Clickbait title comments aside, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is the scientific gold standard when it comes to insomnia therapy. It's effective and medical governing bodies and consensus statements lauding its benefits are too many to count...but what exactly is it? In this episode, we will:

• Learn about the overwhelming support for the use of CBTi for the treatment of insomnia
• List the various medical boards and governing bodies that support it and its overall efficacy rates
• Understand why there is often reluctance to engage in the treatment and why the work involved often makes fad treatments seem appealing
• Evaluate why sleep education is generally felt to be the foundation of CBTi
• Define cognitive restructuring and how thinking about sleep can reinforce positive and negative thoughts
• Layout the tenets of stimulus control therapy and how they affect individuals with insomnia
• Contrast the various methods of relaxation techniques
• Highlight physician and clinicians with special training in CBTi

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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