Symposium session: Contextual adaptations of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: strategies for diverse settings
Tracks
Track 3
| Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
| 3:45 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Room 5 |
Details
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the gold standard therapy for insomnia disorder. While this treatment approach is effective for many patients, there are some in who CBT-I is ineffective, or not appropriate. Insomnia can manifest in different ways for different people, and presents across a broad range of contexts, e.g., different life stages; cultural, socio-economic and occupational situations; and mental and physical health co-morbidities. Thus, the presentation of insomnia can have different precipitating and perpetuating factors for an individual, which may require a tailored approach to therapy. In this session, we will describe different approaches to the delivery of CBT-I, including adaptations to CBT-I across different contexts, digital adaptations, and incorporating mindfulness-based approaches to enhance CBT-I.
Speaker
Assoc Prof Melinda Jackson
Academic
Monash University
Chair: Introduction
3:45 PM - 3:55 PMBiography
Assoc Prof Tracey Sletten
Associate Professor
Monash University
Insomnia is the occupational context: managing sleep health among shift workers
3:55 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Tracey Sletten is an Associate Professor and ARC Industry Fellow with the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University.
Tracey has completed an EU Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Surrey (UK) and has held a Visiting Research Fellow position with the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
As Head of the Circadian Misalignment and Shift Work Laboratory, Tracey leads a research program on the adverse impacts of sleep and circadian disruption in shift workers, and targeted interventions to improve sleep health in multiple unique industry settings including healthcare, Defence and international aviation.
Dr Giselle Withers
Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist
Avoka Health Psychology and Counselling
Treating insomnia outside the clinic room: using a digital mindfulness-based CBTi intervention
4:10 PM - 4:25 PMBiography
Dr Giselle Withers is a Clinical Psychologist and mindfulness teacher with over 20 years’ experience treating people with a range of mental health and chronic health problems across public and private mental health settings. She has a special interest in treating Insomnia Disorder, and is the founder of A Mindful Way, an evidence-based digital sleep improvement program, delivering mindfulness training and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi). Giselle holds a Doctor of Psychology from La Trobe University, Melbourne, and is a fellow of the College of Clinical Psychology with the Australian Psychological Society. She educates and supervises health professionals, provides workplace training, and presents at national and international conferences.
Prof Sean Drummond
Professor Of Clinical Neuroscience
Monash University
Integrating the bedpartner into CBT for insomnia
4:25 PM - 4:40 PMBiography
Prof Drummond is a Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Director of Research Programs and Infrastructure in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. He is also a Past President of the Sleep Research Society. There are 3 related arms to Prof Drummond’s program of research: 1) Translational studies examining the mechanistic role of sleep in psychopathology, especially PTSD; 2) Behavioural interventions for insomnia; and 3) Cognitive neuroscience of sleep and sleep deprivation.
Assoc Prof Melinda Jackson
Academic
Monash University
Caring for the carers: development a multimodal dyadic sleep intervention for care partners and individuals living with dementia
4:40 PM - 4:55 PMBiography
Associate Professor Melinda Jackson is Director of Research Impact & Engagement, and Head of the Sleep Cognition and Mood Research Group in the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University. She is also a Fellow at the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Health. Her research examines the impact of sleep disorders on cognition, mood and brain health, and explores the impact of novel treatment approaches to address sleep issues on daytime functioning in community and clinical populations.
Dr Prerna Varma
Research Fellow
Monash University
Chair
Biography
