When Rest Feels Elusive, You’re Not Failing
Sleep issues can take a toll on your mood, focus, and sense of stability. Therapy offers space to understand what’s interfering with rest and to develop healthier ways of relating to sleep.
You Don’t Have to Struggle Through Restlessness Alone
Sleep difficulties can quietly take over your nights and spill into your days. When rest feels unreliable or out of reach, it’s common to feel frustrated, defeated, or worried about how long you can keep functioning this way.
Therapy offers a space where the struggle with sleep doesn’t have to be minimized or pushed through. Together, we slow down and explore what’s been keeping your mind and body on high alert, creating room for understanding, relief, and a gentler relationship with rest.
Sleep Issues Can Affect Many Areas of Life
These experiences can show up differently for each person, but common challenges include:
Persistent fatigue or low energy that doesn’t improve with rest
Increased anxiety around sleep, bedtime routines, or the impact of poor sleep on daily functioning
Difficulty concentrating, making decisions, or staying emotionally regulated
Heightened irritability, mood changes, or feeling more easily overwhelmed
Strain in relationships due to exhaustion, irritability, or mismatched needs
Feeling frustrated, discouraged, or stuck in cycles of “trying harder” to sleep
All of these responses are understandable when sleep becomes a source of stress rather than restoration.
How Therapy Helps With Sleep Issues
Therapy provides a space to explore the emotional, cognitive, and physiological factors that interfere with rest. Together, we work to understand patterns of tension, worry, or hypervigilance that may be disrupting your ability to sleep.
You’ll learn ways to support nervous system regulation, address unhelpful thought patterns, and create a more compassionate relationship with rest. Over time, therapy can help sleep feel less like a struggle and more like a natural, supportive part of your life.
Sleep Issues Aren’t Just About Sleep
Difficulty sleeping is often influenced by multiple factors, including:
• Chronic stress or nervous system activation
• Anxiety, depression, or unresolved emotional concerns
• Trauma or heightened sensitivity to bodily sensations
• Life transitions, grief, or ongoing uncertainty
• Learned habits and beliefs about rest and productivity
Understanding what’s maintaining sleep difficulties is an important step toward meaningful change.
meet your counselors
I'm Erica Oppenheimer
I am a licensed clinical social worker offering therapy for adults who are struggling with anxiety, uncertainty, or a sense of disconnection. Many of the people I work with feel stuck in patterns they can’t fully explain. They may find themselves repeating the same emotional responses or caught in relationships that feel unsatisfying or confusing.
My work is grounded in the belief that symptoms are meaningful. Anxiety, perfectionism, emotional paralysis—these are not just problems to be managed but expressions of something deeper, often rooted in earlier experience or unconscious conflict. In therapy, we create the conditions for those patterns to reveal themselves, so they can be understood and worked through, not just pushed aside.
I offer a space where your thoughts, dreams, and frustrations can be explored freely and seriously. This allows for more lasting change. As we begin to uncover what has remained hidden, many people find that life opens up in new and unexpected ways. The goal is not to become someone else, but to make more sense of who you already are and to find new ways of living that feel more authentic.
LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (California, New York, Florida)
I'm Priyanka Parikh
Priyanka Parikh is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, and major life transitions. Her clinical foundation was shaped within the Veterans Affairs system, where she worked across primary care mental health, PTSD treatment, residential programs, and integrated medical settings.
Her therapeutic style is collaborative, steady, and clear. Dr. Parikh draws from evidence-based approaches including CBT, CPT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness-based interventions, offering care that is structured enough to support meaningful change while remaining flexible and responsive to each client.
At Branch Lane, Parikh provides a space where clients feel understood and supported as they work toward greater clarity, resilience, and balance. She is deeply committed to culturally responsive, inclusive care and values the full context of each client’s experiences, identities, and story.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Over 10 years of experience in trauma-informed and integrated care settings
Trilingual in English, Gujarati, and Hindi
I'm Robin Chilton
Robin Chilton is a Licensed Master Social Worker who specializes in supporting women through life transitions, motherhood, and the emotional complexities that often accompany change. She works with individuals experiencing anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, infertility, loss, perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, and the challenges of parenting across stages of life.
Her clinical approach is collaborative, attuned, and grounded in psychodynamic and relational frameworks, while integrating cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when helpful. Robin views symptoms not simply as problems to fix, but as meaningful signals that invite careful listening and understanding. She strives to create a reflective, safe space where clients can explore their emotional patterns and develop insight.
Robin’s work is informed by extensive experience in early childhood mental health, trauma-informed care, and family systems. She has served as a lead consultant with New York City child welfare services, providing clinical consultation, training, and case guidance. She has also worked in schools and therapeutic programs supporting children, parents, and families navigating grief, behavioral challenges, and stress from developmental and environmental pressures.
Lead consultant for NYC Child Welfare Services
Extensive experience in trauma-informed care and early childhood mental health
Skilled in integrating psychodynamic, relational, and cognitive-behavioral approaches
How to Get Started?
Reach Out for a Consultation
Begin with a brief consultation to share what’s been bringing you to therapy, ask questions, and get a feel for how we work. This conversation is a chance to be heard without judgment and to see whether Branch Lane feels like the right fit for you.
Tell Us More About Your Goals
Once you decide to move forward, you’ll receive a short set of intake forms to help us understand your background, current concerns, and what you’re hoping for from therapy. This information allows us to approach your first session with care and intention.
Begin Therapy
Whether you meet with us online or in person, therapy starts by creating a supportive, collaborative space. Together, we work to understand what’s been contributing to your difficulties and develop an approach that supports clarity, steadiness, and meaningful change over time.
You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
If you’re ready to better understand what’s been shaping your experience and explore new ways of relating to yourself and your life, we’re here to help. Therapy at Branch Lane offers a thoughtful, collaborative space to begin this work at a pace that feels right for you.
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