. All was in the context of my role as Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice of Social Work.

Freelance Tutor and Academic Consultant, September 2013 – September 2016 Los Angeles, CA • Providing one-on-one, specialized tutoring for over 100 individuals, from the elementary to doctoral level, that had psychological factors impeding their learning and academic goals. My services ranged from short-term (one session) to long-term (several years), depending on the student’s needs. • Providing dissertation advising for clinical psychology doctoral students and Master’s thesis advising for students in related fields, including help with planning, research, design & methodology, statistics, and providing feedback on manuscript drafts and revisions. • Developing learning plans tailored to students’ specific needs, as determined by interviewing student and (when applicable) parents and teachers. • Providing help to students at the following levels: K-12, undergraduate, and graduate school, with reading, algebra, geometry, introductory- and advanced-level statistics, research design, research writing, psychology, ESL, and/or study skills. • Providing academic advising and career coaching to high school and college students. • Reviewing IEP reports and attending IEP meetings for elementary school students. • Consulting with students’ teachers regarding student’s needs and progress.

Supervisor (Postdoctoral Fellow, Pre-Licensure), September 2012 – August 2013 VA Loma Linda Health Psychology Predoctoral Internship and Externship Programs In Conjunction with VA Loma Linda’s Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Supervised by Michael Goldstein, Psy.D. • Supervising one pre-doctoral intern student and one doctoral-level practicum student, weekly, on 1-2 psychotherapy cases each that involved co-morbid chronic illness and psychological problems. • Co-leading (along with another postdoctoral fellow) weekly group supervision of 5 pre-doctoral interns. • Attending weekly supervision of supervision.

Postdoctoral Fellow Didactics Presenter, September 2012 – August 2013 Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA In Conjunction with VA Loma Linda Healthcare System’s Health Psychology Fellowship, Loma Linda, CA • Presenting to students and residents affiliated with the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Dentistry, and School of Pharmacy. • Lecturing on the topics of biofeedback and the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain in primary care settings, to groups of medical residents as part of their mandatory, weekly didactic training. • Instructing on the purpose of Motivational Interviewing with patients and providing training on its delivery. 7 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB

Supervisor (Predoctoral Intern Level), July 2009 – June 2010 UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Psychology Predoctoral Externship In Conjunction with the UCLA CAPS Psychology Predoctoral Internship Supervised by Liz Gong-Guy, Ph.D. • Supervising one doctoral-level practicum student on 1-2 weekly cases. • Responsible for watching student’s filmed therapy sessions, reading and co-signing case notes, and holding weekly individual supervision. • Participating in weekly group supervision of supervision.

Lecture Instructor: Adolescent Psychology, Spring 2008 (1 section) George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA • Developing course structure and content, leading lecture and discussion, and administering grades for approximately 50 undergraduate students.

Lecture Instructor: Social Psychology, Fall 2007 (2 sections) and Spring 2008 (1 section) George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA • Developing course structure and content, leading lecture and discussion, and administering of grades for approximately 185 undergraduate students.

Lecture Instructor: Abnormal Psychology, Fall 2006 (2 sections), Spring 2007 (1 section), and Summer 2007 (1 section) George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA • Developing course structure and content, leading lecture and discussion, and administering grades for approximately 210 undergraduate students.

Lab Instructor: Research Methods in Psychology Writing Intensive, Spring 2006 (2 sections) and Summer 2006 (1 section) George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA • Leading lecture and discussion, grading papers, and administering grades for approximately 75 students.

Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology Recitation, Fall 2005 (1 section) George Mason University Department of Psychology, Fairfax, VA • Responsible for development of class structure and content, leading lecture and discussion, evaluation, and administration of grades for approximately 50 undergraduate students.

Academic Advisor, August 2005 – May 2006 George Mason University Department of Psychology Undergraduate Advising Office Supervised by Michael Hurley, Ph.D. • Assisting undergraduate psychology majors with academic scheduling and career exploration.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Doctoral Dissertation Research Project, October 2008 – July 2011 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA/Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP), Pasadena, CA Dissertation Chair: Jonathan Mohr, Ph.D. Other Committee Members: Patrick McKnight, Ph.D. and Charlene Douglas, Ph.D., MPH Clinical Supervisor: Alison Johnson, Psy.D. 8 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB • Serving as Co-Investigator for this project. • Creating a group therapy intervention for individuals with co-morbid chronic pain and Axis I disorders. • Designing a pilot test for the intervention, which utilized a 12-week, quantitative, multiple case study design with time series measurement. • Establishing a professional relationship with a non-profit medical & behavioral health clinic (CHAP) for the purpose of recruiting patients for my study and conducting the intervention there. • Writing proposals to obtain approval from both my university’s Institutional Review Board and the Community Health Alliance of Pasadena’s Ethics Committee. • Establishing a supervisory relationship with a licensed psychologist at CHAP to supervise the clinical portions of my research. • Diagnostic interviewing for participants in both treatment and control groups. • Recruiting and training doctoral student research assistants to co-lead therapy intervention. • Leading the group therapy sessions for both treatment group and wait-list control group. • Analyzing results individually for 15 participants, using Simulated Modeling Analysis (SMA; Borckhardt et al., 2008), an approach that controls for autocorrelation and was designed specifically for single-subject, clinical-case applications.

