Insomnia

If you find it difficult to sleep, reach out to our psychiatrist for assistance by dialing (914) 244-7208. The quality of your sleep shapes your productivity and happiness. If you aren’t alert and aware when your eyes are open, your quality of life while awake will significantly decline. Treatment for insomnia has the potential to transform your life, improve your physical health and even prevent a potentially painful or fatal accident.

Insomnia, a sleep disorder that prevents patients from falling asleep or staying asleep, is often treated with cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT-I for short. This treatment is optimal for patients struggling with chronic sleep issues. In fact, cognitive behavioral therapy is often recommended as the initial line of treatment. This structured program helps patients pinpoint and replace behaviors and thoughts that are detrimental to the quality of sleep or falling asleep in the first place. Our psychiatrist might have you keep a sleep diary for a week or two to figure out the best approach to treating your insomnia.

The hope is that you will be able to successfully implement new thought patterns and behaviors that help you not only get to sleep but remain asleep for an uninterrupted eight hours highlighted by the random eye movement (REM) necessary for the proper alertness. Our psychiatrist will also help you improve your quality of sleep through approaches including sleep environment improvement, sleep hygiene, sleep restriction and even relaxation training.