Therapists » Clinical Social Work/Therapist
If sleep is a basic human function, why is it so damn difficult? We hear all the time the dangers associated with not sleeping the magical eight hours each night. For those of us for whom sleep does not come easily, those messages do nothing but reinforce fear and anxiety. Hours laying awake wondering if we’ll ever sleep lead to more anxiety and sleeplessness. We relive the day: what mistakes did I make because I was too tired to think clearly? We think through the next day’s responsibilities: what can I get away with canceling? Medications only work short-term, if at all. Will the bed ever be more than a torture chamber? We don’t hear the success stories of people who were able to overcome insomnia and live a healthier, more enjoyable life. These are the people we all want to be. We spend a huge amount of effort trying to force ourselves to sleep. What if we could learn to simply be good sleepers who don’t have to put so much effort into something that should be effortless? Behavioral Sleep Solutions exists for the purpose of creating success stories. Graduates of the program are generally able to fall asleep comfortably, get the sleep they need, no longer feel anxiety and fear about sleep, and generally enjoy life more. Many of them successfully discontinue medications in the process. Contact me to become a success story.
Qualifications: | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work |
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Academic Suffixes: | LCSW |
Expertise: | Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Coping Skills, Depression, Elderly Persons Disorders, Infertility, Life Transitions, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Sleep or Insomnia, Stress, Trauma and PTSD, Women |