Sleep and Mental Health: Non-Medication Interventions to Restore Sleep Quality and Improve Clinical Outcomes
- Speaker:
- Catherine Darley, ND
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 24 Minutes
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
- Copyright:
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Jun 27, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS055255
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
How many of your clients have sleep issues?
Or maybe the real question is how many of your clients don’t?
Where we used to think mental health problems caused insomnia, we now know that the relationship is more circular than casual. Risky and addictive, drugs aren’t the answer. But without addressing sleep issues, and intervening in this vicious cycle, your treatment plans for mental health issues will likely be less effective and yield less successful outcomes.
You CAN help your clients improve their sleep and make your treatment of mental health issues more effective than ever before … and you don’t need to be a sleep expert to do it!
Whether you work with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar, or any other disorders, this one-day training will give you the sleep assessment tools and treatment techniques you need to guide clients out of their sleep-deprived world so you can improve clinical outcomes.
Attend this training and discover how you can:
- Naturally improve sleep in clients without the use of addictive medication
- Identify sleep disorders and differentiate them from mental health symptoms
- Address circadian rhythm alignment to improve sleep for clients of all ages - from kids to adults
- Snap clients out of sleep-depriving habits with behaviour-changing exercises
Add a new tool to your toolbox to bring greater healing to your clients through the power of sleep!
Credit
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Sleep and Mental Health (3.65 MB) | 108 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sleep and Mental Health - French (3.65 MB) | 108 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sleep and Mental Health - Italian (3.65 MB) | 108 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sleep and Mental Health - German (3.65 MB) | 108 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Sleep and Mental Health - Spanish (3.65 MB) | 108 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Catherine Darley, ND Related seminars and products
Catherine Darley, ND, is a leader in integrative sleep medicine. She founded The Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine, Inc in 2003, and since then has helped people of all ages sleep well using behavioral and naturopathic approaches for sleep disorders. Dr. Darley led the Start School Later initiative in Seattle, which succeeded in improving school hours for more than 50,000 students. She teaches at Bastyr University and the National College of Natural Medline and is on the inaugural panel of experts for the Sleep Cycle Institute. Dr. Darley is published in numerous professional journals, has been quoted in several popular magazines, and has appeared on TV to share her expertise. She received her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University and completed a preceptorship at the Stanford University Sleep Disorders Center. She is an expert and dynamic speaker, teaching a wide range of groups through engagement, storytelling, and with a clear explanation of the mechanisms of sleep, circadian physiology, and treatment protocols.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Catherine Darley is the founder Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine, Inc., and has employment relationships with SkilledSleeper.com, National College of Natural Medicine, and the University of Michigan Medicine. She was previously a consultant with Symphony Natural Health. Dr. Darley receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Catherine Darley is a member of the Sleep Research Society.
Additional Info
Program Information
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Objectives
- Analyse which mental health symptoms accompany the many sleep disorders and its clinical implications.
- Assess your clients’ symptoms for sleep disorders that impair mental health to improve treatment outcomes.
- Practice psychoeducation with clients to help them identify their individual optimal sleep needs for improved mental health and daily functioning.
- Develop an optimal individual sleep treatment plan for your clients and implement skills to help them adopt the sleep healthy lifestyle.
- Determine when referral for further sleep disorders treatment is an appropriate approach to manage symptoms.
- Evaluate the mechanisms by which insufficient sleep and sleep disorders contribute to mental health problems for purposes of client psychoeducation.
Outline
Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Sleep Disorders- Sleep mechanisms and importance of circadian rhythms
- Key clinical interview questions
- Why your clients need a sleep diary and how to implement it
- Practical screening questionnaires
- Differentiate sleep symptoms vs. mental health symptoms
- Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea with co-occurring disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Additional other disorders
- Narcolepsy and its impact on mental health
- Correlation between nightmares and suicidality
- Sleep recommendations for PTSD
- Behaviourally Induced Insufficient Sleep Syndrome
- Insomnia increases risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Classes of sleep disorders and their associated mental health symptoms
- Insomnia
- Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
- Sleep movement disorders
- Parasomnia
- Hypersomnia
- Sleep breathing disorders
- Medications can interfere with sleep
- Common side effects of hypnotics
- Melatonin – how to naturally increase & when to use a supplement
- Nutritional supplements and herbal medicine
- 5 domains of sleep deprivation
- Cognitive performance – decreases simple memory, complex problem solving and verbal fluency
- Physical performance – increases drowsy driving and auto accidents
- Physical health – weakens the immune system and increases risks of serious health issues
- Mental health – intensifies anxiety, impulsivity, and emotional liability
- Emotional intelligence – impairs moral and ethical decision making
- Implement behaviour-modifying exercises
- Consequences of desynchrony with natural sleep cycle
- Treatment plans to protect shift workers from anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders
- Manage mania associated with jetlag
- Mental health risk of night owls
- Strategies for clients who frequently travel
- How to regulate circadian physiology
- Body clock
- SCN in the brain
- Cellular mechanisms
- Balance out melatonin rhythm
- ADHD, sleep disorder, or both?
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea often mistaken as other mental health symptoms in children
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sleep and naps are critical for development and growth
- Children’s sleep screening and recommendations
- Step-by-step guide for parents to help kids sleep better
- How to determine a teenage client’s natural circadian rhythm
- Dangers of sleep deprivation in adolescents
- Increased negative risk taking
- Correlation between lack of sleep and suicidality
- Decreased academic achievement and decision making ability
- Higher rates of juvenile delinquency
- Driving drowsy and car accidents
- Tools for increasing teens’ sleep
- School start time – how to advocate for change
- Develop individualised healthy sleep plans for your clients – not a cookie cutter approach
- Get clients to “yes” in prioritising optimal sleep
- Behaviour-modifying exercises to help clients snap out of their sleep-depriving habits
- Address family and couple dynamics to allow everyone healthy sleep
- Tips and tricks for evening cell phone use to promote better sleep
- Techniques to reinforce long-term sleep health
- When to make a referral
- What clients can expect from sleep disorder treatments
Target Audience
- Counsellors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Therapists
- Addiction Counsellors
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Case Managers
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Psychiatrists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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