"Insomnia and Sleep Hygiene" with Heather Prayor-Patterson, PhD

Dr. Heather Prayor-Patterson is a clinical psychologist with an emphasis in health psychology. Over the last 8 years of practice, her focus has been on using cognitive-behavioral interventions to treat psychological concerns related of chronic medical conditions including insomnia, obesity, diabetes and chronic pain, as well as, using evidence-based treatments for depression and anxiety disorders. She completed her graduate training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and additional health-focused trainings at the Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic. She has been an Assistant Professor of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department at Emory University since 2017 engaging in clinical practice and supervision of medical residents. In this conversation Dr. Prayor-Patterson talks about sleep issues that unfortunately have become so prevalent in today's society. She discuss the root causes, different kinds of sleep issues, including insomnia, and the ways we can help these conditions and retrain our bodies enabling them to finally get some rest. Tune in to learn more!