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    • Best Workplace Counselling and EAP Counselling
    • Online Counselling For Depression (Tele Psychiatry)
    • Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
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    • Other mental disorders
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Oct92024

Therapy For Insomnia (Part 6)

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 9, 2024

Sleep Restriction Therapy Sleep restriction Therapy is a part of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy used to treat people with chronic insomnia, significantly when their sleep duration is reduced and the number of times they wake up in between is also more. Arthur Spielman devised it. Now, let us look at the meaning of sleep efficiency so…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 10

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

This is the last mindfulness exercise; you can do this at night while trying to sleep. The cycle of sleeplessness might cause frustration. You can do this exercise for 20 minutes. If you continue to be sleepless, get up and sit on a chair doing a calming activity, such as listening to music for 10…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 9

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

This is an exercise to defuse and process your emotions. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths. Visualise the last time you experienced a lot of self-criticism. Bring your focus to your abdominal region. Can you feel the emotion brought about by that thought when you criticise yourself? What is that…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 8

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

You can read this story, which acts as a metaphor to help you overcome your mind’s resistance and reflect that the more you hold on to the past, your emotions, and your thoughts, the more you will suffer, and this may manifest as insomnia—poor sleep. Write down ONE issue or concern that occupies your mind…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 7

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

In this exercise, you will learn to breathe lovingly and compassionately. Self-compassion is about mindfulness, common humanity and kindness. Your breath is a tool that you can use to keep practising acceptance and compassion. Lie down in a chosen place. This exercise can be done closer to bedtime or even just before sleep. Lie down…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 6

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

This is an exercise of body scan, acceptance, and allowing your body to be the way it is. You can do this in the evening, but not just before you go to bed. This mindfulness exercise will help you train your mind to love and accept your body.   Sit back comfortably in your chair…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 5

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

This is a mindful stretching exercise that you can do at any time. However, please refrain from doing this very close to a meal. First, bend down to as much as you can. Don’t force yourself to do more than you can. Make your upper body utterly limp with your arms hanging down like a…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 4

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

Now, having done a formal mindfulness exercise focused on compassion towards yourself, the next mindfulness exercise you can do is an informal one. This is incorporated during an activity that you do every day. This can be brushing your teeth, driving your car or eating lunch. Start your lunch as an informal mindful exercise. You…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 3

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

We have seen how we can start the day with the intention of the day’s mindfulness practice. In this exercise, we will look at formal training that you can do to bring in non-judgemental compassion towards yourself. To explain compassion, the empathy you feel for a being. For example., if the postman is thirsty, you…

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Oct82024

Mindfulness for Insomnia – Part 2

Insomnia, MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONSOctober 8, 2024

We start with a mindfulness practice during the daytime. You may wonder how doing mindfulness exercises during the daytime affects your sleep. A good night’s sleep is a culmination of experiences during the daytime. You are more relaxed at night when you have a peaceful day with fewer negative thoughts and worries. Hence, we train…

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