Getting Started with CBT-I

Your clients come in exhausted, and "try better sleep hygiene" isn't fixing it. In a single morning, you will learn why CBT-I is the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia, how to recognize which clients are good candidates, and how to build sleep screening into the intake you already do. You will leave with a practical starting framework you can use with your very next client instead of referring sleep care out.

Getting Started with CBT-I is an introductory continuing education workshop for licensed mental health clinicians who encounter insomnia in their caseloads but have not been formally trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). The workshop introduces the diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder, the evidence base for CBT-I as a first-line treatment, and its core clinical components. Participants learn to use the RU-SATED sleep health model as an assessment framework, determine which clients are appropriate CBT-I candidates, recognize when to refer, and take first steps toward integrating sleep screening into their existing intake practice.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe the diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder and the evidence base for CBT-I as the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia, distinguishing it from pharmacological approaches.
Identify the core components of CBT-I and use the RU-SATED sleep health model as a framework for assessing sleep health.
Determine which clients are appropriate CBT-I candidates, recognize when to refer out, and integrate sleep screening into current intake practice.

This workshop offers 3 CE credits. CE credit is based on instructional contact time; the scheduled 10-minute break is not eligible for CE credit.

JEH Growth Strategies, LLC is an approved provider of continuing education by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

CE credit for psychologists is provided by CUE Management Solutions, LLC. CUE Management Solutions, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CUE Management Solutions, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Kevin Handley is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology in Virginia. His private practice focuses on providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and other evidence-based approaches (CBT, ACT & Positive Psychology) to help people thrive at home and in the workplace.

His coaching, consulting, and continuing education for behavioral health professionals focuses on practice growth, self-care, ethics, risk management, and practical strategies to help improve their clients' sleep health. As an award-winning professor and a frequent speaker, he often speaks to businesses and professional groups about sleep, effective leadership, and other topics in the hopes of helping as many people as possible apply psychology to improve their everyday lives.

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