Dr. Jonathan Kushnir

Clinical psychologist, expert, and instructor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, HCPC Registered (U.K).

Dr. Jonathan Kushnir trained both in Israel and the U.S. In over a decade, Dr. Kushnir has successfully treated thousands of children and adults suffering from anxiety and sleep disorders. Dr. Kushnir specialized in the treatment of children suffering from anxieties and sleep problems during his Ph.D. studies, his fellowship, and in his work in private practice as well as anxiety clinics in public hospitals.

Book website: https://www.cbtails.com

Podcast interview: https://www.deepintosleep.co/episode/ep048-nighttime-fear-how-to-help-a-scary-child-to-sleep-on-her-own-with-dr-kushnir?fbclid=IwAR20tIUKMMUBgZdg1Vk_-VOdJ4srCZ9epRi_Scgu11FDYG0xLYIsDtKEUx8

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NighttimeFears

Selected publications:

Goldberger-Raskin, B., Gothelf, D., Bachner-Melman, R., Lang, C., Kushnir, J. (2018). The

association between sleep disturbances of children with anxiety disorders and those of their mothers. Sleep Medicine, 43:77-82.

Bar, M., Efron, M., Gothelf, D., Kushnir, J. (2015). The Link between Parent and Child Sleep Disturbances in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Sleep Medicine, 21,160-164.

Kushnir, J., Gothelf, D., Sadeh, A. (2014). Nighttime fears of preschool children: A potential marker for anxiety disposition?. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(2), 336-341.

Ivanenko, A., Kushnir, J., Alfano, C. (2014). Sleep in psychiatric disorders. In Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Second Edition. Eds. Stephen Sheldon, Richard Ferber, David Gozal, and Meir Kryger. Elsevier.

Kushnir, J., Sadeh, A. (2013). Correspondence between reported and actigraphic sleep

measures in preschool children: The role of a clinical context. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 9(11), 1147-1151

Kushnir, J., Sadeh, A. (2012). Nighttime fears in preschool children: assessment of two brief Interventions. European Journal of Pediatrics,171, 67-75.

Kushnir, J., Sadeh A. (2011). Sleep of preschool children with night-time fears. Sleep Medicine, 12, 870-874.