CBT-I for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Sleep Without Medication Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (Paperback or Softback)
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Published by Jstone Publishing 6/28/2026, 2026
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- Title
- CBT-I for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Sleep Without Medication Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (Paperback or Softback)
- Author
- Handley, Pleasant Rudolph
- Publisher
- Jstone Publishing 6/28/2026
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Paperback or Softback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1764782151
- ISBN 13
- 9781764782159
- Item weight
- 0.42 pounds
Waking Up to a Protocol That Works
If months or years of broken sleep have led you through every sleep hygiene tip, supplement, and meditation app without lasting improvement, you are not missing a piece of sleep advice. You are missing a protocol. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the first-line treatment recommended for chronic insomnia by the American College of Physicians, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Research consistently shows it outperforms sleep medication not only in the short term but at twelve-month follow-up, when pharmacological effects have typically faded. The challenge, for most people, is not the evidence. It is access.
Fewer than 800 certified CBT-I providers practice in the United States. Wait times for an appointment commonly exceed fifty days. For the millions of adults who have been told by their GP to "look into CBT-I," the practical reality is that they cannot get it.
What This Book Provides
CBT-I for Beginners delivers the complete CBT-I protocol in plain, structured language for self-directed readers. The book opens with the biological mechanisms that regulate sleep, explaining exactly why chronic insomnia persists after its original cause has resolved and what needs to change to resolve it. Each component of the protocol is then taught in clinical sequence: sleep restriction therapy, stimulus control, sleep hygiene in its correct context, cognitive restructuring, and relaxation training. Every stage is explained at the level of mechanism rather than instruction alone, because readers who understand why the protocol works adhere to it at substantially higher rates than those who receive rules without context. A sleep diary system and six functional appendices are included so that every protocol decision is guided by data rather than impression.
What Makes This Book Different
Most books on sleep improvement address sleep hygiene, which is a supporting condition for good sleep but is not a treatment for chronic insomnia disorder. This book targets the behavioral and cognitive perpetuating factors that maintain insomnia after the original cause has passed, which is where clinical intervention is most needed and most effective. The treatment is framed around the three-factor model of insomnia, the two-process model of sleep regulation, and the hyperarousal framework underpinning modern behavioral sleep medicine, presented in accessible language for a general reader. A dedicated chapter addresses CBT-I alongside comorbid anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, and provides guidance for readers currently taking sleep medication.
This Book Is for Readers Who:
Have been living with chronic insomnia for months or years and want a structured, evidence-based path forward. Are looking for a drug-free alternative or complement to sleep medication. Have been recommended CBT-I by a clinician but cannot access a specialist. Have applied sleep hygiene consistently without sustained improvement. Want to understand the mechanism of their insomnia, not simply manage the symptom night by night.
Beginning the Protocol
The tools in this book are the same ones delivered in specialist clinical settings, structured for self-directed use. For readers who are ready to address the patterns maintaining chronic insomnia rather than manage its effects, this is a clear and practical place to begin.
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