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John Tzanos, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, and Washington who provides telehealth Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) for adults with chronic insomnia and related sleep difficulties.

Dr. Tzanos helps clients understand and change the patterns that keep insomnia going, including conditioned arousal at bedtime, sleep-related worry, irregular sleep schedules, unhelpful compensatory behaviors, nighttime anxiety, and the exhausting effort to “force” sleep. His work is practical, structured, and evidence-based, with a focus on helping clients build a steadier, more consistent relationship with sleep.

CBT-I sessions may include core components such as sleep scheduling, sleep restriction or sleep compression, stimulus control, cognitive strategies for sleep-related rumination, relaxation and self-regulation skills, circadian-informed behavioral changes, relapse prevention, and measurable tracking of progress over time. Treatment is tailored to the client’s needs rather than delivered as a one-size-fits-all protocol.

Dr. Tzanos often works with adults whose insomnia occurs alongside anxiety, OCD, ADHD, trauma-related symptoms, chronic stress, depression, or chronic pain. When symptoms suggest a possible medical sleep disorder, such as sleep apnea or another condition requiring medical evaluation, he supports appropriate coordination with medical or sleep-medicine providers.

In addition to CBT-I, Dr. Tzanos is trained in ACT, CBT, ERP, and clinical hypnosis, which he may integrate when clinically appropriate to reduce struggle with wakefulness, improve self-regulation, and help clients respond differently to the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations that interfere with sleep.

His CBT-I training includes the Beck Institute CBT-I live workshop, MUSC’s web-based CBT-I provider training, and a PESI CBT-I intensive. He offers secure telehealth for adults located in California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, and Washington.