Sleep Disorders Therapy & Counselling

Sleep Disorders are generally characterised by their “duration” and are classified as either “acute” or “chronic” (Brief and circumstantial or compounding over time).

Acute Insomnia is brief and often happens because of life circumstances (for example, when you can’t fall asleep the night before a big event the next day, or after receiving stressful or bad news).

Many people may have experienced this type of circumstantial sleep disorder and in general they tend to resolve themselves over a short period of time.

Chronic Insomnia is sleep that is frequently disrupted and occurs at least three nights per week and lasts at least three months.

Chronic Insomnia Sleep Disorders can have many causes.

• Changes in our life patterns and routines
• High levels of Stress
• Shift working
• Anxiety Disorders
• Alcohol Abuse
• Drug problems

Sleep Disorders are often linked to other psychological or medical problems, although the link between them is not always obvious or direct.

Sleep Disorders – Onset & Maintenance

People with Sleep Disorders tend to have difficulty falling asleep (known as “onset”), staying asleep (known as “maintenance”) and/or they may also wake up too early in the morning.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Sleep Disorders

If you’re committed to overcoming your Sleep Disorder then we highly recommend following our Advanced Tranceformental CBT programme with Paul which is available as an Online Therapy as well as a self-directed CBT course.

The Tranceformental programme is a highly successful & pragmatic psychotherapy course, run over 10 sessions, that will teach you everything you need to know to understand your problem, identify how unhelpful thinking and limiting beliefs might be reinforcing the issue, and then show you how to make any changes to your unhelpful thinking styles or maladaptive safety behaviours that you may have developed as part of your coping strategies.

Our Tranceformental CBT programme is an empirically supported approach used by mental health practitioners around the World.

Alternative Therapy Options for Sleep Disorders

Although our preferred form of psychotherapy for Sleep Disorders is Tranceformental CBT we also offer alternative psychotherapies for those who might prefer a different approach.

These include:

• Psychodynamic therapy which focuses more on emotional problems and relies on the Therapeutic Relationship to bring about change. Available with Paul.
• General Counselling which is less structured but still provides a safe and non-judgmental environment to discuss issues which is therapeutic in its own right.
• Hypnotherapy is an alternative form of therapy that can be applied to a very wide range of problems and is available with Joan.

Free Initial Consultations for Sleep Disorders

We offer all prospective clients an initial consultation to discuss your Sleep Disorder prior to commencing any treatment plans.

The consultation is free and lasts around 50 minutes.

During this consultation we will discuss the various options that are available to you and make a considered recommendation based on your individual personal circumstances.

Initial consultations are also available as part of our online therapy service.

At TranceForm Psychology we recognise the importance of the therapeutic relationship in helping people to bring about effective change, so its important to be able to ‘meet’ to discuss our change programmes BEFORE proceeding.

Our policy is to help people make a fully balanced & considered decision about undertaking work with us, including both the financial and personal implications.