ucsf logo

Aric Prather, PhD

Clinical Psychology • Behavioral Sleep Medicine Psychology
Neurological & Psychiatric Sleep Disorders Mission Bay
415-353-2273
Portrait of Aric Prather
Portrait of Aric Prather
ucsf logo

Aric Prather, PhD

Clinical Psychology • Behavioral Sleep Medicine Psychology
Neurological & Psychiatric Sleep Disorders Mission Bay
415-353-2273

On this page

About me

Aric Prather is a psychologist who treats insomnia with individual cognitive behavioral therapy. He also provides behavioral therapy to help patients adjust to using their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment.

Prather's research focuses on how poor sleep impacts physical health and emotional well-being. He measures sleep habits to determine which study participants are vulnerable to sleep-related health problems and which are resilient, with the goal of developing new treatments.

Prather earned his doctoral degree in clinical and biological health psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Prather is a member of the Sleep Research Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychosomatic Society and Society for Affective Science.

Education & training

Fellowship

  • Population Health, UC San Francisco/UC Berkeley

Internship

  • Psychology, Duke University Medical Center - GME

Degree

  • PHD, University of Pittsburgh

My expertise

Locations

    Please check with your health insurance plan regarding coverage for this type of care. Not all providers at UCSF Health are covered by every insurance plan.

    For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.