Module 1 - Sleep Psychology

• Learn the fundamental knowledge about how sleep works and how it can help your assessment of sleep problems, as well as guide you on the right treatment for your clients.

• Learn the Pros and Cons of different measures of sleep to use with clients, to show them their improvements, and provide insights into your own practice.

• Learn some of the most important consequences of insomnia and sleep loss that science has discovered - so you are ready to answer all those questions your clients are wanting to know.

Module 2 - Diagnosing Insomnia

• Learn about various factors that increase the odds of someone developing insomnia

• Learn about a simple model of insomnia that you can teach your clients to help them understand how they developed insomnia, and how they can prevent it in future.

• Discover the up-to-date criteria to diagnose Chronic Insomnia Disorder.

• Learn how to ask the right questions to come to a diagnosis of insomnia.

• Learn to watch out for other sleep disorders that ‘look like insomnia’ - but are not. These hidden disorders can mean the difference between successful therapy vs harming your client.

• Watch case studies of how to interview clients presenting with a sleep problem.

Module 3 - Sleep Hygiene

• Learn what Inadequate Sleep Hygiene is.

• Understand the scientific evidence for whether all those substances we’ve been told to avoid actually do harm our sleep.

• Learn how to set-up the client’s bedroom environment for optimal sleep - including two factors that most people miss.

• Learn about how much your client can nap without it affecting their nighttime sleep.

• Learn about how technology is linked to sleep (we guarantee, you’ll be surprised!). Learn directly from the researchers (The WINK Team) who first tested the effect of bright screens on sleep - the evidence is compelling, and most people don’t realise it - and it’s a great way for your clients to trust you capabilities.

• Learn how helpful sleep hygiene is for clients. It’s not as strong as BBT-I, but it works.

Module 4 - Brief Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (BBT-I)

• Learn about the scientific evidence for this 4-session brief therapy.

• Learn the step-by-step techniques for delivering behavioural therapies for insomnia - tailored to your clients, and using our own tested modifications to the traditional step-by-steps.

• We even throw in a preview of cognitive techniques for insomnia, including a simple technique your clients can use.