Therapy and sleep: what psychology works on
Sleep difficulties come up often in clinical work, almost always entangled with something else: worry, overload, habits, mood. Psychology works on what sustains the insomnia, not on sleep as an isolated symptom.
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One frequent pattern: the harder someone tries to sleep, the more awake they become — and the effort becomes part of the problem. Another: the only quiet hour of the day ends up being the hour when everything postponed shows up.
Routine, screens, caffeine and schedules enter the conversation, but rarely explain on their own a pattern that has already set in.
Where the psychologist stops
Investigating clinical causes of poor sleep — apnoea, neurological disorders, medication effects — belongs to medicine. Good support includes recognising that and suggesting the right assessment.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this not a matter for a doctor?
- It may be, and often it is for both. Where a clinical cause is suspected, medical assessment is the route — the two do not compete.
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