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Michael Spertus, MD Featured
Michael Spertus, MD, is a physician, board-certified in Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, and a clinical Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Institute for Family Health, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York. He also completed fellowships in Health Professional Education and Primary Care Psychiatry, certification in clinical hypnosis, and advanced certificates in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and mindfulness-based interventions. In addition to his private practice at SpertusMD, Dr. Spertus currently works as the Chief Well-Being Officer (CWO) and as a consultant physician in Whole Health for Pain Medicine at the Miami VA Hea ...
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Miriam Rubin Featured
Miriam Rubin, PhD, CBSM, DBSM is a board certified behavioral sleep specialist and clinical psychologist specializing in treatment of adult sleep disorders currently offering both in person and telehealth appointments in Arlington, Massachusetts. She established the sleep disorders program at the Worcester VA Clinic, providing evidence-based interventions to veterans and supervision and staff trainings in BSM, including treatment of insomnia, nightmares, circadian dysregulation, sleep paralysis, and sleep apnea / PAP desensitization. She has presented at professional conferences on research and interventions for treating trauma-related nightmares and co-led national provider trainings for CBT for Nightmares (CBT-N). Currently she offers consultation for CBT-N and CBT-I in collaboration w ...
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Mattea LeWitt Featured
Are you overwhelmed, anxious, and burned out? Are you having difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up too early, or even all of the above? Maybe you struggle to keep up with work and family responsibilities, maybe your emotions feel out of control, or maybe you want to have better relationships. Many people have great ideas about how to solve their own problems, but then feel frustrated when these strategies aren't working consistently. As a clinician, I use a cognitive behavioral therapy approach tailored to people's individual needs. I collaborate with my clients to find concrete, practical solutions so they feel calmer, happier, more organized, and more present in their lives. When people complete their course of therapy with me, they are more empowered to cope with daily ...
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Moriah Brier Featured
Dr. Brier is psychologist with over 13 years of clinical experience. She served as a CBT-Insomnia therapist on a NIH-funded trial and for the past decade has provided insomnia therapy to clients with anxiety as well as complex medical conditions, including chronic pain. Dr. Brier works with patients via telehealth in Washington and all PSYPACT participating states.
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Margarita M Cossuto Featured
As a licensed psychologist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), I help individuals overcome chronic sleep difficulties using evidence-based strategies tailored to their unique needs. My approach integrates CBT-I with principles from health psychology, lifestyle management, and behavioral medicine, supporting clients in improving sleep quality, reducing nighttime distress, and enhancing overall well-being.
Beyond sleep disorders, my clinical expertise includes treating anxiety, OCD, chronic pain, and stress-related concerns, allowing me to address co-occurring conditions that impact sleep. I strive to create a supportive and collaborative environment where clients feel empowered to make lasting changes.
I offer virtual and in-person sessions, and my pract ...
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Michelle Drerup, Psy.D. DBSM, FSBSM is Associate Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. She earned her doctorate in psychology from Indiana State University, completed her intership at the Cincinnati VA, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at Cleveland Clinic. She is passionate about training, and mentoring others to help expand the field of behavioral sleep medicine. Her current research focuses on exploring the efficacy of web-based and innovative delivery models for interventions for sleep in complex medical populations and implementation of population health management strategies for insomnia. She was honored by the Society of ...
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Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D., ABPP is a licensed psychologist (PSY13822) and board-certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. He is the co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and a Faculty member for the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and for the International OCD Foundation Training Institute.
He is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly articles and chapters on cognitive-behavior therapy and related topics, as well as sixteen books. His work has been highlighted by media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Learning Channel. Dr. Tompkins is a much sought after speaker and has presented to national and international audiences.
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I've worked in healthcare since 2011, beginning my career as a registered nurse in critical care. I have developed a strong foundation in complex patient management. In 2021, I completed my master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner and moved into the field of sleep medicine. It was there that I discovered my passion for helping people transform their sleep. A year into practice, I pursued specialized training in CBT-I. Today, I specialize in helping individuals break the cycle of insomnia and reclaim restful sleep through compassionate, supportive, evidence-based care.
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Dr. Meg Danforth grew up in Raleigh, graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School, and attended Appalachian State University as a Chancellor’s Scholar. She completed a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University in 2004, then returned to the Triangle to complete her clinical training at the Durham VA Medical Center.
In 2006, Dr. Danforth joined the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine, where she worked for 15 years as a clinician-educator. As the director of the Duke Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic, she provided advanced clinical care to adults with sleep disorders and comorbid conditions, such depression, anxiety, trauma, and chronic pain. She especially enjoys working with seniors, and more than half of her practice has been with adults ages 65+. Since 2007, she has ...
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Maura Hanrahan, M.D. received her medical degree from the University of Maryland and completed her Family Medicine Residency at East Carolina University. Her practice has included over 25 years in private family practice, working at the Salt Lake City Veteran's Administration Medical Center and seeing in-home patients via house calls. She retired from Family medicine and now sees people with chronic insomnia for CBT-I.
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Mónica Grey, MS, LCPC, NCC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor and the founder of Grey Wellness, a virtual private practice based in Maryland. She specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and is currently completing a CBT-I consultation program through Stanford University. Mónica takes a structured, evidence-based approach to helping clients overcome chronic insomnia without medication, addressing the cognitive and behavioral patterns that maintain poor sleep.
Beyond insomnia, Mónica works with clients navigating anxiety, trauma, and chronic stress, issues that frequently co-occur with and fuel sleep difficulties. She draws from CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the Unified Protocol to treat the full clinical picture rather than the sle ...
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Licensed psychologist with 22 years of experience in sleep medicine. Trained in CBT-I at the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, University of Pennsylvania, and obtained a diploma in Behavioral Sleep Medicine in Colombia, endorsed by FLASS (Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades del Sueño). A specialization in anxiety disorders further enriches her education, with a postgraduate degree in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and a postgraduate degree in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Psychology. Her expertise includes diagnosing, treating, and managing sleep disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, and CPAP adherence in patients with sleep apnea. While she has contributed to the development of a digital tool for the treatment of insomnia in the USA and has trained and supervised psycho ...
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Magdalena Komsta is a psychologist, sleep expert, certified cognitive-behavioral therapist of insomnia, behavioral sleep medicine practitioner and a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional and Diplomate of IBLM (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine). She is a member of the Polish Sleep Research Society, the European Sleep Research Society and the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She supports adults and children struggling with sleep disorders and also trains medicine doctors and other professionals in sleep medicine. Privately – in line with the motto “practise what you preach” – she is an enthusiast of walking 10,000 steps a day.
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Dr. Sisco is an internationally recognized trauma recovery specialist. She emphasizes the importance of a developed and appreciated sense of self in the recovery process. This requires clients to share a little deeper and to own the parts of self that have previously been shunned. The concept is alignment. The more truly aligned our internal voice is with our values as well as our representative to the world, the more successful we are in negotiating life with fulfillment and ease. In the process of overcoming the nagging voice inside or the intrusive thoughts of conversation reruns or traumas replaying in the shadows of the minds eye, Dr. Sisco focuses on symptom relief via CBT including applications of the structured CBT-I 6-8 session model to manage insomnia. She is available via ...
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