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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: An Introduction and Practice Guide

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Instructor: Kristen E. Riley, Ph.D.

Instructional Level: Introductory 

1 CE credit for psychologists

Duration: 1 hour

Price: $25


Description

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the gold standard treatment for insomnia, and works better than medication, and has been shown to work well for patients of all kinds. However, very few people are trained in this approach. In this webinar, we will learn how to assess for sleep disorders, learn about the theory and mechanisms of CBT-I, with an overview of how to apply this intervention for various population groups. This is a one hour overview of the CBT-I intervention.

Learning Objectives

This webinar is designed to help you: 

  1. Assess for sleep disorders
  2. Treat insomnia using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)

     


Instructor Bio

Instructor

Kristen E. Riley is an Assistant Professor at GSAPP. She obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a certificate in health psychology from the University of Connecticut, and     completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). She is a clinical health psychologist and behavioral medicine researcher. Her program of research aims to get people unstuck from maladaptive health behavior patterns at the individual, community, and systems levels for cancer prevention and health  equity. Specifically, she optimizes health behavior interventions by focusing on cognitive components such as rumination, superstition, and stigma, and she uses dissemination and implementation science to integrate behavioral medicine into medical settings to get interventions to those who need them most. She is fluent in Spanish. She has special interests in daily diary methodology and health equity.


Contact Us
For questions, please contact: ce@gsapp.rutgers.edu or call (848) 445-3577


Continuing Education Information

Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0123.

apa-sponsor

Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.