One Day Professional Workshop:Healing Sleep, Healing Dreams
An integrative approach for mental health professionals
Presented by Dr. Rubin Naiman, PhD

An APS Endorsed Activity for 7 professional development points
    Date:        Thursday, 10th April 2008
    Time:        8.30am to 4.30pm
    Location: AMA House, 69 Christie Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
    Fee:         $169 Early Bird (until 20/03/08) / $199 thereafter

Overview
Unfortunately, most mental health professionals are ill prepared to address sleep problems. This workshop addresses the pressing need for mental health care professionals to obtain training in sleep health and assume a proactive role in this field. Participants will leave with the knowledge and skills needed to screen, evaluate and treat the most common sleep disorders.The workshop is designed for health and mental health professionals including psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and physicians. Health care students are also encouraged to attend.

Workshop Objectives


Purpose and Learning Objectives

A.   Purpose
    1. To provide a comprehensive overview of integrative approaches to
        sleep and dream health
    2. To deepen understanding and sensitivity to the critical role of sleep
        and dreams in mental, physical, and social health
    3. To help develop essential skills for addressing sleep and dream issues
        in counseling and clinical practices
    4. To provide essential tools for screening, assessment and intervention in
        sleep and dream problems
    5. To encourage the development of sleep health sub-specialty practices

B.   Learning Objectives: to achieve a greater understanding of
    1. The impact of sleep and dream issues on overall health
    2. The basics of sleep and dream psychology and medicine
    3. Standard treatment approaches for sleep and dream issues
    4. Comprehensive assessment of sleep and dream disorders
    5. Emerging comprehensive/integrative frameworks in sleep science
    6. The range of integrative interventions for sleep and dream health
    7. Spiritual dimensions of sleep and dream health

Presenter's Profile


About Dr. Rubin Naiman
Professional Workshop Presenter Dr Naiman Dr. Rubin Naiman is the sleep and dream specialist and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arizona’s Program in Integrative Medicine, directed by Dr. Andrew Weil. He serves as Integrative Wellness Consultant for Origins Natural Resources, Inc. and is also the director of sleep programs for the world-renowned Miraval Resort. Dr. Naiman maintains a private practice and provides professional consultation and training internationally.

For more than a decade, Dr. Naiman served as the sleep and dream specialist at Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, where he founded the first formal sleep center at a spa. Over the years, Dr. Naiman has worked with a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to world class athletes, from homemakers to statesmen and entertainers.

Dr. Naiman is the author of a number of groundbreaking works on sleep, including Healing Night, a revolutionary book that approaches sleep and dream issues from a scientific as well as a spiritual perspective, Dr. Naiman is the founder of the newly formed Integrative Sleep and Dream Health Coalition, a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the Institute of Noetic.


Program in Full


8:30 a.m. Introduction and Overview

9:00 a.m. The Problem
  • Culture, industrial life, and the sleep epidemic
  • Consequences of sleep deprivation, sleep debt, and fatigue
  • Sleep disorders and obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
  • Sleep, dreams, and psychiatric disorders
  • The emperor has “no-doz”— denial of the sleep epidemic
10:15 a.m. The Nature of Sleep
  • Overview – The architecture of nightLife rhythms: circadian, infradian and ultradian
  • The opponent process model
  • Entrainment: how all things relate
  • Serotonin and melatonin—the wake-sleep dance
  • Stage, threshold, and deep sleep
  • REM sleep, dreams, and dreaming
  • The confusion about sleep and aging
11:00 a.m. The Screening and Assessment of Sleep Disorders
  • Overview – objective and subjective measures
  • The BEARS screening
  • Basic sleep measures and diagnostic tools
  • Polysomnography

1:00 p.m. The Etiology and Treatment of Insomnia
  • Types of insomnia
  • Predisposing, precipitating & perpetuating factors
  • The opportunistic emergence of anxieties at night
  • Cognitive-behavioral sleep interventions
  • Beyond magic bullets: body, mind, and bed interventions
  • The dark side of sleeping and waking pills
  • From milk to melatonin: CAM approaches
  • Dusk and darkness as sleep medicine
  • Sleep issues in addictions and recovery
  • The key role of personal spirituality in sleep
2:30 p.m. The Etiology and Treatment of Other Sleep Disorders
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
  • Disorders of Excessive Sleepiness (DOES)
  • Restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movements
3:15 p.m. Sleeping, Dreaming, and Consciousness
  • Working in the dark: night as the natural medium for shadow work
  • Understanding dreams, dreaming and dreamers
  • Deep sleep as meditation
  • Antidepressants and dreams: depression as a call for deep rest
  • The healing potential of mindful morning awakenings
  • Basic Rest and Activity Cycles (BRAC)
  • The wondrous potential of the “waking dream” process
  • Sleep state “misperception” or sleep state “perception?”
4:10 p.m. Establishing a Sleep and Dream Subspecialty Practice
  • The market and marketing
  • Creating a professional network/team
  • Obtaining additional training
4:30 p.m. Closure and adjournment

Register online now or download a pdf of the registration form.