Are you or your child not sleeping well?
We are here to help.

The Sleep Matters team is a team of health professionals who have specific training and experience in treating insomnia and related difficulties such as chronic nightmares, excessive daytime tiredness, adjusting to CPAP, and circadian rhythm disruptions. We are Perth's only dedicated Behavioural Sleep Medicine Service.

Do the insomnia test

Often, sleep disturbance is driven by one or more of these 3 problems

Mind

Do you have trouble quietening your mind or settling your body? Do you worry about your sleep? Are you a worrier in general?

Body clock

Does your schedule suit your sleep needs? Is it hard for you to get to sleep or wake-up on time?

Habits

Do you have habits or routines that interrupt your sleep? E.g., Screens, caffeine, alcohol, exercise, working late, reliance on pills, irregular sleep routine.

How we can help

About Us

At Sleep Matters, we are a team of psychologists (Jeffery & Ree Clinical Psychologists) with training and experience in helping people to manage sleep problems, particularly insomnia.

People are sometimes surprised to be referred to a psychologist for their poor sleep, as it is not well known that the recommended treatment for insomnia, CBT-I, is a speciality of psychology.

We have helped 1000s of people with long term sleep problems, including those who have been dependent on sleeping medication for a long time. We also provide general psychology services which means that symptoms of stress, anxiety, and low mood can also be addressed if required.

Meet the Sleep Matters team

Our Sleep Services

Adult Insomnia Management

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Insomnia is a chronic difficulty with getting to sleep or staying asleep which has a negative impact on wellbeing and can cause a great deal of distress.

Child and Teen Sleep Disturbance

For many children and families, getting enough sleep works smoothly enough. For some youngsters, however, poor sleep can be a headache both for them and for their families. Why does it go wrong?

Circadian Rhythm Disturbance

What makes someone more prone to insomnia? Why does sleep go wrong? How is Insomnia diagnosed? Does Sleep Matters just treat insomnia? Is insomnia doing me long term harm?

Stress, Mood and Anxiety Management

The Sleep Matters team are clinical psychologists who also work with psychological issues that can impact sleep. The Sleep Matters service is part of Jeffery&Ree Clinical psychologists.

Sleep Education Seminars

We regularly provide talks & workshops to workplaces, schools, professional and community groups on sleep health and insomnia. Please enquire about a tailored solution for your organisation.

Other Sleep Difficulties

We also assist people with:

Adjusting to CPAP therapy
Tapering from sleeping tablets
Recurrent nightmares
Hypersomnia (sleeping too much)
Sleep in shiftwork
Optimising sleep
Sleep assessment (using sleep log, questionnaires, and overnight EEG)

We offer face to face individual consultations and Telehealth consultations, so we can help you from anywhere in Australia or the world.

We also run a group program for insomnia several times a year, see below for details.

All services

Goodnight Insomnia Group Treatment Program

The group is run at The Marian Centre in Wembley, please call them on 08 9380 4999 for enquiries and to reserve your place.

Michelle LaPuma

Clinical Psychologist
BSc(Hons) MPsych (Clinical)

Learn how to break the habit of not sleeping well. Our group program runs over four Saturday mornings & provides clients with the recommended first-line treatment for insomnia:

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I).

A doctor's referral is required and private hospital insurance is recommended.

Bio Michelle

Date: Starts 14th March 2020. Four Saturday mornings. This group program will be lead by Michelle LaPuma
Start: 9am-12.15pm
Location: Marian Centre Wembley
Cost & rebates: Please phone 08 9380 4999 as The Marian Centre will need to check your out-of-pocket cost which depends on your health insurance cover.

Demonstrated effectiveness: see here to see how effective our insomnia treatment is.

About the program