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Helping Clients Overcome Sleep Problems and Nightmares: Insomnia Interventions for Trauma, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, and Depression

Presented by Colleen E. Carney, Ph.D.

Live Streaming July 22, 2026

$244.00

6 Hours  |   Pre-approved for CEU’s

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LIVE STREAM: July 22, 2026 from  8:30am – 4:00pm (Vancouver, BC) Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone. 

ON-DEMAND: Recorded footage & course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until August 26, 2026. Please allow 3 – 5 business days for footage to be processed. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.

Sleep problems are among the most common—and most overlooked—barriers to therapeutic success. When clients present with trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, or depression, insomnia often persists even as the co-occurring condition improves. Without targeted intervention, untreated insomnia can reinforce emotional distress, impair coping skills, and undermine progress in therapy.

Despite its strong evidence base, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is frequently misunderstood, with many clinicians mistaking it for basic “sleep hygiene.” In reality, CBT-I is a structured, effective, first-line treatment for insomnia disorder, supported by international clinical guidelines (Edinger et al., 2021).

This workshop provides a clear, practical, and science-informed approach to assessing and treating insomnia and nightmares in complex clinical presentations. Through demonstrations, case discussions, and applied skills training, participants will learn how to confidently integrate CBT-I strategies into their work—supporting clients in improving sleep, reducing symptoms, and restoring emotional resilience.

Assessment Foundations

  • How to assess insomnia and identify factors contributing to chronic insomnia

  • Understanding the mechanisms that maintain hyperarousal

Sleep Scheduling & Behavioural Strategies

  • Collaborating on effective sleep scheduling

  • Integrating stimulus-control strategies

  • Applying behavioural interventions in complex cases

Cognitive & Counterarousal Approaches

  • Cognitive therapy strategies for insomnia

  • Techniques for addressing nighttime worry and rumination

  • Counterarousal skills for clients with heightened nervous system activation

Co-Occurring Conditions & Nightmare Treatment

  • Treatment considerations for trauma, depression, chronic pain, and anxiety

  • Evidence-based strategies for managing nightmares

  • Case examples and practical clinical applications

  • Explain the unexpected causes of insomnia disorder and describe how clients can harness their sleep systems to support recovery.
  • Collaborate with clients to develop individualized sleep schedules that reduce hyperarousal.
  • Adapt stimulus-control techniques to address conditioned arousal in complex or co-occurring clinical presentations.
  • Design behavioural experiments to address unhelpful beliefs interfering with treatment progress.
  • Use sleep diary data to make collaborative, evidence-based treatment decisions.
  • Deliver effective, research-supported interventions for nightmares in clients with trauma, anxiety, depression, or pain.

Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.

Colleen Carney, Ph.D., C.Psych is a Professor and Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is an internationally recognized expert in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and regularly provides invited trainings, conference presentations, and clinical consultations across a wide range of healthcare settings. Dr. Carney has authored over 100 publications, including treatment manuals and self-help books focused on insomnia in the context of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions. She is a leading advocate for improving access to evidence-based sleep interventions.

RegistrationEarly bird FeeRegular Fee
Individual Enrollment$244.00N/A
Group 3 - 7$183.00N/A
Group 8 - 15$122.00N/A
Group 15+ $97.60N/A
Full-Time Student$97.60N/A

All fees are in Canadian dollars ($CAD) and per person.

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Fees are per person, seat sharing is not allowed. Please respect this policy, failure to comply will result in termination of access without a refund. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com

  • Canadian Psychological Association
    The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Social Workers (NLASW) accept CPA-approved continuing education credits

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