Sleep Therapy

Sleep is experiencing a moment in modern medicine and psychology.

Our fascination with sleep may be explained by the fact that almost all stress-related conditions involve a disturbance in the sleep cycle. Chronic anxiety, depression, and pain all tend to co-occur with sleep-related conditions.

For those with depression, treating sleep is critical, not least because research shows that patients treated for depression and insomnia simultaneously experience better outcomes than those treated for depression alone (Manber, 2008).

CBT-I is a short-term, non-pharmacological treatment for improving sleep and daytime functioning.

At the Stanford Sleep Health and Insomnia Program, I specialized in providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) to adolescents and young adults with a variety of sleep-related concerns.

CBT-I is a short-term, goal-focused non-pharmacological treatment that has been repeatedly demonstrated to improve sleep patterns in patients with insomnia and circadian rhythm disorders. The approach is based in the science of sleep regulation and uses specific techniques to modify thoughts (cognitive components) and behaviors (behavioral components) that interfere with healthy sleep.