Mr. Arkin earned his Honours Bachelor of Science degree at Trent University, where he specialized in Sleep and its relationship to Learning and Memory. He then spent a number of years working in Sleep Disorder Clinics in both Canada and the USA. He travelled the country to help establish sleep clinics from coast to coast, and also became certified as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists).
In the last five years, Mr. Arkin has focused his attention on behavioural sleep issues – primarily Insomnia. In his clinical practice, Mr. Arkin uses a short-term evidence-based program of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) shown to be successful in helping people sleep and overcome behavioural sleep problems.
Mr. Arkin is a Registered Psychotherapist, and member of Member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. His area of focus at CBT Associates is helping adults with their insomnia and related sleep difficulties. Mr. Arkin will be predominantly working from our Downtown Clinic, but available to see clients at all four clinical locations.