
Kim West is a mother of two girls and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been a practicing child and family therapist for more than 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, over the past 20 years she has helped tens of thousands of tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil Show, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post.
Kim is the author of three books: “GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep,” “Stay Asleep and Wake Up Happy, the Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook” and “52 Sleep Secrets for Babies.”
Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching, she started training Gentle Sleep Coaches® all over the world in 2010.
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