If you or someone you know is having trouble sleeping, you may be interested in this article on Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  We found this on the Mayo Clinic site, one of our favorites.  “Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has emerged as a treatment for insomnia that’s an effective alternative to sleeping pills, even for people with severe or chronic sleep problems”.  Nothing against sleeping pills, many people use them effectively.  But they simply don’t work for everyone and there are people who cannot or will not use them.  So it is always good to have options.  “How does cognitive behavioral therapy work?  Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you change the thoughts and actions that interfere with your ability to get restful sleep”.  Or put another way, working with a “trained sleep therapy specialist” using Biofeedback, Relaxation Training and Stimulus Control among other things to change your behavior and mindset to better enable sleep.  You can find a Sleep Therapy Specialist through the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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