Online Therapy for Colorado & Illinois

Additional Behavioral Sleep Medicine Services

Nightmares

Nightmares that occur occasionally can be distressing, but are very common. If you're experiencing frequent nightmares that have begun to distress you, a treatment called Imagery Rehearsal Therapy can be used to help decrease nightmare frequency and the severity of the nightmares.

Circadian Rhythm Disorders

Circadian rhythm disorders are often misdiagnosed as insomnia. With these disorders, the body's internal clock is out of sync with the societal world. If this misalignment is impacting your life (e.g., making it challenging to be up in time for work), we can shift your sleep schedule to a time that fits best with your life. This is usually done with sleep scheduling and also often with bright light.

Coping with a Hypersomnia Disorder

Hypersomnia disorders like narcolepsy impact day-to-day functioning and well-being to such an extent it can be helpful to have a therapist who has a background in behavioral sleep medicine. Together, we can ensure you have the coping tools you need to manage the distress that comes with having a chronic condition, and also help with problem-solving around routines to help with your daytime sleepiness using therapies like Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Hypersomnia (CBT-H) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Mindful Health Psychology provides mindful, compassionate online behavioral sleep medicine services for people in Denver, Colorado & Chicago, Illinois

Other services offered at Mindful Health Psychology:

Mindful Health Psychology is a practice offering online therapy for Denver, CO, Chicago, IL and beyond in the states of Colorado and Illinois. We specialize in therapy for anxiety, depression, distress during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, coping with miscarriage and pregnancy loss, coping with fertility-related stressors, PMDD, birth trauma, coping with a chronic medical condition, and insomnia. We provide online therapy, making treatment more accessible, which means you can be located in Denver, Chicago, or another city in Colorado or Illinois to receive services.

References:

  1. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. International classification of sleep disorders. 3rd ed. Darien, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2014.

  2. Morin CM, Drake CL, Harvey AG, Krystal AD, Manber R, Riemann D, Spiegelhalder K. Insomnia disorder. Nature reviews Disease primers. 2015; 1(1), 1-18.

  3. Manber R, Chambers AS. Insomnia and depression: a multifaceted interplay. Current psychiatry reports. 2009; 11(6),437-42.