- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; Workbook edition (Aug 15 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1572248939
- ISBN-13: 978-1572248939
- Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 20.3 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
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#254,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Mental Health > Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- #77 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Aging > Sleep Disorders
- #94 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Personal Health > Stress > Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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<p>Difficult and traumatic life experiences affect our lives in unexpected ways and can even change the way we sleep. In fact, up to 75 percent of all people who have experienced abuse, violence, or traumatic incidents have sleeping problems after these events, even after all other trauma-related symptoms have diminished. If you've experienced these problems for yourself, <B>The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook</B> is for you.</P><BR><P>This workbook is based in cognitive behavioral therapy, a powerful approach that has been proven to be more effective over the long run than sleeping pills. Included are easy tips and techniques you can start doing right away to help you sleep better. You'll learn a variety of relaxation and sleep-scheduling skills that will help you put an end to broken sleep, the need to stay on high alert throughout the night, and sleep-sabotaging habits you may have developed. Why spend another night lying awake? Find the root cause of your restless nights and rediscover peaceful sleep.</p> This workbook will help you:<BR> *Understand what's keeping you awake at night<BR> *De-stress your bedroom and create a safe space for sleep<BR> *Learn powerful relaxation techniques for calming your body and mind before bed<BR> *Cope with trauma-related nightmares
About the Author
<p>Karin Elorriaga Thompson, PhD, is clinical assistant professor at Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a clinical psychologist at the VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN. She specializes in psychotherapy, clinical research, and assessment related to psychological trauma.</p> <p>C. Laurel Franklin, PhD, is clinical assistant professor at Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a clinical psychologist at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans, LA. Her clinical and research interests are in the area of assessment and treatment of trauma-related problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).</p>
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Insomnia Workbook, Aug 27 2010
By Jon E. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Overcoming Sleep Problems After Trauma (Paperback)
This workbook is written by two experts in the area of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It provides excellent, informative education on trauma-related insomnia and sleep promotion, resources for monitoring symptoms over time, relaxation techniques, sleep scheduling, and cognitive behavioral techniques for challenging maladaptive thoughts related to sleep. It also includes a chapter on alleviating trauma-related nightmares using imagery rehearsal therapy.The book is an easy read, and follows step-by-step procedures in a very straightforward way. It incorporates state of the art, evidence-based methods for treating posttraumatic insomnia. It is an invaluable resource for people who experienced psychological trauma and are afflicted with sleep problems as a result.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you need help with post-traumatic insomnia, you need this book., Mar 30 2011
By Gil Reyes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Overcoming Sleep Problems After Trauma (Paperback)
I am a clinical psychologist and psychology professor, and I read everything I can manage about post-traumatic stress and PTSD. A colleague recommended that I read The Post-Traumatic Insomnia Workbook by Thompson and Franklin so that I could better understand the needs of traumatized patients who suffer from sleep disturbances. I found this book to have the most accessible structure and presentation of this material for clinicians, trainees, and clients. The approach is to use goal-setting, worksheets, and sleep logs in a successive approach to improving sleep hygiene and enhancing coping. More specifically, the workbook focuses on behaviors that negatively affect sleep quality, exercises for stress reduction and relaxation, counteracting hypervigilance, and avoids relying on quick fixes in favor of scientifically informed practices and sustainable lifestyle improvement. The techniques employed in this workbook support an excellent blending of overt behavioral change, modification of sleep-related cognitions, and the correcting of myths about sleep that might prove counterproductive. Of particular value to many are the sections on coping with trauma-related nightmares and a brilliant approach to addressing the effects of chronic pain on sleep. This is certainly the best resource of which I am aware for helping people whose sleep is impaired as a result of traumatic experiences.
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