State: CA
In my current role, I provide training and consultation on evidence-based psychotherapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia (BBTI) and for circadian-rhythm sleep wake disorders, as well as other health psychology treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain. I became interested in behavioral sleep medicine including insomnia treatment in graduate school, and completed research and training under the supervision of both a sleep medicine physician and a clinical health psychologist. I continued this training in internship, and served in the Air Force. I hold a diplomat in behavioral sleep medicine from the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and an assistant faculty appointment under the Uniformed Services Un ...
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As a clinical health psychologist, I specialize in using cognitive and behavioral strategies to treat insomnia. I have been providing CBTi for individuals for about 15 years in academic settings, clinical trials through the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology and within my private practice. I frequently work with patients who have complex medical and sleep problems as well as associated anxiety, depression and other psychiatric disorders. I received pre-doctoral training in Health Psychology through the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ and completed post-doctoral work at UCLA School of Dentistry's Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine program. During the course of my time at UCLA's School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, I was able to work closely with my colleagues in th ...
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