What This Can Look Like
Insomnia often includes:
- Lying awake for long stretches
- Racing thoughts at bedtime
- Worry about how sleep loss will affect the next day
- Increased anxiety and low mood tied to poor sleep
How the Cycle Maintains Itself
When sleep becomes a nightly struggle, the bed can start to feel like a place of stress. People often respond by spending more time in bed, changing routines, or trying to “force” sleep, which can worsen the problem.
How CBT-I Helps
CBT-I is the gold-standard, evidence-based treatment for insomnia. It focuses on addressing the thoughts, behaviors, and physiological patterns that keep sleep problems going, rather than relying on medication. Treatment is structured and practical, with skills that are applied both during the day and at bedtime.
CBT-I includes:
- Strategies for unhelpful sleep-related thoughts
- Behavioral tools that strengthen sleep patterns
- Skills for reducing physiological arousal and bedtime worry
Over time, these approaches help reduce sleep-related anxiety, improve consistency, and restore confidence in your ability to sleep naturally.
Treatment at KY Cards:
What to Expect
Treatment is collaborative and structured, and often effective in a relatively short amount of time when procedures are consistently implemented.