An Introduction to Coping with Insomnia and Sleep Problems

by Colin Espie

Poor sleep can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, leaving us feeling run-down, exhausted and stressed out. This self-help guide explains the causes of insomnia and why it is so difficult to break bad habits. This updated edition gives you clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques for improving the quality of your
? Keeping a sleep diary
? Setting personal goals
? Improving your sleep hygiene
? Dealing with a racing mind
? Making lasting improvements to your sleeping and waking pattern

96 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 26, 2021

Reviews

[Dave Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a Sleep Disorders Specialist with over 25 years' experience, I found this guide an excellent outline to proven and effective techniques for ongoing treatment of insomnia. It doesn't try to be comprehensive -- landing somewhere between a patient handout and a workbook, readable and clear -- but it walks through exactly the concepts and techniques I've used successfully in consultation rooms with patients.

It is not a "read it and be cured" guide, and if you are looking for a quick fix you'll be disappointed. (And honestly there aren't quick fixes in insomnia -- too many factors need to be turned up together, no single solution) But if you work through the points and take the steps seriously, your insomnia can be resolved. I see it happen all the time, and I'm going to recommend this book as a resource for my patients.

[Adrian · Rating 2 out of 5]

An extremely basic guide on coping with and improving sleep problems/disorders. I found a few helpful tips, but nothing much else. £7.99 for 96 pages does not equate to good value, so would not recommend this short, with few helpful tips on how to sleep better to anybody with serious sleep problems (like me).
My advice would be to find a better book written by a professor for the best possible advice on sleeping and insomnia.

[Jae · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise and easy to read book. Full of information that will not, by reading it, solve sleep problems, but will be a guide, full of prompts for where to start addressing sleep issues.