Kirsty Vant

Sleep Therapist

Kirsty originally trained as a nurse at Guys and St Thomas's Hospital. She later completed a post-graduate diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, a diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a Masters in research, specialising in sleep research in school aged children.

Kirsty is interested in the promotion of health and wellbeing, and in particular the role that sleep plays in creating a healthy mind and body. Research forms an important part of Kirsty's work and she is a member of the Goldsmiths Sleep Lab in London.

Kirsty is a member of The Royal College of Nursing, The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the British Sleep Society.

My Approach

There's lots of different advice available for how to solve your sleep problems. When you're tired and you're having difficulty sleeping it can be hard to see a way forward. As a sleep therapist, it is my job to guide you through that process.

Treatment for insomnia is based around the idea that behaviours, thoughts and feelings are all linked together and there's lots of research to show that by approaching sleep difficulties in this way there will be a good chance of resolving them. This approach is called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia and it is often referred to as CBTi

Working with adults and young people

For Adults and young people CBTi takes the form of regular sessions where I help you pinpoint the problems and strategies which you work through between sessions. It is a collaborative approach, which means we work together to improve your sleep.

Working with children and families

For younger children other factors may need to be considered such as feeding, learning and attachment. Help for younger children may involve working either entirely or jointly with the parents or carers and the child. This approach is called parent-guided CBT-i.

Services

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia

(CBTi)

Parent-guided CBT-i

CBTi

The number of sessions needed varies from person to person but most people require a minimum of 4 sessions. All clients start with an assessment session where I will assess whether CBTi is the right treatment for them. Follow-up sessions are arranged as required. All sessions last 50 minutes.

Online session: £95

Sleep Therapy for Families

Parent-guided CBT-i sessions involve a thorough assessment, followed by a collaborative session to build a good plan for how to support your child. This is usually followed by review sessions to support you and your child as you put the plan in place. All sessions last 50 minutes.