ABOUT DR. POSNER
Donn Posner, PhD., CBSM, DBSM
Founder and President, Sleepwell Consultants
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Posner has over 30 years of clinical, research, and teaching experience in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He logged over 20,000 hours of clinical time in Behavioral Sleep Medicine and has mentored hundreds of students, interns, fellows and professionals, many of whom have gone on to exceptional clinical and research sleep medicine careers and have become major academic opinion leaders in the field.
Dr. Posner is one of the authors of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia: A Session-by-Session Guide (New York: Springer/Verlag). The book is intended for clinical trainees, and non-insomnia sleep specialists, as well as more experienced clinicians from outside the sleep medicine field, who wish to learn how to provide empirically validated cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I). The book has now been translated into Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Chinese.
Dr. Posner has run basic and advanced CBT-I workshops all around the United States, and internationally, and he continues to consult, teach, and work globally with individuals and organizations to serve the mission of educating the next generation of Behavioral Sleep Medicine scientist practitioners. As a result of his experience and scholarly activities, he has been regularly sought out for his clinical expertise, by clinicians, researchers, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and businesses.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology- New York Unversity, 1979
Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology- SUNY at Stony Brook, 1982
Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology- SUNY at Stony Brook, 1988
Honors and Awards
Peter Hauri Career Distinguished Achievement Award-Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award- Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Teaching Recognition Award for Clinical Faculty- Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Licences and Certifications
Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine (DBSM)- Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Cetification in Behavioral Sleep Medicine (CBSM)- American Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Massachusetts Psychology License, Number 11038
California Psychology License, Number 27607
Rhode Island Psychology License, Number 406
Society Memberships
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM)- Founding Member
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Positions Held
Director of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
