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All I Need is a Good Nights Sleep- What You Need to Know Now about Insomnia!

By Stephen V. Sobel, M.D. and Howard Sattler, MFT

Why You Should Take This Course

Insomnia is among the most common complaints made to you by your clients. They are frustrated as they lay awake at night unable to get to sleep and/or to return to sleep. They complain of fatigue and difficulty functioning the next day. It is difficult for them to work on the problems that bring them to see you. They look to you for help and you are not certain what to do. You feel frustrated and want to learn what you need to know to help your clients to get to sleep. You want to understand the causes of insomnia. You want to know the different psychotherapeutic techniques that will alleviate insomnia. You want to know how to distinguish between the truth and the myths that you hear about sleep medications. You want to know how long it is safe for your client to take a sleep medication. You want to turn your client’s frustration into success and health. You want to know what you need to know now about Insomnia!

Learning Objectives

By successfully completing this course you will be able to:

1. Effectively treat insomnia.

2. Differentiate between the different types of insomnia.

3. Understand the consequences of insomnia

4. Recognize the predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors of insomnia.

5. Apply cognitive behavioral psychotherapy techniques to successfully treat insomnia.

6. Apply stimulus control and sleep restriction therapies to treat insomnia.

7. Utilize relaxation techniques to treat insomnia.

8. Identify the different classes of medications used to successfully treat insomnia.

9. Recognize the benefits and risks of using sleep medications.

10. Understand the current state of the art in using sleep medications.

11. Confidently discuss insomnia with fellow psychotherapists, psychiatrist and general physicians.

12. Fast track your clients to remission of insomnia.

What your colleagues are saying:

“I’m very impressed, very enjoyable!”

“Many useful pearls.”

“Clear and easy to follow, great course.”

“This course will help my clients-and me.”

“This was just great! Excellent!”