Dr. Blair is a licensed clinical psychologist and is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine. Her clinical and research expertise are in behavioral medicine with specializations in sleep and sexual health. She has made numerous presentations, developed workshops, written chapters and published articles in the area of sleep and sexual medicine. Dr. Blair is a Stanford sleep consultant and is on the adjunct faculty at The Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine. Dr. Blair works wi ...

Provider of Cognitive and Behavioral therapies specializing in management of insomnia with Veterans.

I help people tap into their strengths in order to overcome insomnia, chronic sleeplessness, and perinatal/postpartum sleep challenges so they can thrive at work and at home. I've spent over 10 years working with diverse individuals, organizations, and professionals to provide sleep restoration and optimization treatments, workshops, and seminars grounded in CBT-I, sleep consolidation, and mindfulness-based approaches. Working as Clinical Faculty at New York University, I've also dedicated my t ...

I believe that an important part of the success of sleep therapy is based on establishing a therapeutic relationship based upon therapist’s compassion and genuine concern for their client. I always try to identify client’s strength and resilience at the beginning of the treatment and consequently help a person to start building on these with a new, healthier approach to better sleep and a happier life. I strongly believe that despite all the stressful and overwhelming situations in past and pres ...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) I offer evidence-based treatment for insomnia (i.e., sleep disorder; problems with falling asleep, waking up too early or too often, or difficulty staying asleep). Other areas that interfere with sleep are addressed, such as anxiety (social, panic symptoms), depression, trauma, pain management, obsessive-compulsive, gambling, and work/life and relationships difficulties.

Virginia Runko, PhD, CBSM is a psychologist and certified behavioral sleep medicine (BSM) specialist. She provides supportive psychotherapy and conducts Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, depression, and sleeping problems in adults, including college students. She also provides treatment for those dealing with relationship or adjustment issues. Dr. Runko has a special interest in sleep; she received specialized training in BSM at Johns Hop ...

I provide CBT-I and BSM services for the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Nursing as part of a research study on CBT-I w/ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Although I am not seeing private clients I am available for consultations with other providers. I am also currently serving as a director at large for the SBSM and am the BoD liaison for the Education Committee.