Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

Time: 9:00am-4:00pm

Location: Virtual

Instructor: Dr. Ann Marie Roepke, Ph.D., Evoke Training and Consulting, PLLC

CE credits: 6 (pending)

Course Description:

Sleep is essential for our physical health and our psychological health. Poor sleep is linked to concentration problems, poorer productivity and work performance, inability to fulfill our roles at work and home, risk for dangerous accidents, physical illness, pain, depression, and anxiety. Yet, about 30% of adults struggle with symptoms of insomnia, and this number is even higher amongst our Veterans at 50-60%. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) can help. CBT-I is an effective, science-based approach for helping people get better sleep. In this 6-hour training, participants will learn how to recognize factors that create and perpetuate sleep problems; how to calculate sleep efficiency; how to instruct clients in good “sleep hygiene” practices; how to appropriately guide the process of sleep restriction; and how to use conditioning principles to improve sleep (e.g., stimulus control). Training participants will have the opportunity to learn in a variety of ways including lecture, demonstrations, discussions, and experiential learning activities designed to offer a richer understanding of the treatment of insomnia. This training is designed for counselors, psychotherapists, nurses, physicians, and other professionals working in similar therapeutic/healthcare roles.

Learning objectives. 

At the end of this training participants will be able to:

1. List at least 3 factors that create and perpetuate sleep problems
2. Describe how to calculate sleep efficiency
3. Explain how to instruct clients in good “sleep hygiene” practices
4. Define sleep restriction and explain its role in CBT for insomnia
5. Provie 1 example of how to use conditioning principles to improve sleep
6. Explain why a multi-component CBT approach is better than “sleep hygiene” alone

References:

Furukawa, Y., Sakata, M., Yamamoto, R., Nakajima, S., Kikuchi, S., Inoue, M., ... & Perlis, M. (2024). Components and delivery formats of cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia in adults: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis. JAMA psychiatry, 81(4), 357-365.

Furukawa, Y., Nagaoka, D., Sato, S., Toyomoto, R., Takashina, H. N., Kobayashi, K., ... & Kasai, K. (2024). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia to treat major depressive disorder with comorbid insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 367, 359-366.

Liu, J. J., Ein, N., Forchuk, C., Wanklyn, S. G., Ragu, S., Saroya, S., ... & Richardson, J. D. (2023). A meta-analysis of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for military and veteran populations. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 223.

Scott, A. J., Correa, A. B., Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S. S., Rahimi, M., Christina, S., ... & Dear, B. F. (2025). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in people with chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine, 185(11), 1350-1361.