When you don't sleep well, everything is harder! You might struggle to concentrate, have a shorter fuse, feel fatigued or sleepy, and even start making (and cancelling) plans and activities based on how sleep was last night. Chasing a good night's sleep one night at a time is exhausting (pun intended) and probably not getting you the results you want or you wouldn't be looking at this page. I am passionate about helping people recover from insomnia and using their CPAP machines if prescribe ...

I began practicing my specialty in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine in a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center in 1993 and have since been a behavioral sleep consultant for Georgetown’s Sleep Disorders Center. As a member of the Georgetown Psychiatry faculty for nearly a decade, I worked with patients in the Anxiety & Mood Disorders Clinics, the Pain Clinic, Neurology, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Cardiac Rehab, Lombardi Cancer Center, and ObGyn. While with th ...

Dr. Jessica Carlile is a clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral sleep medicine and trauma-related disorders. She offers evidence-based, culturally responsive care for adults struggling with insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm dysfunction, hypersomnia/narcolepsy, and sleep movement disorders, as well as PTSD, anxiety, and chronic health conditions. With a warm, structured, and collaborative approach, Dr. Carlile integrates behavioral and interpersonal therapies to help patients im ...