Can you do cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on your own?

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Can you do CBT for insomnia on your own?]

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[Text on screen: Helena Rempala, PhD
Psychologist
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Helena Rempala, PhD: Can we do a cognitive behavioral therapy on our own? Yes and no. Yes, because there are a number of web-based protocols that one can sign up and follow the guidelines. 

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And those are empirically proven to be effective, but in clinical trials, meaning that very specific types of people were usually assigned to these therapies. So these are effective therapies for very simple cases of insomnia. When somebody has slightly more complicated issue, when there is more anxiety involved in falling or staying asleep, 

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those protocols are not as effective.

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
For more information, visit: go.osu.edu/insomnia]

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