CBT-I for Insomnia in NH and MA
The gold-standard treatment for clinical insomnia
Sleep isn't support to take effort. Ever.Â
Millions suffer from insomnia, a disorder characterized by difficulty falling or staying asleep, or waking up too early and being unable to fall back asleep. It can become chronic and lead to significant problems functioning in everyday life. It can occur at any age, and may develop for a number of reasons. For many people, it starts during a period of stress, trauma, a life event, schedule change, etc. It can also be a part of another mental or physical health condition.Â
Why nothing has worked, yet.
Insomnia isn't an occasional bad night of sleep, and it is not simply an inability to sleep; that's why forcing sleep one night at a time doesn't work and can make it much worse.
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Insomnia happens when certain biological, psychological, behavioral, and environmental factors disrupt our natural sleep processes (sleep drive & circadian rhythm), and we become stuck in a perpetual cycle.Â
The good news? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) isn't a remedy.
It treats the underlying causes of your insomnia for good.Â
What is CBT-I?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is a brief (4-6 session) evidence-based therapy for insomnia.
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You and Dr. Kelemen work together to understand and address the actual root causes of your insomnia.Â
The process starts with a thorough evaluation so that Dr. Kelemen can really understand your sleep and how it's been affecting you. All of this information tells us what is actually going on from one night to the next, and importantly, what has been maintaining your insomnia over time.
Over the course of about 4-6 sessions, Dr. Kelemen provides you with thorough sleep education, helps you identify and address the specific factors disrupting your sleep processes, and carefully guides you in making precise, data-based adjustments to the timing of your sleep so your sleep becomes consolidated and you are no longer spending time awake in bed. Additionally, Dr. Kelemen guides you through what is called "stimulus control", which re-associates your bed with sleep instead of wakefulness.Â
Benefits of CBT-I for Insomnia
Sleep Quality & Duration
Tools That Last
Safe and Effective
CBT-I can significantly improve the overall quality and duration of your sleep. It helps to reduce time spent falling asleep, consolidates fragmented sleep caused by nighttime awakenings, and results in less time awake in bed.Â
CBT-I helps repair dysfunctional sleep patterns, and leaves you with knowledge and skills you can depend on for life.Â
CBT-I has been shown to be just as effective as, or more effective than, medications used to treat insomnia.
From the greater Boston area to remote regions of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, we've got you covered.
CBT-I is offered across NH and MA online via telehealth for your convenience.Â