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)

As seen in: The Times · The Guardian · BBC · Men's Health · GQ · New Scientist · Channel 4 · BBC Sounds · Team GB

Use Code LAUNCH10 for 10% off our Foundations in Sleep Health and CBTi courses

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 dates are;

  • 7th & 8th November

  • 27th & 28th 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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  • Magda, Nutritional Therapist

    As a nutritional therapist I see so many clients struggling with sleep on top of everything else going on with their health, and I only wish I'd discovered CBTi sooner.

    The course was excellent. It was engaging, with complex concepts explained clearly, and Dr David Garley and Louise Berger connected wonderfully with the group. Clearly they are excellent at what they do and teach it well.

    I've already made some tweaks to my own sleep, which have helped me greatly, and I now feel confident bringing these techniques into my practice. I'm really looking forward to seeing the difference they make for my clients.

  • Louise, Trainee Nutritional Therapist

    A really valuable course that combined a clear understanding of the theory with practical, immediately applicable techniques.

    By the end of the two days, the case study work had given me the confidence to feel ready to work with people experiencing sleep difficulties.

  • Sylvia, Health Coach

    I really enjoyed the CBTi course. It was very thorough, practical and well structured.

    The course leaders were knowledgeable and engaging, and the small-group format was relaxed and meant there was plenty of time for questions and discussion.

    The course materials were excellent and very comprehensive, and the case studies really helped bring the learning into clinical practice. 

    The ongoing CPD mentorship is another real strength and will give us the support and confidence to start putting what we’ve learnt into practice.  I wasn’t sure about the course before I signed up, but took the plunge and am really glad I did! I’d highly recommend the course.