Why Sleep Restores Mental Health: Insights from a Sleep Coach – EP 23 w/ Jeanine Klotzkin

Jeanine Klotzkin, LPC, LCAT, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Creative Arts Therapist with more than 30 years of experience helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and relationship challenges. She combines evidence-based approaches like CBT, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems with somatic, expressive, and mindfulness-based therapies. In addition to her counseling work, Jeanine is a certified sleep coach who helps clients restore healthy sleep as a foundation for emotional healing. Her compassionate, non-judgmental style creates a safe space for transformation, making her a sought-after guide for those ready to move beyond the past and into a healthier, more rested future.

In this episode, Ryan speaks with Jeanine Klotzkin, LPC, LCAT, a therapist and sleep coach who has helped countless clients break free from years of emotional and sleep struggles. Together, they discuss why sleep is one of the most overlooked keys to emotional resilience, how anxiety, depression, and trauma can profoundly disrupt sleep, and why the reverse is also true. They also explore the differences between psychologically rooted insomnia and other sleep disorders, share a powerful case study of someone who found relief after years of frustration, and explain why deep sleep plays such a critical role in accelerating emotional healing. Jeanine also offers one important mindset shift to embrace when beginning therapy. Her approach blends evidence-based sleep coaching with more than three decades of therapeutic experience, bridging the gap where traditional methods often fall short.