I am a board-certified Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialist, licensed in Clinical Psychology, serving Veterans full-time at the VA Portland Healthcare System. I am passionate about helping individuals sleep better, reducing or eliminating reliance on sleep aides. Training the next generation of board-certified BSM specialists is also my calling, as is national advocacy to promote access to this specialty care. Limited private pay services anticipated to begin in late 2026 for civilians seeking h ...
I began practicing my specialty in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine in a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center in 1993 and have since been a behavioral sleep consultant for Georgetown’s Sleep Disorders Center. As a member of the Georgetown Psychiatry faculty for nearly a decade, I worked with patients in the Anxiety & Mood Disorders Clinics, the Pain Clinic, Neurology, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Cardiac Rehab, Lombardi Cancer Center, and ObGyn. While with th ...
Dr. Jessica Carlile is a clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral sleep medicine and trauma-related disorders. She offers evidence-based, culturally responsive care for adults struggling with insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm dysfunction, hypersomnia/narcolepsy, and sleep movement disorders, as well as PTSD, anxiety, and chronic health conditions. With a warm, structured, and collaborative approach, Dr. Carlile integrates behavioral and interpersonal therapies to help patients im ...
I am a board-certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist and licensed psychologist with over a decade of experience providing evidence-based care for sleep disturbance. I am deeply committed to helping people lead fulfilling and authentic lives in the face of life stressors and the sleep disruption that often goes with them. I take an empathic and collaborative approach that involves selecting well-researched, evidence-based treatments that align with your own unique goals and values to to he ...
Dr. Belon is a licensed clinical psychologist with a Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM) specializing in evidence-based approaches within the domains of behavioral sleep medicine, health psychology, and trauma. She received her PhD from the University of New Mexico in 2016 and went on to a postdoctoral fellowship focused on pain and sleep. Dr. Belon is extensively trained in and achieved proficiency and consultant status in CBT-I. She also provides the broader array of behavioral sl ...
I love treating insomnia and other behavioral sleep disorders because it allows me to help my clients make life-changing differences to their sleep and health in a relatively short period of time. After serving as the clinical director of a sleep disorders center for three years, I started Atlanta Insomnia & Behavioral Health Services (AIBHS) in 2008 in order to be able to devote more time and attention to insomnia and associated conditions such as anxiety. Due to my experience in a medical s ...
Dr. Timothy Baardseth is a health psychologist who is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine (DBSM). He attended and completed a mini-fellowship in behavioral sleep medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, and he has completed advanced CBT-I training from the University of Oxford. In addition to treating sleep, he also works with patients receiving oncology and palliative cancer care services and teaches graduate courses in behavioral sleep medicine.
Dr. Ashley Rudnick, Psy.D., DBSM is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist based in the Chicago area with board certification in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. She completed her Doctorate of Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) in 2012 at Roosevelt University and developed her specialization in Sleep Psychology in 2014 during her postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Rudnick spent 6 years practicing at The Center for Sleep Medicine in Naperville and Orland Park before joining Hinsdale Sleep Center at Drs. Girgis and As ...