Background

Specialty:
Clinical and Sport Services
Education:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology (Psy.D)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
License:
Clinical Psychologist, the State of New York
Credentials:
Board Certified in Biofeedback (B.C.B)

Leah Lagos, Psy.D, B.C.B, specializes in biofeedback, neurofeedback, clinical, and sport psychology. Building on international research in the fields of health and wellness, Dr. Lagos assesses and treats a broad range of disorders and performance challenges. Her expertise includes strategies to reduce anxiety, boost resilience to adversity, and enhance health. She is adept at helping her clients clarify their needs, achieve their goals, and increase their effectiveness.

Dr. Lagos maintains that the heart is the pathway to emotional control. For more than eight years, Dr. Lagos has consulted, taught, conducted research, lectured, and developed programs to help individuals of all ages improve reduce their anxiety and enhance performance through biofeedback. She is the principle author of "Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: A Strategy to Manage Competitive Anxiety," which was published in Biofeedback Magazine by the Association of Applied and Physiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) in 2008. Dr. Lagos is also the lead author of "Virtual Reality Assisted Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: A Strategy to Enhance Golf Performance," which will be published in AAPB's Biofeedback Magazine in the summer of 2011.

Unique to the field of sport psychology, Dr. Lagos has conducted risk assessments for draft prospects of the Chicago Bears and The New York Giants at the NFL Combine since 2007, as part of Professional Sport Consultants, Inc. She has worked with multiple types of collegiate teams across the United States including track, rowing, basketball, football, and golf. She has also designed and implemented substance abuse prevention programs with more than 25 teams at Rutgers University and developed a disordered eating prevention team to coordinate care of student-athletes at the University of Miami. Additionally, Dr. Lagos has consulted with professional basketball players and their families on issues related to career development for the National Basketball Association (NBA).

As a consulting psychology expert for the media, Dr. Lagos has been a guest expert for numerous TV, radio, and internet campaigns. Dr. Lagos has been featured on Good Day New York, FOX News, CBS, ESPN, Univision, and Sports Illustrated. She has appeared on more than thirty radio shows across the United States including the Doctor's Radio Show on Sirius XM, Howard Stern, and the Frankie Boyer Show. In addition, Dr. Lagos has appeared in several publications including Psychology Today, AM New York, and the New York Daily.

Dr. Lagos is a Licensed Psychologist in the State of New York and Board Certified in Biofeedback. She is an active member of the American Psychological Association, Association for Applied Sport psychology, Association of Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback, as well as the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe.



Recent Publications

• Lagos, L. Vaschillo, E., Vaschillo, B., Lehrer, P., Bates, M.E., & Pandina, R. (2011). Virtual Reality Assisted Biofeedback for Enhancing Golf Performance: A case study.Biofeedback, 39, 15-20.

• Lagos, L. Vaschillo, E., Vaschillo, B., Lehrer, P., Bates, M.E., & Pandina, R. (2008). Heart rate variability biofeedback as a strategy for dealing with competitive anxiety: A case study. Biofeedback, 36, 109-115.

• Pandina, R.J., Johnson, V.L., Lagos, L.M., & White, H.R. (2005). Substance use among high school athletes: Implications for prevention interventions. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 21, 115-143.