Sleep/Insomnia
CBTi - unlock restful sleep to look better, feel better and perform better
“I have really thought about my morning routine like we discussed and tried out what we went through. It was great! I feel much more in control of what I am doing now and I feel much more relaxed about everything.”
Maybe you DIDN’T just get out of bed the wrong side this morning?
Can’t get to sleep? Can’t stay asleep? Can’t get enough sleep?
Without good quality sleep your body and brain can’t function properly.
Poor sleep doesn’t mean you just feel rubbish. You….
are more stressed and anxious
make poorer decisions
have poorer physical and mental health
perform below your best
have poorer relationships with partners, children, colleagues, friends - and life.
And that is just not good enough.
The good news? Applying evidence based techniques to help you improve your sleep over time can really help.
So where do we start?
It is likely that there is no single cause. Whether it is your lifestyle, poor sleep habits, mental health, stress, physical health or a combination of some or all of them? The position you are in right now is completely UNIQUE, as are the problems you are having with your sleep.
So I need to understand as much about you as possible. Before we begin 1 - 2 - 1 sessions I take a look at your lifestyle to help me get under the skin of not only recognising the problems you are having, but WHY you are having them. Then we start to actively track your sleep and work on the psychological as well as the physical aspects of your poor sleep.
If you are struggling with sleep - let’s work out why, and then take action to improve it.
How do I help you get better sleep?
I use sleep science in combination with cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi).
Frankly, I am not going to give you a load of sleep stats that you can just look up online. And besides, this is about you, not everyone else.
There is likely no single cause to your sleep problems, so we need a combination of disciplines to help you.
Focusing on your current sleep habits and routines allows us to see where we are, and what we can quickly address. Understanding your body and brain with regard to….
your natural bodily rhythms
your environment
the importance of light
eating and drinking patterns
sleep habits
stress
…… and much more allows us to tap into the science of sleep to improve yours. We work with your body and brain, not against it, and make adjustments in line with this.
Using strategies from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) helps us tackle your underlying…
thoughts
feelings
behaviours
… that can prevent/hinder sleep and sleep quality. In other words, we address the stress and worry behind your sleep problems to improve your sleep.
We may use hypnosis in conjunction with CBTi to help you delve deeper into these psychological aspects. Hypnosis is simply a heightened state of focused attention - in other words, it allows you to concentrate on a single point of focus more easily and tap into your natural suggestibility to modify and improve your thoughts, feelings and behaviours - and get better sleep.
Hypnosis is an evidence-based approach.
It is not magic. I don’t hold some mystical knowledge or skill to miraculously ‘cure’ you. And you will need to make changes in order for your sleep to improve. But what I do is empower and support you to make that change.
As I say - I am not the answer to your problems you are. You just don’t know it yet.
So what next?
We start with a 20 minute FREE consultation so -
we can meet
I can understand your SPECIFIC NEEDS
we can see if I am able to help you
we can decide if we are the ‘right fit’ for each other
Then if we decide to go ahead -
pre-session 1 you complete and return to me an in-depth lifestyle questionnaire and we start tracking your sleep
in Session 1 we discuss this further and work out a treatment plan – specific goals, approaches, possible time frames - and get you going
weekly/fortnightly/other sessions as YOUR NEED dictates so
we can regularly reflect
adapt our work together as we progress
The result?
Sleep is a pillar of your health, at least as important as more obvious ways we look at to better our health, such as exercise and diet.
The science is very well established. Regularly getting good sleep helps you -
perform better
feel more refreshed and lively
be in consistently better moods
deal with stress better
increase productivity
improve your memory
improve your relationships
be happier
be healthier
It may even help you in other ways that you haven’t considered such as helping you to -
a better immune system
a healthier heart
prevent weight gain
promote weight loss
lessen the chance of accidents
simply feel more in control of your life
