Colleen E. Carney – Insomnia Treatment: Evidence-Based Strategies to Enrich Sleep & Boost Clinical Outcomes in Clients with PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain & Depression

Colleen E. Carney – Insomnia Treatment: Evidence-Based Strategies to Enrich Sleep & Boost Clinical Outcomes in Clients with PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain & DepressionDescriptionWe all know the necessity of sleep –yet we often overlook addressing it in therapy. Your clients with PTSD, anxiety, depression and chronic pain are struggling with symptoms of those disorders, and everything is made worse when they aren’t able to sleep.If your clients aren’t sleeping, do you know what to do about it? In this recording, I’ll show you successful, proven techniques I’ve developed over the last decade on how to optimize your clients’ sleep – without medication! You don’t need to be a sleep specialist to implement these strategies in your office.Discover evidence-based strategies to help your clients increase energy during the day, sleep more deeply and re-initiate sleep after it’s been disrupted. In addition, you’ll learn how to easily integrate these strategies into existing treatment for trauma, anxiety, depression and chronic pain.Watch and discover:New tools to assess for sleep quality & sleep disorders other than insomniaStrategies to address conditioned wakefulness and restore your clients’ sleep drivesSleep logs, worksheets and other tools to use in your clinical practiceSpecific interventions for clients with comorbid PTSD, anxiety, depression or chronic painAdd insomnia treatment to your therapeutic toolbox!HandoutsManual – Insomnia Treatment (1.31 MB) 38 Pages Available after PurchaseOutlineAssessment Sleep regulationThe elements of insomniaGoals of assessmentDiagnostic criteriaComorbid conditionsOther sleep disordersWhen to make a referral to a sleep clinicTake-home assessment toolsLimitations of the research & potential risksCase Study: Sleep phase delay vs. insomniaStimulus Control (SC): Address Conditioned Arousal to Reduce Wakefulness Psychoeducation for your clientRules for reassociating the bed with sleepFatigue management strategies to eliminate nappingIdeas for late-night activitiesCase Study: Is the client a candidate for stimulus control?Sleep Restriction Therapy (SRT): Restore the Sleep Drive to Improve Sleep Quality How to present rationale to your clientCalculate time-in-bed prescriptionPlacing the time-in-bed windowIdentify & overcome obstacles to adherenceSleep extensionHow to combine SC & SRT effectivelySleep hygieneCase Study: Would you increase time in bed?Counterarousal Strategies: Five MustKnow Strategies to Quiet an Active MindEstablish a buffer zoneScheduled thinking timeCombat excessive ruminationMindfulness strategiesRelaxation therapiesCognitive Therapy: Identify and Change Distorted Thoughts about Sleep Thought recordsBehavioral experimentsSocratic questioningCase Study: Interpreting thought recordsModify Insomnia Treatment for Clients with Comorbid DisordersPTSDFear of silenceFear of loss of vigilanceDelayed bedtimeSleep avoidanceProlonged nightmare awakeningsIs hypnotic discontinuation necessary?Anxiety When stimulus control rules can’t be toleratedCombat hastiness to get out of bedSleep compression: An alternative to SRTIdentify sleep anxiety vs. high arousal in bedConsiderations for panic disorderDepression Sleep’s impact on moodDistorted time-in-bed to time sleeping ratioUse of coping cardsTroubleshoot adherence problemsWorsening moodsCase Study: Struggling to get out of bedChronic Pain Pain meds & sleepConsiderations for use of stimulus controlBreak the association of bed & painWhen it’s physically difficult to get out of bedFacultyColleen E. Carney, Ph.D.Colleen E. Carney, Ph.D., is on faculty in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University, where she is director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory. She is a leading expert in psychological treatments for insomnia, particularly in the context of co-occurring mental health issues. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and she has over 100 publications on insomnia.She frequently trains students and mental health providers in CBT for Insomnia at invited workshops throughout North America and at international conferences. Dr. Carney is a passionate advocate for improving the availability of treatment for those with insomnia and other health problems. For more information, please visit www.drcolleencarney.com.Speaker Disclosure:Financial: Colleen Carney is a professor at Ryerson University. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Colleen Carney is a member of the Canadian Psychological Association; and the Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).