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Insomnia Disorder is a prevalent, underdiagnosed and undertreated condition that commonly present as a comorbid disorder in your clients with trauma, depression, pain or anxiety issues. Because of poor validity and reliability data, as well as clinicians mistaking believing that whatever co-occuring condition must be “causing” the insomnia, categories such as secondary insomnia or insomnia due to- or related to-, have been removed from diagnostic nomenclature. Untreated insomnia disorder: takes a devastating toll on quality of life, is an independent predictor of suicide, and predicts poorer treatment outcomes for your work with clients, as well as relapse from the co-occurring condition. Thankfully, we have highly effective, brief treatments for comorbid insomnia. However, studies show most providers use Sleep Hygiene to address insomnia disorder for their clients, even though it is ineffective, and clinical guidelines advise against using it (e.g., Edinger et al., 2021). Spend a half-day learning why these approaches do not work with your clients, and more importantly, learn about what brief cognitive-behavioural approaches are highly effective in clients with comorbid insomnia.

Presenter: Professor Colleen Carney

Bio: Dr. Colleen Carney is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory, Toronto, Canada. They are the President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Behavioral Sleep Medicine Special Interest Group. Dr. Carney is a leading expert on the cognitive behavioural insomnia treatment for those with comorbid illness. They have over 25 years of experience in behavioural sleep medicine, with over 100 publications, including 12 books on CBT for insomnia. Dr. Carney trains students and professionals in behavioural sleep medicine internationally and is a passionate advocate for improving access to evidence based treatments for insomnia.