Who is Tracy The Sleep Coach?
I'm Tracy, an insomnia therapist who is experienced - on both sides of the coin
I'm Tracy Hannigan
I’m an insomnia therapist. I’ve suffered those long sleepless nights, just like you. For years.
The laying awake staring at the wall. Or for variety, the ceiling.
The frustration and tossing and turning.
The feeling of finally falling asleep – 30 minutes before my alarm went off.
The burning eyes and fatigue and foggy headedness, until it got to ‘bedtime’….and the cycle would start again.
I tried ALL THE THINGS.
Until I found sleep therapy. It changed my sleep and it changed my life.
And now I help others – just like you.
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More About Me
BA Psychology (California University East Bay)
Masters Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (UPENN)
Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (Ryerson University)
Advanced Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia (WINK Training)
Certified Health Coach and Behaviour Change Specialist (ACE)
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Practitioner
I had insomnia for years. My first bad bout began after the death of my spouse. Oddly, I slept that night, but for many months after that – I didn’t. Or I think I didn’t. Sometimes I slept so lightly I wasn’t sure I was asleep. I didn’t know at the time that is a ‘thing’.
My second bad bout in my 30’s also lasted for years, and was worse. It came seemingly out of nowhere. Suddenly I couldn’t sleep. I would lay completely awake for days. I’m not sure how I functioned.
I felt like a shadow of my real self.
I tried so hard to sleep. And the harder I tried, the more I failed. On top of feeling I’d never sleep again and always be like this, I thought that since sleep was natural and I couldn’t do it, that I was the biggest failure.
Everyone was worried. I was worried. I developed so much anxiety about going to sleep that I was afraid to go to bed.
Exhausted. Wired. I couldn’t nap. I felt like I was spinning out of control and sleepwalking foggy-headed through life at the same time. I was utterly miserable.
And then I found my answer. And it turns out it was the answer for thousands and thousands of people. Based on their experiences and based on the research too.
Sleep therapy based in CBTI and ACTI principles stopped the spinning. It taught me what I needed to stop the anxiety. It helped me get sleepy again, and to sleep soundly. It built my sleeping confidence enough to get off sleeping pills. It helped me get back to the 8-9 hours of solid sleep that I still get years later.
In my healthcare practice as a registered osteopath I used my psychology background and I trained to help in pain get better sleep and now I can help you via Zoom and Voxer through bespoke one to one coaching or through do it yourself online learning.
I help people develop resilient sleep
Not through quick fixes – or rigid routines.
But by gently guiding you back to something that you already can do.
I came to this work after seeing — both professionally and personally — how deeply sleep is intertwined with so many experiences of mental health, pain and more.
I’d studied psychology in the past, yes. But what has shaped me most wasn’t the textbooks. It is working with people who feel exhausted in every sense of the word… and realising that most of what they’d been told about insomnia made things worse, not better.
“Life teaches us that the harder we try at things, the more likely we are to get what we want. That is simply not true about sleep.”
The people I work with are often thoughtful, capable, and quietly worn out. They’ve tried the apps and trackers, followed advice that left them more anxious than before. They know there isn’t a quick fix.
What they’re really craving — even if they can’t quite name it — is a new way to relate to sleep and sleeplessness.
So they can work on improving the sleep, but without triggering anxiety over not sleeping.
I wanted to offer something trustworthy, something that actually helped.
Something to help people believe in their resilience, and a new way of approaching sleep and using ‘techniques’ so that they didn’t become just another thing that worked for a few days and then stopped.
So I trained in evidence‑based approaches: cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, acceptance and commitment therapy, and mindfulness‑based stress reduction.
These aren’t fringe methods – they are recommended in UK and international clinical guidance as first‑line treatment for chronic insomnia.
In this work, which I have done since 2019, I use my experience to translate those evidence based principles into something warm, human and workable in your real life – so we can best set you up for success.
That’s what I do.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia
Tailored specifically to you and delivered gently based on principles - not rigid rules. Let us work together to really help your sleep 'do it's thing'.
Acceptance and Committment Therapy for Insomnia
Go beyond 'thinking differently' about sleeplessness. Really drop the struggle and anxiety around not sleeping and find freedom - while you work on the problem.
Health Coaching and Change Support
Know what to do but struggling to do it? My certification as a health coach and specialism in behavioural change helps support you in making change work for you.
This work matters to me because it’s about more than sleep.
It’s about how we show up in the world when we feel good. When we have the energy we need.
When you stop running on empty, everything changes.
It is so much easier to live the active vibrant life you deserve.
If that feels like something you’ve been longing for, you’re in the right place.
And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Book a free chat with me and let’s get you started.
My network team
Sometimes, people might have issues that need a different kind of support. I receive no compensation for these referrals – I send people to these professionals because I trust them to deliver excellent care.
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” – John Donne
Samantha Sadighi
Children's Sleep Therapist
Dr David Garley
Sleep Apnoea Testing and Treatment
Minna Wood
Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner
Dr Nikki Ramskill
Women's Health GP and BMS Specialist
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I am Tracy Hannigan, a qualified sleep therapist for adults with insomnia. I am trained in CBTI and ACTI and other evidence-based approaches to insomnia treatment, some circadian rhythm disorders and repetitive nightmares. If my assessment suggests a non‑insomnia sleep disorder, I’ll signpost you to appropriate medical or sleep clinic support.
Last Updated March 2026
