BSM Specialties: Sleep in Older Adults

Dr. Amy Robinson Ikelheimer has unique training and experience treating patients with chronic medical problems and symptoms. When managing medical issues such as new cancer diagnoses, chronic pain, or side effects of medications, sleep can become disturbed. Whether your sleep disturbance has been a life long issue or a gradual onset, whether related to other physical symptoms or not, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) can help improve your sleep, decrease your distress about sleep issues, and improve your quality of life.
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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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I am excited to partner with people with health struggles who are ready to use different tools and approaches so they can enjoy a more satisfying and full life on their own terms. Your body may be crying out for a reset. Or your worrying mind might be contributing to GI distress and muscle soreness. Our physical pain and mental pain are both processed on the same neural circuits! I have specialty training working with people struggling with sleep disorders, including insomnia and nightmares. I have trained clinicians and clinicians-in-training in CBT-Insomnia and CBT-Nightmares when I worked at Veterans Affairs medical centers. We will work together to implement trauma-informed evidence-based approaches to jump-start your own healing process and live life based on what matters most t ...
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I am excited to partner with people with health struggles who are ready to use different tools and approaches so they can enjoy a more satisfying and full life on their own terms. Your body may be crying out for a reset. Or your worrying mind might be contributing to GI distress and muscle soreness. Our physical pain and mental pain are both processed on the same neural circuits! I have specialty training working with people struggling with sleep disorders, including insomnia and nightmares. I have trained clinicians and clinicians-in-training in CBT-Insomnia and CBT-Nightmares when I worked at Veterans Affairs medical centers. We will work together to implement trauma-informed evidence-based approaches to jump-start your own healing process and live life based on what matters most t ...
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Dr Gavriloff is a clinical psychologist and sleep medicine specialist. 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 University of Oxford's 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. Dr Gavriloff also works as a consultant in sleep medicine for Sleepio/Big Health Ltd, where his work is focused on making digital CBT for insomnia scalable. He is a founder member and steering committee member of the European Sleep Research Society’s (E ...
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Board certified Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist providing comprehensive BSM services for Veterans at the Portland VA Medical Center. National CBT-I training consultant.
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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 am excited to partner with people with health struggles who are ready to use different tools and approaches so they can enjoy a more satisfying and full life on their own terms. Your body may be crying out for a reset. Or your worrying mind might be contributing to GI distress and muscle soreness. Our physical pain and mental pain are both processed on the same neural circuits! I have specialty training working with people struggling with sleep disorders, including insomnia and nightmares. I have trained clinicians and clinicians-in-training in CBT-Insomnia and CBT-Nightmares when I worked at Veterans Affairs medical centers. We will work together to implement trauma-informed evidence-based approaches to jump-start your own healing process and live life based on what matters most ...
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