Psychotherapy

Many sleep disorders are treated with psychotherapy.

Doctors recommend psychotherapy for most people to help psychological problems or stress that may be causing the insomnia.

Psychotherapy is recommended for patients with sleep disorders associated with other mental disorders.

There are many mental disorders which disrupt sleep. They are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, panic disorders and depression disorders. Psychiatrists treat mental illnesses with psychotherapy and medications.

Psychotherapy is a process to eliminate or control troubling and painful symptoms so that the person can return to normal functioning. It is used to help a person overcome a specific problem or to stimulate overall emotional growth and healing.

There are many techniques in psychotherapy to treat sleep problems. The therapist selects the techniques that suits you best and gives good results.

Types of psychotherapy:

Behavior therapy:

Behavior therapy includes changing the unwanted and self-defeating behavior patterns of a person through conditioning. This type of psychotherapy involves removal of undesirable habits and replacing that behavior with more satisfying behavior.

Cognitive behavioral therapy:

Cognitive behavior therapy is a form of psychotherapy that teaches people specific cognitive and behavioral skills to help them control and prevent mood swings.

It modifies thoughts and behaviors to help the individual not only get beyond the negative core beliefs that are holding them back but also change the behavior patterns they have developed in response to those thought patterns.

These changes can help you feel better. It helps to make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts. This makes it easier to see how they are connected and how they affect you.

Interpersonal therapy:

Interpersonal therapy is a psychotherapy which improves the quality of patient’s interpersonal world. It focuses on relationships, particularly in certain situations of the depressed person.

The therapist assists the patient in self-evaluating his or her interaction with others. Focus is on the individual’s present social development.

Gestalt therapy:

It is based on the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology. Gestalt therapy focuses on gaining awareness of emotions and behaviors in the present rather than in the past. The therapist and patient work together to help the patient understand himself or herself.

Psychotherapy treatment:

The amount of time spent on psychotherapy treatment depends on several factors, the most important being illness of the problem.

Depending on the type of mental illness and the type of psychotherapy selected by the therapist, it requires a few sessions r can take much longer.

Short term therapy is often prescribed for relief of specific symptoms. The benefit of psychotherapy includes decreased visits to other doctor’s offices, diagnostic centers and radiology departments.