1 of 10 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 2 of 10 Megan L. Wagner, Ph.D., BCB 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