Westley Youngren

PhD Clinical Psychology | Assistant Professor University of Missouri Kansas-City | Sleep, Dreaming, Nightmares, and Trauma Researcher | [email protected]

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Our lab’s research got highlighted in Monitor on Psychology! There were some great researchers included in this review, and we were honored to be apart of it! @APA #nightmares #dreaming

https://t.co/UL3yYwag9Y

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Got to talk about my research and how it’s been starting my new faculty position at @UMKC! A lot of fun and made me feel somewhat official 😅

https://t.co/RlnxaWgXow

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

@dr_ilardi Who would be your ideal target? If Zion stays healthy and New Orleans doesn’t progress in a way that makes him happy, OKC could be a really good organization for him.

[Alex Williams @williamspsych]

@JohnSakaluk, @WAYoungren, colleagues & I found credible evidence of ACT's superiority to "no treatment" control groups, but low quality evidence re: ACT vs other therapies for depression. To the extent one could draw conclusions, traditional CBT > ACT.

https://t.co/W5BRG2rAO7

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Our Testing the Night-CAP model manuscript is published! In this paper we provide evidence that pre-sleep cognitions, arousal, and sleep onset latency are paramount to predicting nightmare occurrences!

https://t.co/3oNTUQUZym

Brief depiction of some of our results!

[AASM Foundation @aasmfoundation]

Our Young Investigator's Research Forum is now accepting applications! The program will provide accepted applicants the guidance, tactics, and strategies to better position early career investigators for a successful career in circadian and sleep research. https://t.co/RnGqG6PqsO

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Our current projects include integrating emerging dream and sleep science within trauma focused treatments (such as IRT). We’re also examining the relationship between nightmares, trauma, and suicide. For more information, feel free to contact me directly @[email protected]

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Excited to announce I’ll be taking a graduate student for Fall 2024! If you know of any aspiring dreaming/nightmare researchers that are interested in a PhD in Clinical Psychology, they can contact me directly with any questions at [email protected]. #sleeppeeps @researchsleep

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Check out our recent paper in @JCSMJournal, which highlights some important #nightmare findings! Nightmares were shown to predict treatment attrition and and had no reduction in frequency following treatment for insomnia. For more specifics, check it out! https://t.co/1nPRSkOztN

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Ever since I was an undergraduate, I knew I wanted to be one thing, a professor that could research dreams and nightmares. Now, almost 10 years later, I’m ecstatic to announce I’ve accepted an Assistant Professor position with the University of Missouri Kansas-City! #UMKC #Dreams

[Westley Youngren @WAYoungren]

Presenting on Fear of Sleep’s role in treatments for insomnia and PTSD! #SLEEP2023