The Thinking Mind Podcast
Sleep Series E2 | The Psychology of Insomnia (w/ Heather Darwall-Smith)
Published: 25 May 2026 at 00:00 Europe/London
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Heather Darwall-Smith is a UKCP Registered and Accredited Psychotherapist, specialising in CBT for insomnia and psychotherapy for sleep. She is the author of How To Be Awake (So You Can Sleep Through the Night), The Science of Sleep and The ADHD Sleep Book. She has been featured on The Guardian, BBC and Forbes.
You can find out more about Heather here https://www.heatherdarwallsmith.com/.
This episode explores how Heather works with people who have tried everything for their sleep problems and what we can do during our waking life to improve our sleep.
Interviewed by Dr. Anya Borissova with Dr. Rosy Blunstone. Dr. Borissova is an academic psychiatry registrar at the South London and Maudsley Trust. Dr. Blunstone is a psychiatry and psychotherapy registrar in London.
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