Nearly 20% of Americans have seen some type of therapist at some point in their lives, searching for answers and support to understand and improve their patterns of behavior.
One area of behavior that is often overlooked involves our sleep habits, which can have a profound effect on our well-being. Lack of quality sleep has a domino effect on overall health and can lead to weight gain, depression, and worsening of chronic diseases.
Did you know that there are therapists who specialize in sleep?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, or CBT-I, is a method for treating insomnia without the use of sleeping pills. CBT-I is aimed at changing habits, schedules, and expectations that affect sleep, as well as addressing misconceptions about sleep and insomnia that may contribute to sleep problems.
A CBT-I program may help some people with just a few visits, but for more difficult cases it may require regular visits to a clinician, who will give you a series of sleep assessments, ask you to maintain a sleep diary, and work with you to help you change the way you sleep.
Imagine – you could have better sleep, without the use of sleeping pills, simply by addressing how to change some of your sleep-related behaviors and habits.
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