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Juniper Mental Health Presents
Assessing and Treating Sleep Disruptions in Anxiety and OCD
With Brian Curtis, Ph.D.
This training is for clinicians who want to increase their competence to assess and treat comorbid sleep disruptions in their clients with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Emerging evidence suggests that these populations often struggle with insomnia, delayed sleep timing, and other sleep-related challenges.
By participating in this training, you will better understand the functions of sleep and the consequences of untreated sleep disruption in your clients. You will gain proficiency administering and scoring brief assessment measures for clinically relevant sleep-wake disorders. You will learn how to conduct a sleep-focused intake interview. You will also learn and practice the central components of the gold standard treatment for chronic insomnia: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).
This is an incredibly rewarding treatment to provide given its targeted, short-term, and highly effective nature. There will be plenty of opportunity to apply your new knowledge using case examples and to ask questions relevant to your clients and treatment setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the prevalence and consequences of sleep disruptions in clients with anxiety
disorders and OCD. - Identify the functions of sleep, the circadian and homeostatic processes regulating sleep, and
how this knowledge informs clinical assessment and treatment. - Describe diagnostic criteria and implement standard assessment measures for clinically
relevant sleep-wake disorders including insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, obstructive
sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and nightmare disorder. - Describe and conduct a sleep-focused intake interview.
- Identify and implement the central components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for
Insomnia (CBT-I). - Generate a case conceptualization, individualized treatment plan, and identify when referral
to a sleep specialist may be warranted.
- Describe the prevalence and consequences of sleep disruptions in clients with anxiety
This training is designed for those who provide clinical services for anxiety and OCD. It is designed for participants with beginner and intermediate knowledge and skills in the topic areas.
Brian Curtis, Ph.D.
Brian Curtis, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and founder of Honest Sleep, LLC, a telehealth-based clinical practice specializing in the assessment and treatment of chronic insomnia and nightmare disorder. He has over 12 years of research experience in the field of sleep medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Dr. Curtis received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and M.S. in Human Genetics from the University of Utah. Dr. Curtis’s work includes targeting comorbid sleep disruption for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress, generalized anxiety, and major depression. As sleep disruption is transdiagnostic across most mental health concerns, Dr. Curtis is particularly interested in helping fellow therapists increase their competence in the assessment and treatment of sleep-related difficulties with their clients.
Financial Disclosure: Dr. Curtis receives a portion of the proceeds from this event.