Abstract
When clients seek therapy for sleep problems, they generally are looking for an answer to what they feel is a clear-cut issue. Oftentimes, this problem is indeed straightforward and can be successfully treated with education about sleep hygiene. Other clients experience a multitude of additional problems whose significance is equal to or greater than that of the sleep issues for which they seek therapy. These clients require not only specific attention to the sleep problem but equal and separate attention to the additional problems, which might figure prominently in the person's life. Solving the sleep problems will not automatically solve the nonsleep problems, but improved sleep and less concern about sleep will have a marked effect on functioning in other areas of life. The attention to the nonsleep problems is necessary to relieve stress as well as strengthen treatment gains in sleep. The sleep problem, however, must be dealt with as a separate problem or group of habits to be changed.
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Engle-Friedman, M. (1994). Primary Insomnia. In: Last, C.G., Hersen, M. (eds) Adult Behavior Therapy Casebook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2409-0_18
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