If you regularly experience sleep problems that interfere with your daily life, you may be suffering from a sleep disorder. But you don’t have to suffer the vicious cycle of sleepless nights and daytime fatigue that takes such a toll on your mood, energy, and overall health. For many sleep problems, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be more effective than sleeping pills—but without the unpleasant side effects or long-term health concerns. CBT can help to relax your mind, change your outlook, improve your daytime habits, and set you up for a good night’s sleep.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy can improve your sleep by changing your behavior before bedtime as well as changing the ways of thinking that keep you from falling asleep. It also focuses on improving relaxation skills and changing lifestyle habits that impact your sleeping patterns. Since sleep disorders can be both caused by and trigger emotional health problems such as anxiety, stress, and depression, therapy is an effective way of treating the underlying problem rather than just the symptoms, helping you to develop healthy sleeping patterns for life.
Our psychologist studies each case in depth and may use a combination of other behaviour therapies to help you benefit.