One restless night is frustrating. Weeks or months of sleepless nights can change how you think, feel, and function. If you’re lying awake staring at the ceiling, watching the clock tick closer to morning, you’re not alone. 

When sleep stops coming easily, insomnia treatment may be worth considering.

Common Signs of Insomnia

• Trouble falling asleep, even when you’re exhausted
  
• Waking up frequently during the night
  
• Waking up too early and not being able to fall back asleep
  
• Feeling unrefreshed in the morning
  
• Daytime fatigue, irritability, or difficulty concentrating

It May Be Time to Explore Insomnia Treatment if Sleep Problems:

• Occur at least 3 nights a week and lasts longer than a few weeks
  
• Begin affecting work performance, relationships, or mood
  
• Lead to anxiety about sleep itself and sleep anxiety is getting worse
  
• You’re exhausted but wired at night
  
• Poor sleep is worsening anxiety, depression, or stress
  
• You rely on naps, caffeine, or sleep aids to get through the day
  
  

Most people notice they dread bedtime after experiencing these sleep problems. The bed becomes a place of frustration instead of rest. The brain learns to associate the bed with alertness instead of calm. This is where professional insomnia treatment becomes especially helpful. Therapy focuses on retraining both the mind and the body to sleep again.

Therapy Explores the Root Problem 

Sleep medications can offer short-term relief, but they don’t address why sleep stopped working in the first place.

Therapy for insomnia helps you:

• Reduce racing thoughts at night
  
• Change behaviors that quietly sabotage sleep
  
• Reset your sleep-wake rhythm
  
• Build confidence in your ability to sleep again
  

CBT-I: The Gold Standard for Insomnia Treatment

One of the most effective approaches is CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia). It is the first-line insomnia treatment by sleep experts. 

CBT-I focuses on:

• Sleep habits and routines
  
• Thought patterns that fuel nighttime anxiety
  
• Gentle sleep scheduling to restore natural rhythms
  
• Techniques that calm the nervous system

Sleep can intensify and influence mental health conditions like depression, OCD symptoms, and emotional regulation. These conditions can make it harder to sleep. That’s why effective insomnia treatment often considers both sleep and mental health together.

Insomnia Treatment at AMA Behavioral Therapy

At AMA Behavioral Therapy, we approach insomnia with compassion and evidence-based care. Our clinicians understand how exhausting it feels to lie awake night after night, wondering why sleep won’t come.

We offer insomnia treatment grounded in CBT-I principles, tailored to each person’s unique sleep patterns, stressors, and goals. Schedule a CBT-I Assessment to see if Insomnia Therapy is for you. 

You deserve rest and the tools to get there.