Insomnia
Persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or with the quality of sleep, which affects the day.
How it shows up
At first something concrete sets it off — stress, a loss, shift work. Then something else often maintains it: fear of not sleeping, too long in bed, attempts to force sleep.
What we do with it in therapy
The first-line treatment for chronic insomnia is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, not sleeping pills. We work with time in bed, with rhythm, and with the fear the insomnia has created.
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Group therapy
Therapy in a group, where the other participants are part of what heals, not merely an audience.
A child's anger
A normal part of development that needs a boundary for the behaviour and acceptance for the feeling.
Motivation
A state of readiness to act, which often comes after the action rather than before it.
