BSM Specialties: Nightmare Syndrome
Nicholas Nissen, M.D. Featured
Dr. Nissen is a board certified psychiatrist and Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He started his concierge clinic after seeing patients and families disillusioned with the behavioral healthcare model commonly available: short, infrequent, med-focused visits with minimal impact. Nissen Clinic was created to provide personalized, holistic treatment to create real change.
Dr. Nissen is passionate about the mind-body connection and takes a bio-psycho-social approach with each person, implementing evidence-based biological (e.g., medical, sleep, diet, exercise), psychological (e.g., therapy, exposure, learning) and social (e.g., relationships, career, spiritual) interventions.
Dr. Nissen attended Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and trained in p ...
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Sarah G. Lowell Featured
Dr. Sarah Lowell is a licensed clinical psychologist in Virginia and New York, with expertise in clinical health psychology services, including evidence-based interventions for insomnia and nightmares. Dr. Lowell offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N), and Exposure, Rescripting, and Relaxation Therapy (ERRT) for nightmares, and CPAP Adherence Coaching. She also provides evidence-based interventions for stress-related concerns, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and chronic illnesses, allowing her to address co-occurring conditions that impact sleep.
Dr. Lowell has extensive clinical and training experiences across various settings, including primary care, behavioral sleep medicine, outpatient pain rehabilitation, bl ...
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Crista W. Donewar Featured
Dr. Donewar is a licensed psychologist who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults with sleep difficulties. She provides in-person services in Chapel Hill, NC, and telehealth services throughout North Carolina and to patients in PsyPact participating states.
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Brian Curtis, PhD, DBSM Featured
Dr. Curtis is a clinical psychologist with advanced training and specialization in the assessment and treatment of chronic insomnia, chronic trauma-related nightmares, and helping people safely and gradually discontinue their use of various sleep medications that they may have been taking for years. He is also trained in the assessment and treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), being able to integrate these treatments into his sleep-focused work when indicated.
Dr. Curtis is one of only 218 clinicians in the world who is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine (DBSM). He has completed advanced training and certification in the most effective, gold standard treatments for chronic insomnia disorder (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ...
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Dr Chris James Featured
Dr Chris James is the Founder and Clinical Director of ChangeUp Psychology and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with 20 years of clinical experience across NHS services and private practice.
He has worked across a broad range of clinical settings, including community mental health teams, hospital services, and a specialist sleep medicine service. He previously ran a NHS behavioural sleep medicine service, providing CBT-I and psychological support for individuals experiencing a broad range of issues relating to living with sleep disorders, including overcoming CPAP-related anxiety issues, learning to live a meaningful life with narcolepsy, and managing nightmares.
In 2020 he founded Sleep Athletic, which offers specialist sleep support and training to professional athletes, sports ...
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Michelle M. Kehn, Ph.D., ABPP Featured
Licensed in NY and CO
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Katie Bernard Featured
Katie Bernard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of insomnia and anxiety related sleep problems with the use of CBT-I. In addition, she specializes in treating anxiety including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and panic attacks, nightmares, health anxiety, traumatic experiences, or those who struggle with chronic stress, overthinking, and perfectionism. Treatment is tailored to each client's individual needs and Katie blends a variety of evidenced-based practices including CBT-I, CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy. She is compassionate and practical while she helps her clients create meaningful change.
CBT-I is offered as a stand alone treatment or in conjunction with ad ...
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Dr. Courtney Worley is an Alabama native who completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2012 at The University of Alabama (UA), with specialized coursework in health and geropsychology. Her internship was completed at The University of Florida Health Sciences Center in medical psychology. Prior to her graduate work in psychology, she completed a master’s degree in public health (M.P.H.) in health behavior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Worley is board-certified in clinical psychology under the American Board of Professional Psychology. She completed specialized training in behavioral sleep medicine and achieved a Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM) in 2024. She is the co-author of The Nightmare and Sleep Disorder Toolkit: A Workbook to Help you Get so ...
