BSM Specialties: Insomnia
Veronica Yazigi Featured
Tired all day, wired at night? Many people with insomnia feel exhausted during the day, only to find that their brain becomes alert, busy, or frustrated the moment they lie down. Over time, sleep can start to feel like something you have to chase, monitor, or “fix” — which often makes the cycle even more exhausting.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and CBTI-C Credential Holder in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, awarded by the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. I offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to adults struggling with chronic insomnia, sleep-related anxiety or worry, racing thoughts at night, frequent awakenings, early morning awakenings, or difficulty trusting sleep again after a long struggle.
I have been licensed since 2005 and have advanced training in CBT-I, ...
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Michal Israel Featured
I am a Professional Counsellor (MPCC-Provisional), registered with the CPCA, that is specializing in Chronic Insomnia. My past professions include pharmacist and clinical homeopath however I am passionate about anxiety counselling but see the huge demand for CBT-I. I work for myself and am flexible with appointments to suit everyone's schedule. I have a seven session program designed for Chronic Insomnia. It includes seven individual 1:1 sessions. An assessment is done before the admission to the program to make sure that it is a good fit for your needs. Each program lasts 8 weeks. If you are desiring a gradual dose reduction of medication, I am able to do this with the coordination of your physician and pharmacist.
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Do you find yourself lying awake at night, despite trying to do everything right to sleep well? Are you worried about the impact of sleeplessness on your health, relationships and career? Are you wanting to get off sleeping medication (or avoid starting it in the first place), but worried you can't sleep without it?
Whether you’ve been struggling to sleep for years or you’re experiencing insomnia for the first time - you are in the right place.
I love to help clients discover consistent, quality rest using CBT-I. Together we will use a set of structured techniques and strategies to break the pattern of insomnia and establish a new healthy pattern of sleep that allows your body to repair its natural sleep mechanism in 6-8 weeks. (1)
Compassion is central to my work.
Dealing with i ...
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Stephanie Silberman Featured
Stephanie Silberman, Ph.D, DABSM, FAASM, is a licensed psychologist who is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Silberman is the author of The Insomnia Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Sleep You Need, a self-help guide for people with insomnia and a reference tool for health-care professionals. Her book has been translated into Spanish (Combatir el insomnio: Una guía práctica), Danish, and Korean.
Dr. Silberman is active in professional organizations and legislative activities affecting psychology and sleep disorders and served twice as president of the Broward Chapter of the Florida Psychological Association. Due to her expertise in sleep medicine, she regularly appears on television news, radio ...
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Orna Izakson ND, PRFMHP, RH(AHG) Featured
Dr. Orna Izakson is a licensed naturopathic doctor offering telemedicine CBT-I sessions to patients in Alaska and Oregon, where she accepts most insurance.
As a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Izakson believes in treating the whole person. Her practice includes general medical primary care as well as specialized support for women's health, functional mental health and chronic disease. She has added CBT-I to help the many people who struggle with sleep, which is foundational to all health.
Dr. Izakson is a alumna of National University of Natural Medicine, and has advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), including a six-month competency-based program through Stanford University's Sleep Health and Insomnia Program.
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Amanda (Mandy) Salter Featured
I am an HCPC-registered Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist with over 20 years’ experience supporting adults to return to, remain in, or regain employment following mental health difficulties, neurological injury and long-term health conditions. My practice is firmly rooted in vocational rehabilitation, with a focus on enabling sustainable participation in work, education and meaningful life roles.
Alongside my core occupational therapy training, I deliver psychotherapeutically informed occupational therapy, integrating evidence-based psychological approaches within a practical, person-centred and occupation-focused framework. This allows therapeutic work to address not only emotional distress, but also confidence, identity, function, routines and participation in everyday life ...
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Larissa Tate, PhD Featured
Dr. Larissa Tate is a licensed clinical psychologist and received her first Master's Degree in Clinical Psychological Science from the University of Maryland. She then attended the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for her Master's and Doctoral Degrees in Clinical Psychology. She completed her APA-accredited internship with the University of Alabama-Birmingham VA Medical Center Consortium. Dr. Tate is licensed in New York, Maryland, and Alabama and is a registered telehealth provider in Florida.
Dr. Tate has extensive experience and training in a variety of settings, including sleep clinics, primary care, hospitals, outpatient mental health clinics, and inpatient medical units. In 2024, she ventured into private practice and specializes in the treatment of sleep disor ...
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Sarah Ford Featured
Hello, I'm a Registered Psychologist and Clinical Psychology Registrar. I have a particular interests in sleep difficulties in adults. My clients typically have difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep, including early morning awakenings. I have completed certified training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), which is the first line evidence based treatment for insomnia and gets to the root of what is maintaining our sleep issues. CBT-I involves tracking our sleep patterns, adjusting our sleep behaviours to optimise sleep efficiency and strategies for managing an active mind, amongst others.
Treatment of co-occurring anxiety/depression is also available and involves evidence-based strategies for addressing negative thought patterns and behavioural approaches for im ...
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Jacqueline Davis-Wright, Ph.D. Featured
Dr. Davis-Wright is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in treatment of trauma, insomnia, substance use disorders, and anxiety. She completed an APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, where she received specialized training Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Dr. Davis-Wright is passionate about helping individuals to improve their quality of sleep and overall quality of life. She provides CBT-I and can also help individuals adjust to CPAP use. Through her work in hospital settings, Dr. Davis-Wright has extensive experiencing providing sleep-focused treatment to diverse individuals with many co-occurring mental and physical health concerns, including sleep apnea, chronic pain, anxiety, trauma, and substance use issues.
