Sleep Disorder therapists in Sterling, Virginia VA

Sleep disorders can steal away your rest, impacting overall health and daily life. I provide a comforting and understanding environment to explore the root causes of sleep disturbances. Let's work together on practical strategies and relaxation techniques that promote restful sleep and improve your overall quality of life.  

We specialize in the treatment of insomnia, night eating syndrome, and other sleep disorders. Our approach is cognitive behavioral and also incorporates mindfulness, and is highly effective.  

Many factors operate to interfere with sufficient sleep during these years – including anxiety or depression, early school starts, homework loads, biological shifts to staying up late, and habits such as caffeine use and electronic device use. Poor sleep can exacerbate anxiety and depressed mood, cause irritability, and make it difficult to be effective at school or in relationships.  

In addition to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), I also provide imagery rehearsal therapy (aka nightmare rescripting) to address problems with recurrent, distressing dreams. Because sleep issues often co-occur with other mental health problems, such as mood and anxiety concerns, I am able to integrate CBT-I with therapies targeting these concerns. When working on improving sleep with clients, I carefully track their progress week-to-week, and typically observe noticeable improvements within a relatively short timeframe.  

Having trouble sleeping? Feel tired in the morning even after what you thought was enough sleep? Issues with sleep are very common and tied to increased anxiety, depression, and difficulty managing stress and change in life. I help people improve their sleep, with effective strategies for falling and staying asleep.