Insomnia

Estimated Course Length: 2 hrs. 15 min

Course Includes: 6 modules with over 20 components in each module (components consist of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games, and more)

Companion Videos: 2 companion videos for your clients specifically designed to reinforce skills learned in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia treatment; over 120 mental health literacy videos for clients on a host of mental health topics

Downloadable PDFs: 5 downloadable PDFs expanding on relevant course topics

Target Audience: Mental Health Providers (licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, licensed psychologists, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, behavioral health nurses); Physicians; Nurses

Level of Instruction: Advanced

Prerequisite: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations: A Skills-Based Approach

Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks

Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components

After completing this course, you will be able to describe and employ the following:

1. Distinguish the subsets of insomnia and utilize the three Ps in considering a diagnosis and evaluating the client’s indicators of readiness for CBT-I.

2. Evaluate the client’s sleep hygiene utilizing the CBT model and describe the following techniques: sleep restriction, stimulus control, sleep diary, and out-of-session action plans that facilitate better sleep hygiene.

3. Specify three second-line intervention strategies: cognitive therapy, relaxation training, and sleep compression. Detail four forms of relaxation training: progressive muscle relaxation, diaphragmatic breathing, autogenic training, and imagery training.

4. Describe the following: behavioral and cognitive modification, identifying and restructuring unhealthy habits of sleep hygiene and catastrophic thoughts, and client homework assignments.

5. Explain client progress by tracking sleep titration and a client’s indicators of readiness for termination of therapy and/or potential for relapse by reviewing the client’s sleep diaries and creating a post-therapy plan.

Course Activities for CE Credits: ≥ 1 hrs. 49 min

• Pre-Course Assessment (10 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

• Module 1: Identifying Insomnia (24+ minutes)

• Module 2: Curbing Insomnia: Sleep Restriction and Stimulus Control (12+ minutes)

• Module 3: The Significance of Sleep Hygiene (16+ minutes)

• Module 4: Curbing Insomnia: Second-Line Intervention Techniques (11+ minutes)

• Module 5: Cognitive Restructuring for Insomnia Disorder (9+ minutes)

• Module 6: Retaining Skills and Preventing Relapse (10+ minutes)

• Theory Tank (7+ minutes)

• Post-Course Assessment (10 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]