Season 6 | Episode 19

DR. RICHARD BLACKBURN, GUEST

Dr. Richard Blackburn is a sleep psychologist who is attempting to improve access to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and other behavioral therapies for sleep disorders. He has a psychologist training program as well as a telemedicine practice, and he hopes to increase the availability of sleep behavioral therapy by increasing the pipeline and expanding access via telemedicine. He explains his model and discusses other behavioral interventions to consider for patients with sleep disorders.

Richard Blackburn, PhD, CBSM, is a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist at Nystrom & Associates in Cambridge, Minnesota. He is certified in behavioral sleep medicine by both the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) and the Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BBSM). He has been active in leadership roles in the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM) and previously chaired a presidential task force to integrate behavioral sleep medicine into primary care clinics. He has conducted outpatient therapy for behavioral health disorders for the past 20 years.

Resources

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