BT12 Short Course 39 – Nightly Napping is Not Enough – Deborah Beckman, MS

Description: Many clients follow sleep hygiene advice faithfully and still lie awake at night. This session offers a different way in, combining Ericksonian language, basic sleep physiology, and a flexible hypnotic structure to work directly with arousal and nighttime thinking. Clinical demonstrations show how sleep can be relearned through responsiveness and timing, not effort or control.

Syllabus Description: Late night commercials promise to recapture a full night’s sleep. Still, we’re chronically sleep deprived, catching little more than midnight naps. Chasing “whys” distracts and delays reestablishing healthy sleep. Rebuilding the how-to’s of healthy sleep is crucial to reestablishing resilience. This protocol goes beyond good sleep hygiene and gadgets by prioritizing the physiology of sleep with components of clients’ presenting complaint(s). Clinical demonstration, case applications and discussion provide opportunities to develop specific interventions.

Educational Objectives:

1. Assess clients’ language for relevant sleep-related language.
2. Describe three points during typical sleep cycles for strategic intervention.
3. Apply the provided trance script protocol to address several combinations of clients’’ disturbed sleep and presenting complain.
4. Discuss the clinical demonstration in terms of the elements of the protocol.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*