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Madison Vick Featured
Struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep can be exhausting and discouraging. You may have tried the usual recommendations, only to find that nothing truly works. Night after night, sleep feels unpredictable, and mornings don’t feel restorative.
Insomnia is frustrating, but it’s not something you’re stuck with. With the right evidence-based approach tailored to how your mind and body respond, sleep can improve in a meaningful and lasting way.
As a Sleep Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Madison has extensive experience in diagnosing and managing a wide range of sleep disorders.
Her clinical focus is on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), which she considers the gold standard, first-line treatment for chronic insomnia. She is passionate about helping patients improve sleep wi ...
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Mariam Daneshgar Featured
Hello, my name is Mariam Daneshgar and I am a Registered Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. My practice exclusively focuses on supporting individuals struggling with Insomnia and related sleep challenges, as well as Anxiety disorders.
I provide assessments and treatments virtually to adults across Ontario and Nova Scotia.
My practice is to gain a deep understanding of your sleep profile and why you are sleeping poorly through a comprehensive assessment. My primary approach to treating insomnia involves Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). You will be provided with practical tools to readjust and reset your sleep and to effectively manage general or sleep-related anxieties to prevent them from taking over. The overall goal of the treatment will be to resolv ...
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Amy Karbasi New! Featured
I have been in practice for over 15 years and have extensive experience in treating insomnia and other sleep disorders. I underwent intensive training and consultation in CBT-I at a medical center and have been certified in this treatment since 2021. I provide CBT-I in my practice on a regular basis, and find this to be one of the most fulfilling and rewarding treatments to offer. I spend 1-2 sessions thoroughly assessing sleep to ensure CBT-I is the right fit, to comprehensively understand your sleep issues, and develop a treatment plan that is thorough and uniquely tailored to you. While this is a structured treatment, it is important to be flexible and adapt the treatment to each person's needs.
My training and experience have included how to adapt CBT-I for people with chronic pain, ...
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Joseph Andrew Berkowski, MD Featured
Andy Berkowski, MD of ReLACS Health is a physician double-board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology in Adult Neurology and Sleep Medicine. ReLACS Health is direct specialty care sleep clinic operating via telemedicine to those in or near Arizona, Florida, Michigan, or Ohio, that can provide the full scope of care for sleep conditions including chronic insomnia disorder. By not accepting payment from insurance, Dr. Berkowski is one of the rare handful of sleep physicians who can offer cognitive and behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) himself without having to outsource the treatment to other providers. All patients new to ReLACS Health start with a 90 minute Comprehensive Consultation to establish care and thoroughly assess health and sleep status. ReLACS Health of ...
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Hang Ruan Featured
Mr. Ruan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience in mental health and behavioral treatment. He currently offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N), and Image Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) to individuals via telehealth in Washington. He has worked with individuals with complex conditions including substance use disorders, chronic pain, and serious mental illness. Mr. Ruan has previously served as Program Manager of the Co-occurring Disorders Program in VA Puget Sound Health Care System, as well as Quality Improvement consultant for various VA hospitals throughout the Northwest.
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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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Elaine Boland Featured
I am a board certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist and licensed psychologist with over a decade of experience providing evidenced-based care for sleep, anxiety, and life stress. My approach is empathic, collaborative and integrative, pulling from cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based approaches to improving sleep and mental health. Prior to beginning my practice, I spent over 10 years at the Cpl. Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia where I provided care for veterans struggling with sleep disorders, stress and anxiety. I provided clinical training and supervision to pre- and post-doctoral trainees and served as a consultant for the VA’s national training program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. I have led continuing education workshops and presen ...
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Jessica Engle Featured
Dr. Engle provides the following psychotherapies for adults (19+): CBT-I, CBT-N. She also provides therapies to assist with CPAP adjustment and adjustment to other sleep-related concerns.
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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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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. 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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