Subject: Follow-up from Improving Your Sleep CBT class referral
I've completed this class (it's now 4 weeks, not 5). I wanted to give you feedback to improve your recommendations for other patients. I would not recommend it for the following groups of people:
People who have researched insomnia and are following best practices, who practice meditation, and who have already learned to check their negative thoughts around sleep for accuracy and re-frame the inaccurate ones. This class is just above 101 level, and was a poor use of my time.
Patients whose response to as little as one night of insufficient sleep includes suicidal ideation or impulses: the CBT portion of the class is unsafe for anyone in this situation to try. These patients might try working on personalized CBT with individual therapists, but this class is not suitable for them. I did not participate in this section.
Patients with a history of trauma, if they feel it is unsafe for them to participate in the guided relaxation exercises in a group setting. Didn't do this one either.
From an email to that neurologist:
I've completed this class (it's now 4 weeks, not 5). I wanted to give you feedback to improve your recommendations for other patients. I would not recommend it for the following groups of people:
People who have researched insomnia and are following best practices, who practice meditation, and who have already learned to check their negative thoughts around sleep for accuracy and re-frame the inaccurate ones. This class is just above 101 level, and was a poor use of my time.
Patients whose response to as little as one night of insufficient sleep includes suicidal ideation or impulses: the CBT portion of the class is unsafe for anyone in this situation to try. These patients might try working on personalized CBT with individual therapists, but this class is not suitable for them. I did not participate in this section.
Patients with a history of trauma, if they feel it is unsafe for them to participate in the guided relaxation exercises in a group setting. Didn't do this one either.