Jill
ACT
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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Charlie
ACT
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
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Amanda
ACT
Clinical Psychologist
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Shelley
CFT
Clinical Psychologist
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Will
CFT
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) Specialist
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Course
A flexible approach for autism
How a more flexible approach to sleep can be helpful in the context of autism.
30 min
Looking beyond sleep
Why sleep isn’t the thing to value and reconnecting with what does.
30 min
Making sense of sleep cycles
How sleep unfolds across the night, and why it doesn’t need to be perfect.
30 min
What influences sleep
Understanding the natural processes that can affect your sleep.
30 min
Looking at the whole day
Exploring how what you do during the day can gently influence your night.
30 min
Holding difficult thoughts more lightly
A gentler way of responding to overwhelming thoughts when they show up at night.
30 min
Responding to a racing mind
Learning to step back from thoughts when they start to spiral.
30 min
Resting at night
Giving yourself permission to rest and letting go of the need to make sleep happen.
30 min
Staying present with the breath
How the breath can help you stay anchored in the present moment when difficulties arise.
30 min
Understanding your experience with sleep
Beginning to describe and make sense of what’s been happening for you.
30 min
When sleep feels problematic
Why anxiety and panic show up around sleep, and how to create space for them.
30 min
Staying with what matters
Choosing how you show up for yourself and your day, despite how you’ve slept.
30 min
Understanding acceptance
Acceptance isn’t about giving up, it's finding a more helpful response to your situation
30 min
An introduction with Jill
Looking at why sleep can feel hard, and a different way of working with it.
30 min
When nights are hard
How to respond in a more helpful way when and if difficult nights happen again.
30 min
Heading in the right direction
A look at how values can guide your actions, even when sleep is difficult.
30 min
The feeling of anxiety at night
Having more choice in how you react to anxiety and difficult physical sensations at night.
30 min
When thoughts keep circling
Choosing a different more open way of responding to difficult thoughts at night.
30 min
A helpful way to respond to urges
How to make helpful choices in the middle of the night, rather than getting caught in the struggle.
30 min
Changing how you see the bed
Lowering the stakes and allowing the bed just to be a place of rest.
30 min
The problem-solving mind
How problem-solving can be helpful in life, but unhelpful when it comes to sleep.
30 min
Holding rules too tightly
Why strict rules around sleep don’t always help and how flexibility can matter more
30 min
Rethinking expectations around sleep
Why sleep doesn’t always need to be consistent or perfect and allowing for natural variation.
30 min
The quicksand effect
How trying harder with sleep can make things worse and make you feel more stuck.
30 min
The control trap with thoughts
Relating to thoughts around sleep differently instead of getting caught up in them.
30 min
The problem with trying too hard
Why trying to control and fix your sleep can actually get in the way.
30 min
An introduction with Amanda
Understanding what keeps sleep difficulties going, and a different way forward.
30 min
Softening our threat system
Moving toward a kinder, more settled way of approaching the night.
30 min
Using the ACT Matrix
A practical way of bringing everything together using the ACT matrix.
30 min
Putting it into practice
How the different pieces come together into a more flexible way of approaching sleep.
30 min
The day after a bad night
Trying our best to pursue what matters, even after a difficult night’s sleep.
30 min
Doing what matters
Shifting focus from sleep itself to what really matters in your life.
30 min
Stepping out of autopilot
Learning to notice what’s happening and respond in a way that’s actually helpful.
30 min
Resting as you are
Learning to rest at night with a sense of openness, without trying to force sleep.
30 min
Making space for difficulty at night
Exploring a more open way of being with difficult thoughts and feelings at night.
30 min
Noticing thoughts differently
What it means to get hooked by unhelpful thoughts and how to gently unhook from them.
30 min
Dropping the struggle with sleep
How trying to force and control sleep can keep the struggle going.
30 min
Approaching sleep differently
An introduction to a different way of responding - being open, present, and guided by what matters.
30 min
Common sleep misunderstandings
Questioning some of the unhelpful ideas we may be carrying about sleep.
30 min
Sleep isn't linear
Letting go of the idea of “perfect sleep” and understanding what’s actually typical.
30 min
An introduction with Charlie
Exploring why sleep can become a struggle and a different way of approaching it.
30 min