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Donn Posner, PhD, DBSM, is the founder and president of Sleepwell Consultants and provides consultation to organizations and individuals on a wide variety of sleep health issues including insomnia, circadian dysrhythmia, CPAP adherence, and parasomnias. He is an adjunct clinical associate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a consulting psychologist for the Palo Alto VA. Dr. Posner works on a number of grants exploring the effects of CBT-I in Gulf War Veterans, and Veterans with insomnia and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. He is also conducting a pilot aimed at using CBT-I techniques to decrease fatigue in breast cancer survivors by increasing total sleep time. Dr. Posner spent 25 years as the Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine for the Sleep Disorders Center of Lifespan Hospitals and was a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. He is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and is one of the first Certified Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialists recognized by that group. He is a founding member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and he has achieved the status of Diplomate of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM).

 

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Financial: Dr. Donn Posner is the founder and president of Sleepwell Consultants and has employment relationships with the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research. He receives a consulting fee and serves as an advisory board member of NeuroUX, BrainTrain 2020 LTD, iSleep Clinic, and Z-Brain. He was a previous advisory board member for Dawn Health and Delta Sleep.io. Dr. Posner receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Donn Posner is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American Psychological Association, the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

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Ziele

1. Distinguish acute insomnia from chronic insomnia and identify treatment implications.
2. Conduct a thorough sleep assessment.
3. Analyze data from sleep diaries to inform treatment.
4. Employ stimulus control to strengthen the association between bed and sleep.
5. Conduct sleep restriction therapy to improve clients’ sleep drive.
6. Utilize cognitive strategies to reduce alarming sleep-related thoughts.

Gliederung

• Insomnia as a risk factor for behavioral health and medical disorders
• Treatment issues when insomnia is comorbid with depression, anxiety, and PTSD
• Sleep quality concerns with co-occurring chronic pain and illness
• What weakens sleep drive and disturbs circadian rhythms?
• Common thoughts and behaviors that contribute to sleep-interfering arousal
• How to teach clients about the 3 P’s - predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors

• Top questions for the initial interview
• Assessments for co-occurring sleep disorders
• Talking with clients about the impact of medications and drugs on sleep
• Evaluate sleep continuity, discern bad sleep habits, and identify daytime symptoms of insomnia
• Sleep diary and other take-home assessment resources
• How to get clear, useable information about your clients’ sleep patterns

• Clinical practice guidelines and the state of research on insomnia treatment
• Who is a good candidate for CBT-I?
• Effective sleep hygiene for clients who haven’t addressed the basics
• Clock watching and its implications
• Sleep environment concerns
• Impact of eating, substances, and exercise
• Strengthen the sleep drive and circadian clock with sleep restriction therapy (SRT)
• Psychoeducation on rationale and addressing clients’ fears to increase engagement
• How to set the sleep window and when to extend time-in-bed
• Rules for before-bed activities and strategies for waking up on time
• Address conditioned arousal with Stimulus Control (SC)
  • Overcoming obstacles to strengthening the association between bed and sleep
  • Counter-arousal strategies
  • Activities your clients can use during periods of nighttime wakefulness

• Create a buffer zone and worry schedule for your clients
• Tools to identify thoughts and beliefs that perpetuate sleep problems
• Combat intrusive thoughts during sleep time
• Help clients reduce sleep effort and worry about lack of sleep
• Strategies to restructure expectations and thoughts
• Behavioral experiments to evaluate sleeprelated thinking

• Best practices to address clients’ concerns about interventions
• Troubleshooting insufficient progress in CBT-I
• When to refer to a sleep specialist
• Beschränkungen der Forschung und mögliche Risiken

Zielpublikum

• Anwälte
• Sozialarbeiter
• Psychologen
• Ehe- und Familientherapeuten
• Ärzte
• Berater für Suchtfragen
• Fall-Manager
• Psychiatrische Krankenschwestern
• Krankenschwestern
• Beschäftigungstherapeuten
• Andere Fachleute für psychische Gesundheit