Sleep training for healthcare and lifestyle medicine professionals

CPD-accredited courses from The Better Sleep Clinic, built by practising sleep specialists to give clinicians the knowledge and skills their training left out.

Our Sleep Courses

Sleep sits behind so much of what walks through your door - fatigue, low mood, metabolic and cardiovascular risk, poor recovery, yet most healthcare and lifestyle medicine training barely touches it. Our courses close that gap, taught by Dr David Garley and a team of practising sleep specialists.

Accredited by: British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM) · British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)

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Course 1: Foundations in Sleep Health

Modular online training in sleep health for healthcare and lifestyle medicine practitioners

A practical, evidence-based grounding in sleep — built for clinicians who want to recognise sleep disorders, understand their impact, and know when and how to act.

What you'll learn:

  • The background to sleep and the circadian rhythm

  • The impact of sleep on health and wellbeing, with a focus on key lifestyle medicine conditions

  • The core sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep apnoea and circadian rhythm disorders

  • An evidence-based framework for sleep assessment and optimisation

Presented by Dr David Garley BM MRCP MRCGP DTM&H, GP and Director of The Better Sleep Clinic

6 hours CPD — accredited by BSLM and BANT

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Course 2: 2-Day Course in CBT for Insomnia (CBTi)

CBTi is the gold-standard treatment for insomnia - this course equips practitioners to deliver it independently.

The next course is taking place on the 7th & 8th November.

Taught by Dr David Garley and a range of actively practising insomnia experts, this course takes you from theory to independent practice.

The course includes:

  • An in-depth exploration of insomnia

  • The core components of CBTi, including sleep restriction, stimulus control therapy and cognitive control

  • Key consultation skills and how to formulate a treatment plan

  • Case studies

  • 12 months' access to the insomnia CPD group

  • The opportunity to sit in on CBTi sessions with 1:1 teaching

12 hours CPD — accredited by BSLM and BANT

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  • "An engaging and robustly evidence-based course for any healthcare professional who has ever felt they had little to offer clients with sleep difficulties. The content is delivered in easy-to-digest, bite-sized modules with a refreshing focus on practical, non-pharmacological approaches."

    • Dr Kirsty Murdoch

  • This course will tell you everything you need to know about sleep, and give you the confidence to address sleep problems with patients. I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone. 

    Dr Bronwyn Faulkner, GP