BSM Specialties: Nightmare Syndrome
I am a psychologist in private practice. I am licensed in CA, DE, NH, NY, VT. I provide virtual treatment in the states where I am licensed and Fla. I provide CBT-I and focus most of my work on people with anxiety disorders, OCD, and related disorders.
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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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My practice is limited to the behavioral treatment of sleep disorders including: insomnia, sleep phase disorders, nightmare disorders, and difficulties adapting to CPAP usage. I work with children (and their parents), adolescents, and adults. I have a special interest in working with patients whose sleep is compromised by chronic pain or chronic illness. i have worked with many patients who experience insomnia secondary to Long Covid. While my primary treatment approach is CBT-I, I also integrate elements of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and mindfulness based interventions into my patients' treatment plans, as indicated. I also treat hypersomnia and narcolepsy ( typically in coordination with a sleep physician) utilizing CBT-H.
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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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Dr. Swift is a clinical psychologist trained in lifespan sleep related concerns from sleep learning/education protocols of infancy and early childhood through older adulthood. She has expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia with a variety of individuals with comorbid medical and behavioral health diagnoses. She helps individuals with PAP adherence/acclimation to treatments for sleep apnea. Dr. Swift also works with folx who have circadian rhythm disorders, nightmares, parasomnias, RLS/PLMS, and central disorders of hypersomnia using evidence-based behavioral management techniques. She works in a collaborative, multidisciplinary sleep center and aims to take a humanistic approach with patients, inviting their expertise. Dr. Swift works in a training program as well, teaching ...
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I am an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. I'm also the author of Become Your Child's Sleep Coach: The Bedtime Doctor's 5-Step Guide, Ages 3-10.
I've been treating people with insomnia with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) for more than twenty years. CBT-I is a rapid and very effective treatment for insomnia and the results are lasting.
I also specialize in helping parents teach their preK and elementary-aged children to be great, independent sleepers.
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Dr. Stephens is a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and senior graduate professor of nursing. She is passionate about treating insomnia and other sleep disorders using the least harmful, most effective treatments. Dr. Stephens is licensed in Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, and Vermont.
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I am a clinical psychologist, licensed in the state of New York since 2007. My specialties are insomnia, anxiety, and depression. I was trained at Brown Medical School (Now Alpert School of Medicine) and completed both my internship and post-doc there, at Rhode Island Hospital's Sleep and Anxiety Center. I currently have a practice that is exclusively telehealth.
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Dr Gavriloff is a clinical psychologist and sleep medicine specialist, and sees both adults and children clinically. He lectures in sleep medicine and is a Research Clinical Psychologist at the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi), University of Oxford. He also leads the Oxford Two-Day Masterclass in CBT for Insomnia. His research interests are principally in the development and refinement of psychobehavioural treatments for circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders and in the advancement of sleep medicine education within wider clinical training pathways.
As well as his work at the SCNi, he runs an NHS non-respiratory sleep disorders service at the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), and works part-time as a consultant in sleep medicine ...
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Dr. Norah Simpson is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in non-drug treatment of sleep disorders. She has been treating patients with behavioral sleep medicine approaches for over 15 years. Dr. Simpson is the training director of the APA-accredited clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship program in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford and also leads the behavioral sleep medicine fellowship track that is a part of the Stanford Sleep Health and Insomnia Program (SHIP). She is actively involved in clinical research and training of healthcare providers in behavioral sleep medicine approaches. Dr. Simpson treats adults and adolescents with sleep disorders, and has a particular interest in helping patients reduce/eliminate hypnotic medication with successful treatment of t ...
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I have advanced training in CBT-I and hold a Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, which is the highest credential in the field of behavioral sleep medicine. I have specializations in insomnia, hypersomnia, successful sleep apnea treatment, non-REM parasomnias such as sleep walking and sleep talking, nightmares, and hypnosis for nightsweats/ hot flashes during sleep.
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