Professional Training

Behavioral sleep medicine training, supervision, and consultation

Christine Mason, PhD, DBSM trains clinicians, mentors professionals pursuing advanced behavioral sleep medicine competency, supervises in Georgia, and helps healthcare practices become more Sleep-Aware.

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Scope and geography

Supervision, consultation, and education are different

Supervision is a regulated relationship with clinical responsibility. Consultation and mentorship support a professional's own independent practice. Education builds knowledge. Each is offered within its own boundaries.

Clinical supervision: Formal clinical supervision is currently offered in Georgia only, subject to applicable professional and training requirements.
Professional consultation: Available nationally and internationally where professionally and legally appropriate. Consultation is not regulated clinical supervision.
Professional education: Available nationally and internationally.
Organizational training: Available nationally and internationally.

DBSM preparation

DBSM preparation and advanced BSM mentorship

Structured DBSM preparation and ongoing behavioral sleep medicine mentorship for clinicians building advanced competency. Dr. Mason has mentored and supervised professionals pursuing board certification in behavioral sleep medicine, including clinicians progressing through the certification process.

Behavioral sleep medicine foundations
CBT-I
Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
PAP adherence
Behavioral support for hypersomnia and narcolepsy
Pediatric behavioral sleep medicine
Case conceptualization and differential considerations
Interdisciplinary care
Preparation for the DBSM certification process

Working with Dr. Mason does not by itself satisfy any certification requirement. Sleep & Change is not affiliated with or endorsed by a certifying organization.

Clinical supervision

Clinical supervision in Georgia

Formal clinical supervision is currently offered in Georgia only, subject to applicable professional and training requirements, for psychology postdoctoral fellows, psychology trainees where appropriate, and professionals seeking behavioral sleep medicine supervision. Professional consultation, mentorship, and education may be available nationally and internationally where professionally and legally appropriate; these are not regulated clinical supervision.

CBT-I and case consultation

CBT-I consultation, circadian-disorder consultation, and clinical case consultation for clinicians in their own independent practice, available nationally and internationally where appropriate.

Training programs

Postdoctoral programs and specialty rotations

For neuropsychology, health psychology, clinical psychology, rehabilitation, medical psychology, and integrated healthcare programs that want behavioral sleep medicine exposure without employing a full-time specialist. Dr. Mason has served as a secondary behavioral sleep medicine rotation supervisor.

Short specialty rotations, including 4 to 8 week rotations
Semester or longitudinal experiences
Secondary or external specialty supervision where permitted
Behavioral sleep medicine didactics
Case consultation
Curriculum development

Dr. Mason provides a secondary behavioral sleep medicine rotation with Savannah Neuropsychology's postdoctoral residency.

Healthcare education

Medical and healthcare professional education

For physicians in primary care, concierge, family and internal medicine, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics, and OB/GYN, along with medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, and therapists who encounter sleep concerns without specializing in them.

Recognizing common sleep disorders and asking better sleep questions
Insomnia and CBT-I fundamentals
Circadian rhythm disorders
Recognizing and referring sleep-disordered breathing and hypersomnia
Sleep, mental health, and cardiometabolic health
Women's sleep and athlete sleep
Wearable sleep data
When to treat, when to refer, and where to refer

Sleep-Aware Care

Helping healthcare practices become more Sleep-Aware

Not every clinician needs to become a sleep specialist. Clinicians should know how to recognize sleep concerns, ask appropriate questions, respond within their scope, and know when specialty evaluation or referral is needed. Sleep-Aware Care is a descriptive educational and implementation framework, not a certification.

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Assess
Understand how the practice currently identifies and responds to sleep concerns.
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Train
Evidence-based sleep education matched to each clinician's role and scope.
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Implement
Screening approaches, workflows, patient education, referral criteria, escalation pathways, and specialty referral networks.
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Consult
Case consultation, clinician office hours, refreshers, advanced education, implementation support, and program evaluation.

Relevant for primary care, concierge medicine, psychology and psychiatry practices, women's health, pediatrics, specialty and integrated care, and sports and performance organizations. Each clinician remains responsible for their own independent clinical decisions.

Common questions

Training and supervision questions

Who provides behavioral sleep medicine training and CBT-I consultation?

Christine Mason, PhD, DBSM, founder of Sleep & Change Specialists and board-certified in behavioral sleep medicine, provides behavioral sleep medicine education, CBT-I consultation, and clinical case consultation for clinicians nationally and internationally.

Can you help me prepare for DBSM certification?

Dr. Mason offers structured DBSM preparation and ongoing behavioral sleep medicine mentorship, and has mentored and supervised professionals pursuing board certification in behavioral sleep medicine. Working with her does not by itself satisfy any certification requirement, and Sleep & Change is not affiliated with or endorsed by a certifying organization.

Where is behavioral sleep medicine supervision available?

Formal clinical supervision is currently offered in Georgia only, subject to applicable professional and training requirements. Professional consultation, mentorship, education, and organizational training may be available nationally and internationally where professionally and legally appropriate; these are not regulated clinical supervision.

Can a psychology postdoctoral program add a behavioral sleep medicine rotation?

Yes. Dr. Mason has served as a secondary behavioral sleep medicine rotation supervisor and collaborates with training programs that want behavioral sleep medicine exposure without employing a full-time specialist.

Do you teach physicians and primary care teams about sleep?

Yes. Education is available for physicians, residents, medical students, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, and therapists. Clinical supervision and clinical rotations for medical trainees are not offered.

Is Sleep-Aware a certification?

No. Sleep-Aware Care is a descriptive educational and implementation framework, not a certification, credential, or designation.

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