Graduate Research Assistant, January 2006 – December 2007 Cognitive Vulnerability to Anxiety Laboratory George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Supervised by John Riskind, Ph.D. • Writing a research proposal to obtain departmental funding for research that I designed. • Project managing several research studies on social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. • Training undergraduate research assistants. • Writing proposals for Institutional Review Board approval. • Contributing significantly to the writing of several manuscripts for publication. • Organizing and managing participant recruitment. • Scheduling and managing data collection.

Second-year Doctoral Research Project, August 2006 – September 2007 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Supervised by John Riskind, Ph.D. • Designing and conducting a randomized experiment examining the role of punitive expectations and urge to neutralize following intrusive thoughts in obsessive-compulsive disorder, through the measurement of obsessive beliefs, looming cognitive style, fear of psychological contamination, and contamination thought-action fusion. • Writing proposal to Institutional Review Board to obtain approval for the study. • Screening and recruiting 133 participants. • Recruiting and training undergraduate research assistants to help with data collection and data entry.

Research Assistant & Psychometrist, January 2003 – May 2005 Clinical Neuropsychology Multiple Sclerosis Research Laboratory The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Supervised by Peter Arnett, Ph.D. • Conducting telephone screenings to patient with multiple sclerosis for recruitment purposes. • Administering comprehensive neuropsychological battery to patients with multiple sclerosis and controls to assess cognitive function, concentration, motor skills, and depression. • Data coding and entry, filing, online experiment scheduling. • Participating in weekly laboratory group meetings by presenting my honors thesis research and leading discussion of relevant journal articles.

9 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB Research Program Assistant & Psychometrist, January 2003 – May 2005 Clinical Neuropsychology Mild-Traumatic Brain Injury Research Laboratory and Collegiate Athlete Program The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Supervised by Peter Arnett, Ph.D. • Administering baseline neuropsychological testing to collegiate athletes at risk for concussion. • Providing neuropsychological testing to concussed collegiate athletes to determine recovery status. • Training new lab members in assessment administration and research protocol.

Research Assistant, August 2004 – December 2004 Perfectionism & Depression Project The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Supervised by Karen Gasper, Ph.D. and Megan Smith, M.S. • Administering psychological scales measuring cognitive function, perfectionism, and depression to research participants in control and experimental conditions. • Presenting research articles and leading discussions at weekly group laboratory meetings.

CONSULTATION EXPERIENCE

Community Consultation Project, August 2007 – May 2008 Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Supervised by Lauren Cattaneo, Ph.D., George Mason University • Developing an 8-session group therapy program for veterans with co-morbid chronic pain and severe mental illness. Sessions aimed at decreasing perceived disability, pain severity, pain-related cognitions, and depressive symptoms, as well as increasing self-efficacy for pain management.

PRESENTATIONS

Webinar Presentation: Biofeedback: An Adjunct Tool in Optimal Patient Care by Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB. Given on Jan 24, 2017 through the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Institute. Beverly Hills, CA.

Wagner, M.L. & Riskind, J. November 2007. Psychological Contamination and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 41st annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.

Scott, M., Cassell, A., & Wagner, M.L. November 2006. The Magical Nuances of Thought-Action Fusion. Poster presented at the 40th annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Wagner, M.L. & Arnett, P. October 2005. Daily Stressors, Coping, and Depression in Multiple Sclerosis. Poster presented at the 25th annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology,Tampa, FL.

HONORS AND AWARDS

George Mason University, Research Funding Award, January 2007

George Mason University, Department Chair’s Letter of Commendation for Teaching in Psychology, August 2006 10 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB

The Pennsylvania State University, The Schreyer Honors College, August 2003 – May 2005

The Pennsylvania State University, Mona Shibley Bird Memorial Scholarship recipient for Psychology, December 2004

The Pennsylvania State University, Psi Chi National Psychology Honors Society, January 2004 – May 2005

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Los Angeles County Psychological Association, 2011-Present • Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 2006-2010; 2016 – Present • National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2005-2009