Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) uses weekly appointments and a personal sleep plan. It does not require medication. Most San Diego patients are seen by video, by a clinician licensed in California. A limited number of clinicians also see patients in person, and availability is confirmed at booking.
In network with Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna / Evernorth, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare / Optum
Sleep difficulties are considered chronic when they occur at least three nights a week for three months or longer. You may struggle to fall asleep, stay asleep or return to sleep after waking. Your clinician can take night work or rotating shifts into account when planning CBT-I.
You feel tired during the day but have trouble falling asleep at bedtime.
You wake during the night and find it difficult to get back to sleep.
Changes in your work hours make it hard to keep a consistent sleep schedule.
Sleep apnea causes pauses in breathing during sleep, often with loud snoring. It can occur alongside insomnia. We treat insomnia and coordinate referrals to partners who treat sleep apnea.
Our available clinicians in Southern California are based in Los Angeles, Glendale, Riverside. Each clinician shown is licensed in California and trained in CBT-I. A clinician based elsewhere in the state can treat a patient in San Diego by video. There is no San Diego office, so most local patients meet their clinician by video. See the full California team and current availability.
Glendale, CA · by video
Insomnia · Faith · Trauma and PTSD · Substance abuse
This is the current California list. We check your benefits before the first visit, and self-pay is available if your plan is not listed.
At the first appointment, your clinician reviews your sleep difficulties, previous treatments and other factors that may affect sleep. This visit takes about 50 minutes.
If CBT-I is appropriate, you spend about two minutes each morning on a sleep diary. Your clinician uses it to set your bedtime and wake time, then reviews the plan over six to eight weekly visits. Some patients begin to improve in the first few weeks. Learn more about how treatment works.
Appointments require you to be in California. For care elsewhere in the state, see our pages for Los Angeles, San Francisco and California as a whole. Our office is at 650 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94108; most San Diego patients have video appointments.
Book a video evaluation with a California-licensed CBT-I clinician.
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