Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD, is a pediatric sleep psychologist and one of only about 200 board-certified sleep psychologists in the country. “I really enjoy treating insomnia because the treatment that is the practice standard, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia [CBT-I], is such an effective approach. This specialized structured therapy program has been proven through hundreds of randomized controlled trials and the components of CBT-I are easy to teach and the effects are long lasting," she says.
She is the author of the book, Become Your Child’s Sleep Coach: The Bedtime Doctor’s 5-Step Guide, Ages 3-10,” which draws upon both her training in sleep medicine and years of experience working with families. She wrote this book for parents of preschool and elementary school children because “parents can’t use the sleep methods that were designed for babies,” Schneeberg says. “These older children can walk and talk, and this can make the process much more complicated.”
A parent of three, Schneeberg says she knows both professionally and personally how important it is to help kids become great sleepers. “Every parent knows that helping your child learn to sleep well means that everyone else in the home sleeps well, too,” she says.
In addition to her clinical work, Schneeberg is an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine and has a special interest in telemedicine, which she says has some advantages over traditional in-office treatment for treating sleep problems. “For example, I can see the patient's home environment and can often talk to other family members to gain useful insight into their sleep-related issues. In addition, patients are able to take less time away from work and family for a treatment session."
