When I found out how sleep disorders happen and how to treat them, I was so excited! I knew that’s what I wanted to focus on. I want to share the fix that science shows us works best. I have university degrees from Harvard, Stanford, and Fielding.

I am a Licensed Psychologist in Colorado. I have worked in community mental health centers, the VA, and a non-profit specialty clinic for bipolar. I trained in insomnia treatment at the VA, the Boulder Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, and the Sutherland Bipolar Center. I trained in nightmare treatment with experts at the University of Arizona and the University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, & Injustice.

I get frustrated when people who have had trouble sleeping for months or years tell me they have not been offered what works, behavioral therapies for insomnia, or imagery rehearsal thearapies for nightmares. These behavioral and cognitive therapies can change the brain-body habit of being awake in bed, or having sleep disturbed by nightmares, usually in less than 12 sessions. Too many people have tried only prescription medication, cannabis, or “sleep hygiene” (a regular, relaxing night-time routine), and found that over time, those just don’t work for chronic insomnia.

I want to help people use the approaches that science has shown can work.