This winter two Better Sleep Programs will be offered by the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic at the University of Guelph.
The Better Sleep Program meets for five sessions to develop the skills most helpful to fall asleep or fall back to sleep after waking in the night.
Research finds these cognitive/behavioural strategies are the most effective approach to decrease insomnia and improve sleep – even more effective than sleeping pills in the long term.
Topics will include how to effectively park distracting thoughts or noise, how to avoid the big mistake that robs energy from sleep, and the three keys to good sleep.
The evening group will meet on Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30pm beginning Jan. 31 and the noon group meets on Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 pm beginning Feb. 1.
The program fee is $50.
In addition there will be a special sleep workshop for mid-life women on Jan. 29 from 7 to 9pm. This workshop provides peri-menopausal women with strategies to cope with hot flashes and the other most common mid-life sleep disturbances.
The workshop fee is $20.
The clinic will also host several special skill training programs:
– relaxation and stress management skills, beginning Jan. 22 at noon or 5:30pm, teaching techniques to relax the body, calm emotions, and settle down a busy brain;
– Stop Worrying workshop on March 4 at 7pm, teaching tips to curb worrying; and
– decreasing headaches program, beginning Feb. 27 at 7:30pm, teaching strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches.
All events are held at the University of Guelph. Register at 519-824-4120, ext. 52662.
For more details visit www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.
