Rebecca A Wagner Author

Catherine L. Ruscitti (Author)
Catherine L. Ruscitti, PsyD, earned her doctor of psychology degree in clinical psychology from Loyola University Maryland. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Behavioral Sciences on the Adolescent/Adult Track at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, Texas. Ruscitti is currently a post-doctoral fellow on the Compass Unit for Young Adults at The Menninger Clinic where she provides psychotherapy and assessment services to young adult inpatients. She is also continuing her research at The Menninger Clinic examining emotion regulation difficulties in inpatients with eating disorders and participating in an eating disorder research team. She is interested in pursuing a career in adolescent and adult psychotherapy and assessment at an inpatient psychiatric hospital, with particular interest in the treatment of eating disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders.

Jeffrey E. Barnett (Author)
Jeffrey E. Barnett, PsyD, ABPP, is associate dean for graduate programs and the social sciences, and a professor in the department of psychology, at Loyola University Maryland and a licensed psychologist in independent practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He has given over 200 presentations and workshops for mental health professionals and has over 200 publications in print and online. Jeffrey Barnett has published nine books thus far, one of which is in its second edition and one of which is in its seventh edition. He is widely published in ethics and professional practice issues for mental health professionals with many of his books being written broadly for all mental health professionals, not just psychologists. Additionally, he has received numerous professional awards on the national level and has presented regularly for decades at conferences for mental health professionals.

Rebecca A. Wagner (Author)
Rebecca A. Wagner, PhD, is the director of eating disorder services and codeveloper of the Eating Disorder Track at The Menninger Clinic. Wagner's professional interests include the efficacy of an innovative approach to the treatment of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and suicide within the eating disorder population. She regularly serves as a consultant for eating disorders within the Houston area and works closely with many eating disorder treatment centers across the nation.