Cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia: a session-by-session guide

Cognitive behavior therapy which has been adapted to treat so many problems, has also brought data-driven and data-yielding treatment to insomnia. Focusingon this evidence-based modality, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia is a much-needed treatment manual that provides clinicians with the why’s and how’s of this approach in concise and practical terms. This book, which is written as a reader-friendly guide, is intended for clinical trainees, non-insomnia sleep specialists, and for expert CBT clinicians from outside the sleep medicine field who wish to begin the process of learning to provide empirically validated CBT-I. The Book is organized into seven parts: definition of insomnia;review of the conceptual; framework for treatment; overview of the componentsof therapy; session-by-session guide; dialogues; assessment and eligibility for CBT-I; and sample documentation. Guides the clinician in how to best establish a sleep clinic to study and solve in sleep disturbances of his or her patients INDICE: Introduction.- The Definition of Insomnia.- The Conceptual Framework for CBT-I.- Components of Therapy.- CBT-I Session by Session.- CBT-I Example Dialogues for Patient Questions and Challenges.- A Case Example.- Appendices.- Glossary.- Reference.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-77440-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 182
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés