Janet Kennedy, PhD

About

Janet Krone Kennedy, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and sleep expert with more than two decades of specialized experience treating sleep disorders. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from NYU, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Manhattan VA. She then spent 8 years on staff at the VA where she developed the Sleep Disorders Treatment Program and went on to be Assistant Director of the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic. She founded NYC Sleep Doctor, a psychotherapy practice dedicated to the treatment of behavioral sleep disorders, in 2008 and is the author of The Good Sleeper: The Essential Guide to Sleep for Your Baby (and You), published by Henry Holt in 2015. Dr. Kennedy frequently lectures on adult as well as infant/toddler and tween/teen sleep at employee wellness events, grand rounds, and community events. She is regularly featured on television, radio and podcasts as well as in print and digital publications. Dr. Kennedy recently launched an online Sleep School, a self-paced psychoeducational platform to expand access to the key components of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I).