SBHP Tier III: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Related to Deployment (Milwaukie)
The Returning Veterans Project is proud to partner with the Oregon National Guard to bring the Star Behavioral Health Program free of charge to providers in the state of Oregon.
Location: Clackamas Community College - Harmony Community Campus
7738 SE Harmony Rd
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Continuing Education: 14 Clinical CE Credits
Cost: Free. Open to all health service providers and community members.
Who Should Attend: This training is open to all RVP Volunteer Providers, social workers, mental health counselors, and community providers who have completed a Tier II training.
What You Will Learn:
Tier III trainings offer behavioral health professionals specific clinical skills that focus on evidence-based treatment to address specific behavioral health issues facing service members. Tier III trainings are two-day workshops offered in-person and online. Participants must attend both days in their entirety. To attend Tier III trainings, you must be accepted into the registry and have completed Tier I and Tier II. You may, however, register for the training after completing a Tier II before being accepted into the registry in order to reserve your spot.
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish Insomnia Disorder from Insufficient Sleep Syndrome.
- Differentiate the role of process S (Homeostatic Sleep Drive) and process C (Circadian Rhythm) in regulating sleep.
- Analyze the differences in sleep architecture between individuals with and without insomnia.
- Demonstrate interview skills specific to conducting a sleep assessment.
- Formulate an individualized case conceptualization (including 3 P model) of insomnia for military patients.
- Integrate subjective sleep measures for CBT-I treatment decisions with patients.
- Evaluate the negative effects of hyperarousal (physical, cognitive, emotional) on sleep.
- Calculate a patient’s sleep efficiency using data from sleep diaries.
- Apply principles of stimulus control to patients with insomnia.
- Create new bedtime and waketime schedules for patients using sleep restriction principles.
- Evaluate the use of cognitive therapy approaches in treating patients with insomnia.
- Appraise the role of CBT-I in cases of insomnia with co-morbidities.
CE Faculty
Carin M. Lefkowitz, Psy.D., Senior Military Behavioral Health Psychologist
Carin M. Lefkowitz, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist and Senior Military Behavioral Health Psychologist at
the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Lefkowitz earned her M.A. and Psy.D. in clinical psychology at Widener
University, with a concentration in cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Prior to joining the CDP, she served as a psychologist at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. In this
capacity she provided individual and group psychotherapy with a focus on evidence-based treatments
for PTSD and insomnia. She also served as a clinical supervisor to Vet Center clinicians, and psychology
interns and practicum students at the Medical Center. Dr. Lefkowitz was a therapist on studies of
evidence-based treatments for insomnia and traumatic nightmares, and coordinated the Medical
Center's Cognitive Processing Therapy program.
Dr. Lefkowitz has published peer reviewed articles on prolonged exposure treatment for PTSD and
innovative training options in sleep disorders. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medical and Clinical Psychology at USUHS and maintains an adjunct instructor appointment with the
Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology at Widener University. She was previously an adjunct
instructor in Chestnut Hill College's graduate psychology program and a Clinical Associate of the
University of Pennsylvania's department of psychiatry.
Registration for this training occurs directly through the Star Behavioral Health Program.
Contact: Eddie Black .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
971-599-1714
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