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Sleep problems are one of the most disruptive issues to deal with, especially since sleep is as essential to mental and physical health as it is to daily functioning.
What qualifies as a sleep issue?
If you have trouble falling asleep, if you wake up frequently throughout the night, and if your sleep quality is poor and doesn’t leave you feeling restored in the morning, then it’s probably time to reach out for professional help.
The following are common sleep disorders that may be keeping you up at night according to the DSM V:
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A successful approach used by therapists is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI).
It utilizes standard cognitive interventions coupled with behavioral strategies that specifically target sleep disruption.
This method can be highly effective in improving the quality of sleep as well as daytime functioning.
CBTI focuses on changing your unrealistic expectations about sleep.
Common beliefs you may have are: “I must fall asleep right now to get 8 hours of sleep,” or “I must get 8 hours of sleep or I’m going to fail tomorrow.”
Together we will work to shift these attitudes by exploring what constitutes a normal amount of sleep and how people are able to compensate for lost sleep.
We will also process thoughts and feelings that contribute to disruptions and loss of sleep.
Behavioral strategies in CBTI often include stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, and sleep hygiene.
These strategies are designed to break associations with being in bed that are not related to sleep, enable you to get deeper and more restful zzz’s and establish more ideal environments for sleep and wakefulness.
Our evidence-based, scientifically proven interventions are demonstrated by research to be effective for targeting sleep disorders.
Learn more about our empirically based therapy modalities by visiting our Methods page.
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