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Kimberly Schildbach Featured
Kimberly Schildbach Therapy - Insomnia Solutions: I help adults overcome insomnia, persistent sleep difficulties, and nightmares. I provide structured, evidence-based treatment using CBT-I for insomnia and CBT-N and IRT for nightmares, including those connected to past stressful or traumatic events as well as nightmares with no clear origin. My focused 6–8 week programs are practical, supportive, and designed to create real change - so you can fall asleep more easily, stay asleep through the night, and wake feeling truly rested. Restful sleep is possible. I help adults take back their sleep in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, and Florida.
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Kristen Stone, PhD Featured
Dr. Kristen Stone is a behavioral sleep specialist and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (approved 12/15/25, effective 7/1/26). She has over twenty years of experience treating individuals with sleep and circadian disorders and is licensed in RI and MA and authorized to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology in PSYPACT-participating states. Learn more on the web at stonepsyc.com. Follow Dr. Stone @sleeplovewell.
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Elika Razmjou, PsyD Featured
Dr. Elika Razmjou is a licensed clinical psychologist offering telehealth CBT-I for adults in California and New York. She holds VA certifications in CBT for Insomnia and CBT for Nightmare Disorder (IP), and has seen patients for the Behavioral Sleep Medicine clinic at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, since 2020.
In addition to primary insomnia, Dr. Razmjou has particular experience treating sleep disturbances in the context of chronic pain and neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease. Her background in health psychology allows her to address the ways physical illness, pain, and sleep problems maintain each other, rather than treating sleep in isolation. She sees adults via telehealth only and is licensed in California and New York.
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Austin Grinberg Featured
Dr. Grinberg specializes in the treatment of sleep disorders including insomnia, nightmares, sleep apnea, and circadian rhythm disorders. Dr. Grinberg is a subject matter expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the 'gold standard' treatment for insomnia and is a national consult for the VA national CBT-I roll out program. Dr. Grinberg received his board certification in Behavioral Sleep Medicine from SBSM in 2021. Dr. Grinberg also has extensive experience in assisting patients in reducing or discontinuing the use of hypnotic sleep medications.
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Rachel Silverman, LMHC Featured
Rachel is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in treating sleep concerns. She earned a Bachelors degree in psychology from Brown University and a Masters in Counseling from Salve Regina University. Prior to starting RI Sleep Therapy, Rachel trained and worked as a research and clinical therapist at Butler & Newport Hospitals, and in college counseling and addiction treatment settings. In each of these clinical settings she has seen that when sleep is not going well, it is a great struggle, if not impossible, to make progress in other areas of life. For this reason, sleep has been an area of ongoing clinical interest, focus and specialized training throughout her counseling career. In addition to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Rachel’s training and clinical app ...
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Carolyn E. Ievers-Landis, PhD, DBSM, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. She is also a professor of pediatrics in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Her primary clinical and research interest is in pediatric sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep phase delay and hypersomnia. She sees patients from infancy through young adults.
Dr. Ievers-Landis earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and journalism from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky followed by a master’s degree in psychology from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She went on to complete a doctorate in clinical p ...
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Erika Lundgren Featured
Erika Lundgren is a licensed independent clinical social worker based in New Hampshire, working with adults across the lifespan, with a focus on helping those who struggle with sleep difficulties. Her clients come to her having issues falling asleep and waking up in the middle of the night who have tried medication, relaxation, new mattresses with no long term success. Erika is particularly sensitive to clients facing moments of transition like a move to a new city, job loss, break up, life stress, and symptoms of anxiety that can have negative impacts on sleep.
Erika’s approach is rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, an evidenced based treatment that focuses on helping patients understand the root cause of their sleep, learn new strategies to manage sleep anxieties, and ...
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Shannon O'Neill Featured
Dr. O’Neill received her doctoral degree from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and is now credentialed as a National Register Health Service Psychologist. She completed an American Psychological Association accredited internship and fellowship within the VA Healthcare System. Through comprehensive training, she specialized in health psychology and has implemented therapeutic services across a diverse array of psychological/medical pathology. Dr. O’Neill is highly trained in completing pre-surgical psychological evaluations, medical psychology consultations, and delivering individual/group therapy to patients diagnosed with chronic medical conditions. Training within the VA Healthcare System led to Dr. O’Neill’s national certification as a cognitive processing therapy (CPT) provider, wh ...
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Wanping Huang Featured
A specialist in neuropsychological rehabilitation, Dr Wanping Huang helps individuals navigate the psychological, cognitive, and emotional challenges following traumatic brain injury, stroke, and neurological conditions. Recognising the critical role of sleep in overall well-being, she has expanded her expertise into behavioural sleep medicine to support patient recovery and quality of life.
In 2008, she was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to pursue postgraduate studies in Clinical Neuropsychology at Macquarie University, Sydney. Her doctoral research examined the impact of pre-injury factors on neuropsychological outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury, deepening her expertise in brain recovery and cognitive resilience. ...
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Allison Kirsch Featured
Marya Kanwal Featured
I have 10+ years experience working as a psychotherapist in the NHS and private practice and I specialise in sleep-related problems.
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). There is scientific research that supports the use of these approaches for a variety of problems. I do not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach and want to take time to understand your unique circumstances before suggesting treatment. I will usually complete an initial assessment with you to work out your difficulties and goals, and then spend some time formulating a bespoke treatment plan which I will share with you.
My qualifications include:
-CBT-I trained for the treatment of Insomnia
-CBT & ACT therapy (BABCP acc ...
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