Sleep Therapy & Insomnia Treatment

Promises Healthcare provides comprehensive assessment and treatment for insomnia and a wide range of sleep disorders within its psychiatric and psychological services. The clinic's approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the international gold-standard, first-line psychological intervention for chronic insomnia — recommended over long-term sedative medication by sleep medicine guidelines worldwide.

CBT-I at Promises addresses the cognitive and behavioural mechanisms that perpetuate insomnia: dysfunctional beliefs about sleep (e.g. catastrophising about the consequences of a poor night), compensatory behaviours such as excessive time in bed or daytime napping, and conditioned arousal that makes the bedroom a cue for wakefulness rather than sleep. A structured treatment programme — typically four to eight sessions — works through sleep…

The psychiatric dimension of the service is particularly important for patients whose insomnia is secondary to or comorbid with another mental health condition — anxiety, depression, PTSD, or chronic pain — where combined pharmacological and psychological management delivers significantly better outcomes than either approach alone. Psychiatrists at Promises can assess the full clinical picture, prescribe and manage sleep-related medications (including…