Insomnia: Integrative Sleep Therapy – Rubin Naiman

Insomnia: Integrative Sleep Therapy – Rubin NaimanEvidence-based strategies for healing insomniaImportance of sleep in anxiety, depression and PTSDRevolutionary model of sleep and dreams that integrates science and spiritualityTransformative power of dreams and dreamwork for psychotherapyYears ago, during my study of PTSD I became curious about my parents’ sleep and dreams. As holocaust survivors who had been severely traumatized, one would have expected their nights to be disrupted by grief, anxiety and nightmares. But my parents slept well. In fact, they slept exceptionally well without medication throughout their entire lives.My parents’ experience taught me that sleep loss was not an inevitable consequence of stress or even trauma. And, as importantly, that sleep could confer protection against the greatest challenges life might bring. I learned that sleep wasn’t simply the reward of a healthy lifestyle —it was its foundation. My parents simply loved sleep. And, they taught me to do the same.Restoring healthy sleep is a CLINICAL ISSUE for most of our clients.Although therapists routinely encounter sleeplessness in their practice, few are adequately prepared to address it. Failure to do so can impede the treatment of mood disorders, trauma, addictions, and even relationship issues.Restoring healthy sleep is a PERSONAL ISSUE for many psychotherapists.I believe the unique challenges of psychotherapy place us at greater risk for sleeplessness, which that can compromise the quality of both our work and our lives.Integrative Sleep Therapy has evolved from my personal as well as extensive clinical experience with thousands of patients over the past three decades. It is a comprehensive, multicomponent approach that integrates:evidence-based cognitive, behavioral and environmental strategiescomplementary and alternative health interventionsdepth psychology and spiritual guidanceThis recording presents an integrative (body-mind-spirit) treatment approach that draws on cognitive behavior therapy, natural remedies, sleep hygiene, and spiritual strategies. It also transforms our view of sleep from a medical necessity to one of life’s sustaining satisfactions.Buy now– this is the only truly integrative sleep seminar available!Rubin NaimanCategorize biomedical, psychological and environmental factors contributing to insomnia.Utilize the basic procedures for evaluating and diagnosing insomnia evaluation.Substantiate the negative consequences of long term use of sleeping pills.Model sleep from both a physiological as well as phenomenological perspective.Designate six factors that suppress REM sleep/dreaming.Appraise the role of sleep effort in insomnia and strategies for managing it.Manage insomnia using the noise reduction approach.Epidemic of Sleep and Dream LossPrevalence and trends of sleeplessnessNight fever: insomnia, inflammation, illnessInsomnia, anxiety, depression and PTSDEnvironmental factors: the erosion of nightArtificial light at night (aLAN) and life paceCultural resistance to rest / hyperarousalInsomnia as an addiction to waking consciousnessInsomnia as a social illnessWhat is Sleep? What is Dreaming?We don’t get sleep because we don’t ‘get’ sleepMedicalization and domestication of sleepSuppression of night, darkness and melatoninNature of sleep and dreamsDeep sleep and the deep selfRhythmic infrastructure of everythingCircadian rhythm & blues: sleep phase disordersREM sleep, dreaming and dream lossTraditional and spiritual views of sleep and dreamsInsomnia: Definition, Etiology and EvaluationTypes of insomnia; sleep and dream loss3P model of etiologyLifestyle factors in sleep lossIatrogenic factors: common medications and sleepNature deficit disorder and sleep disruptionArrogance and hyperarousalBiomedical factors in sleep lossImpact of other sleep disordersScreen and evaluate sleep and dreamsManagement and Treatment of InsomniaNoise Reduction Model (NRMI)Taking vs. letting go of something to sleepBiomedical factors: manage ‘body noise’Sleeping pills: a wolf in sleep’s clothingBotanicals, nutrition, melatoninNutrition and sleepThe body in sleep: gravity & stimulus controlThe princess & the pee: what wakes us up at night?Environmental factors: managing ‘bed noise’Conditioned insomniaStimulus control and sleep constrictionPsychological Factors: Manage ‘Mind Noise’CBT-I: thoughts, beliefs and meta-cognitions around sleepParadox of sleep effort: the ego cannot sleepSleeping together: the night side of relationshipsSleeping in the forest – the art of sleepHumility as the antidote to hyperarousalSecondary gain of primary insomniaDream work: interpretation, relation and healingBad dreams, nightmares, PTSD and shadow workVideo: sleep interview & treatment processTranspersonal ViewsSleep and dreams as spiritual practiceNon-violent approach to night, sleep and dreamsArt of spiritual surrenderWhere do you go when you go to sleep?Fall in love with sleep againThe waking dream: re-enchanting everyday lifeThe US of consciousness: sleep & dream lessons for wakingBraid Theory: toward a unified consciousness