James McKenna, B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., San Diego
State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon) Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology, pioneered the first
behavioral and electro - physiological studies documenting differences between mothers and infants
sleeping together and apart.
With a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Ohio
State University, Nicole is an expert on infant and toddler
sleep and has a team of
sleep consultants with a wealth of professional experience in child / infant development,
behavioral health, and medical / nursing.
Paradoxical is a word that may be overused in the realm of
sleep medicine: it applies to a
sleep state, an experience of insomnia characterized by
sleep state misperception, and even a
behavioral treatment for insomnia.
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Sleep Disorders, Somatic Therapy, Trauma, Women's Issues