from Section 4 - Treating Insomnia Using the CBTx Approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2024
Many patients with insomnia report difficulties with downregulating or de-arousing. Relaxation techniques have been an established component of CBT for many decades and may be a suitable option for some patients with insomnia. In this chapter a historical and scientific background to relaxation therapeutics is provided. The chapter next describes how to introduce relaxation to patients, and how to frame it as a value proposition. It goes on to provide instruction to clinicians in how to introduce, contextualise, and deliver relaxation therapeutics, namely establishing an evening wind-down routine, progressive muscle relaxation, and autogenic training.
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