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Sound Sleep: A Therapist's Guide to Understanding and Improving Sleep

CE Hours 1

About this course

This 1-hour continuing education course provides mental health professionals with psychoeducation on sleep science, common sleep disorders, and evidence-based interventions. Clinicians will learn to distinguish normal sleep architecture from sleep pathology, understand the diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, and apply the two-process model of sleep regulation in clinical practice. The course covers practical behavioral interventions including sleep restriction principles, stimulus control techniques, and cognitive strategies for managing sleep-related anxiety. Through this experiential learning approach, mental health professionals experience sleep psychoeducation "as if they are the client," enabling them to better educate clients about sleep hygiene myths, appropriate treatment pathways, and self-management strategies. Participants will gain competence in identifying when sleep studies are indicated versus when self-report assessment is sufficient, and will learn to differentiate insomnia from insufficient sleep opportunity and environmental sleep disruption.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the stages of sleep on a hypnogram and explain what constitutes normal versus abnormal sleep architecture.
  • Describe the diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder including frequency, duration, and daytime impairment requirements.
  • Explain the two-process model of sleep regulation including sleep drive (adenosine) and the circadian clock.
  • List evidence-based behavioral strategies for increasing sleep drive and managing hyperarousal during sleep difficulties.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner

Target Audience

This course is designed for licensed mental health professionals (psychologists, counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists) who work with clients experiencing sleep difficulties and want to provide evidence-based psychoeducation about sleep disorders and behavioral interventions. The course is also valuable for clinicians who want to better understand when to refer clients for specialized sleep treatment (such as CBT-I or sleep studies) versus when to provide basic sleep education and self-management strategies.

Course Instructor(s)

  • Natalie Solomon, PsyD, DBSM

    Dr. Solomon is a licensed psychologist (PSY32875), board certified in behavioral sleep medicine, and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Solomon conducts research as a member of the Computational Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Sleep Lab (CoPsyN Sleep Lab) and treats patients in the Sleep Health and Insomnia Program (SHIP). Dr. Solomon specializes in the study and treatment of sleep disorders. Her clinical interests include the intersection of sleep difficulties with overall quality of life and women’s health. Dr. Solomon additionally consults, teaches undergrads, graduate students, and continuing studies, supervises postdoctoral fellows, and trains providers to deliver insomnia treatment.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.).
  • Carskadon, M. A., & Dement, W. C. (2005). Normal human sleep: an overview. Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 4(1), 13-23.
  • Greenberg, H., Lakticova, V., & Scharf, S. M. (2017). Obstructive sleep apnea: clinical features, evaluation, and principles of management. In Principles and practice of sleep medicine (pp. 1110-1124). Elsevier.
  • Krause, A., Osorno, R., Solomon, N., Ahmadi, M., Lam, P., Magana, O., Bloyzyte, E., Harris, L., Gross, J., Ma, J., Lazeroni, L., Yesavage, J., Manber, R., Saletin, J., & Goldstein-Piekarski, A. (2025). 1207 Insomnia Intervention Associated with Improvements in Affective Brain Function, Mood, and Sleep in Depression. Sleep, 48(Supplement_1), A521-A521. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf090.1207
  • Manber, R., Simpson, N., Dietch, J., Tutek, J., & Tully, I. (2021). 382 Measuring Daytime Sleepiness in Insomnia Disorder. Sleep, 44(Supplement_2), A151-A152. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab072.381
  • Roenneberg, T. (2012). What is chronotype?. Sleep and biological rhythms, 10(2), 75-76. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8425.2012.00541.x
  • Osorno, R. A., Ahmadi, M., O'Hora, K. P., Solomon, N. L., Lopez, M., Morehouse, A. B., Kim, J. P., Manber, R., & Goldstein-Piekarski, A. N. (2025). The effects of a sleep intervention in the early COVID-19 pandemic on insomnia and depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 182, 319-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.01.011
  • Solomon, N. L., & Zeitzer, J. M. (2019). The impact of chronotype on prosocial behavior. PloS one, 14(4), e0216309. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216309
  • Spielman, A. J., Caruso, L. S., & Glovinsky, P. B. (1987). A behavioral perspective on insomnia treatment. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 10(4), 541-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-953X(18)30532-X

CE Process Info

Content

  • Sound Sleep
    10 parts
    • Introduction to Sleep Foundations
    • Hypnogram
    • Insomnia 1
    • Insomnia 2
    • Chronotype
    • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    • Two Process Model
    • Sleep Drive
    • Hyperarousal
    • Conclusion
  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0060.

  • New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy (NYSEDCAT)

    CE Learning Systems (d/b/a CE-credit.com), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0008

  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts (NYSEDLP)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC dba CE-credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0031.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYSEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com 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-0016.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYSEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

Sound Sleep: A Therapist's Guide to Understanding and Improving Sleep
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  • Publication Date
    Jan 9th, 2026

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