Session A6
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Stream A (Level 1)
| Saturday, May 17, 2025 |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Room 9 | GOLD (Level 1) |
Overview
Mindfulness-Based CBT-I: Advanced Techniques for Insomnia Treatment. Real world applications and digital interventions. | Dr Giselle Withers, Associate Professor Melinda Jackson, Dr Allie Peters (60 mins)
Presenter
Dr Giselle Withers
Avoka Health Psychology And Counselling
Mindfulness-Based CBT-I: Advanced Techniques for Insomnia Treatment. Real world applications and digital interventions.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PMAbstract
This one hour masterclass is designed to introduce psychologists to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, an evidence-based approach that integrates mindfulness practices with behavioural and cognitive strategies to improve sleep.
A/Professor Melinda Jackson will present the theoretical foundations and research evidence supporting Mindfulness-based CBT-I. She will highlight the flexibility of this approach and its application across diverse populations, including emerging digital mindfulness-based interventions.
Dr Giselle Withers will demonstrate how psychologists can incorporate key elements of Mindfulness-based CBT-I into clinical practice for clients experiencing insomnia. She will also introduce A Mindful Way, an innovative digital mindfulness-based CBT-I program designed to increase treatment accessibility. She’ll discuss how this platform can be used to help clients with insomnia and co-occurring conditions, particularly when navigating session limitations and other treatment barriers.
Dr Allie Peters will explore how schema therapy principles can enhance Mindfulness-based CBT-I by addressing deeper psychological barriers to sleep. Focusing on the "unrelenting standards" schema, she will present practical strategies for helping clients identify and shift these patterns within a mindfulness-based framework.
A/Professor Melinda Jackson will present the theoretical foundations and research evidence supporting Mindfulness-based CBT-I. She will highlight the flexibility of this approach and its application across diverse populations, including emerging digital mindfulness-based interventions.
Dr Giselle Withers will demonstrate how psychologists can incorporate key elements of Mindfulness-based CBT-I into clinical practice for clients experiencing insomnia. She will also introduce A Mindful Way, an innovative digital mindfulness-based CBT-I program designed to increase treatment accessibility. She’ll discuss how this platform can be used to help clients with insomnia and co-occurring conditions, particularly when navigating session limitations and other treatment barriers.
Dr Allie Peters will explore how schema therapy principles can enhance Mindfulness-based CBT-I by addressing deeper psychological barriers to sleep. Focusing on the "unrelenting standards" schema, she will present practical strategies for helping clients identify and shift these patterns within a mindfulness-based framework.
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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 is the founder of A Mindful Way, an evidence-based digital sleep improvement program, delivering mindfulness meditation training and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia. She educates and supervises health professionals, provides workplace training, and presents at international conferences on the topic of Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia.
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.
Associate Professor Melinda Jackson
Monash University
Mastering Mindfulness-Based CBT-I: Advanced Techniques for Insomnia Treatment
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.....
A/Prof Melinda L. Jackson is an academic and sleep psychologist, and heads the Sleep, Cognition and Mood Laboratory in the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University. Her research examines the impact of sleep loss and sleep disorders on cognition, mood, and brain health, and explores the impact of different treatment approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and mindfulness, to address sleep issues in community and clinical populations.
Dr Allie Peters
Growing Connections Psychology
Mastering Mindfulness-Based CBT-I: Advanced Techniques for Insomnia Treatment
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.....
Allie has been registered as a Psychologist since 2007 and has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector. She worked as a sleep scientist at the Austin Hospital and as a psychologist in general private practice and several sleep clinics (Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre, St Vincents’ Hospital Sleep Clinic & Monash University Healthy Sleep Clinic). She has been involved in treatment development and evaluation, as well as a presenter and group facilitator. Her PhD research examined mindfulness-based approaches to sleep difficulties.
