Clinical Training Manual and Trainings

Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder. It affects 15-33% of the population with even higher prevalence rates in the elderly and clinical populations. Although cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is now considered the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia due to its superior long-term efficacy, lack of side effects, and patient preference, there is a dire shortage of clinicians and sleep clinics with expertise in CBT for insomnia due to a scarcity of training opportunities in this area. For clinicians who wish to develop expertise CBT for insomnia, Dr. Jacobs offers three training options:

• Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia,
  
• On-Site Clinical Trainings
  
• One-Day Training Program in Boston.
  

The Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia for enables clinicians to develop competence in CBT for insomnia using an empirically and clinically validated CBT protocol. It is based on two decades of clinical practice and research at Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center by Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D., involving over 10,000 insomnia patients. The Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia is also based on extensive empirical research on CBT for insomnia, including a landmark federally-funded study conducted at Harvard Medical School by Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D. and colleagues that demonstrated that the same CBT protocol described in the Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia was more effective than Ambien ((Jacobs, GD, et al. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia: a Randomized Controlled Trial and Direct Comparison. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004, 164: 1888-96)

The Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia is a detailed, 200 page PDF manual that is intended for physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and PSG staff who wish to develop expertise in CBT for insomnia.

The Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia includes modules on:

• Sleep and Insomnia: Basic Concepts
  
• Sleep Medications
  
• Assessment of insomnia patients
  
• Theory and rationale for the CBT techniques used to treat insomnia including cognitive restructuring, sleep scheduling, stimulus control, relaxation, sleep hygiene, and medication tapering techniques
  
• Step-by-step 5 session treatment manuals for groups and individuals
  
• Fees and Billing Information
  
• Potential Clinical Issues
  

The Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia also includes all program materials (relaxation techniques compact disk, sleep diaries, progress summaries, and brochures) and extensive focus articles. It is available for solo clinicians, sleep clinics and group practices, and institutions.

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Onsite Clinical Trainings are for groups of clinicians (sleep clinics, HMOs, regional meetings, association meetings) that wish to develop competence in establishing a CBT program for insomnia using an empirically and clinically validated CBT protocol. The trainings are based on two decades of clinical practice and research at Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center by Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D., involving over 10,000 insomnia patients.

These Onsite Clinical Trainings can be 2-8 hours in length and include a training manual for attendees. The content and format of the trainings parallel the modules of the Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia. Please contact Dr. Jacobs at info@cbtforinsomnia.com for additional information on onsite clinical trainings for CBT for insomnia.

The One Day Training Program in Boston is a day-long training on CBT for insomnia for clinicians who wish to develop competence in CBT for insomnia using an empirically and clinically validated CBT protocol. This training is based on two decades of clinical practice and research at Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center by Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D., involving over 10,000 insomnia patients. It parallels, and includes, the 200 page Clinical Training Manual on CBT for Insomnia described above. Please click here for additional information on the One-Day Training Program on CBT for insomnia.