Effectiveness of CBT
Research shows that CBT is even more effective than sleeping pills for insomnia. In fact, 75% of people with insomnia will greatly improve their sleep using CBT. Three studies that have directly compared CBT to sleeping pills found that CBT was more effective. Unlike sleeping pills, the improvements from CBT last long after the treatment is over, and CBT doesn’t have any of the side effects of sleeping pills.
CBT gets these results because it’s based on a simple yet powerful concept: insomnia is caused by learned thoughts and behaviors that can be unlearned, or changed.
What others are saying...
“Puts people to sleep faster than sleeping pills”
“Works as well or better than sleeping pills”
“Is the preferred treatment for chronic insomnia”
“Eliminates sleep medication use in 60% of long-term nightly users”
“Reduces or eliminates sleep medication in 90% of patients”
Using CBT, you can change learned thoughts and behaviors that are keeping you from getting a good night’s sleep. CBT helps people who have a hard time sleeping learn to:
- Change stressful, untrue thoughts about sleep
- Change behaviors that keep them awake
- Improve relaxation skills
- Improve lifestyle habits that affect sleep
