Sleep Disorder Therapists in Des Moines, IA

I’m one of the few therapists in Iowa trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. CBTi is recommended by the American College of Physicians as the first and most effective treatment for Insomnia.

Sleep difficulties are often connected to stress, anxiety, or nervous system dysregulation. I help clients identify the underlying factors affecting their sleep and develop practical, sustainable strategies for improvement. Our work focuses on calming the mind and body so restorative sleep becomes more accessible.

Primebridge Psychiatric Care offers psychiatric evaluation, sleep hygiene, and medication management for sleep disorders related to mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Treatment focuses on improving sleep quality and overall emotional well-being.

Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome, can significantly impact one's quality of life. These conditions often lead to chronic fatigue, decreased productivity, and emotional distress. Hypnotherapy offers a holistic and non-invasive approach to addressing sleep disorders by targeting the underlying psychological and emotional factors that contribute to disrupted sleep patterns.

One of the things that can disrupt sleep is when your nervous system has difficulty moving fully out of 'fight-or-flight', or if it moves too easily INTO fight-or-flight. For example, some people have difficultly falling asleep (their mind is racing with anxiety, or their body feels pumped with energy), while some others wake in the middle of the night, suddenly fully activated. I'll work with you to help your body learn how to move into a 'rest-and-relax' state, and we'll also work on softening the triggers that might be pushing you into fight-or-flight. If that's what's been keeping you from sleeping well, hopefully you'll start to notice small signs of progess as we work together.

Des Moines is Iowa's state capital and the center of America's insurance industry — home to Principal Financial Group, Wellmark, and dozens of other major insurers — creating a therapy demand shaped by the particular stresses of financial services careers alongside the concerns of a growing and increasingly diverse urban population. The city has experienced dramatic demographic change through refugee resettlement and immigration, with growing communities from Myanmar, Congo, and Latin America making it one of the most rapidly diversifying mid-size cities in the Midwest. UnityPoint Health — Iowa Methodist Medical Center and MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center provide institutional mental health resources, with a private practice community concentrated in the West Des Moines and Urbandale corridors. Iowa's relative shortage of mental health providers makes Des Moines an important access point for the broader state, and many therapists here serve clients from smaller surrounding communities.

Gender ID

	62%	Female
	38%	Male

Session Type

	62%	Online Only
	38%	In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

63%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Hypnotherapy
38%	Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
38%	Internal Family Systems (IFS)
38%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
38%	Somatic Therapy
25%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Young Adult
63%	Senior
50%	Teen
38%	Children

Client Focus

50%	Hispanic / Latino
38%	Christian
38%	Women
38%	Black / African American
38%	Native American

Sleep Disorder therapists in Des Moines, Iowa IA

Judy Nemmers - Insomnia, Anxiety & OCD Services of Iowa

Amber McKinney-Morgan

Chileme U Ochulor

MindOverHealing Therapies

Aaron Kapin

Sleep Disorder therapists in Des Moines, Iowa Statistics

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