The Evidence is Clear
CBT for insomnia is the gold standard of treatment for overcoming chronic insomnia.
Here is what the experts are saying:
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SleepCoach features Dr. Gregg Jacobs’ Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for insomnia. He is one of the world’s premier experts on insomnia treatment. As a Senior Scientist at Harvard’s Mind/Body Medical Institute and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he developed the first drug-free CBT program for overcoming insomnia. Dr. Jacobs is a Sleep Specialist at the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the author of Say Good Night to Insomnia (New York: Henry Holt). His program has been clinically proven to be more effective than sleeping pills and has been taught to more than 10,000 patients.
Some of the biggest and best companies use or have been trained in Dr. Jacobs’ program: Kaiser Permanente, Reebok, Fidelity, John Hancock, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Dr. Jacobs’ work on insomnia has been featured extensively in the media including:
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Clinical Validation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia: Many independent studies have confirmed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the gold standard of treatment for overcoming insomnia. CBT has been found superior to hypnotic medications for treating chronic insomnia in several randomized controlled studies.
More recent studies have validated efficacy of using internet-based delivery methods for delivery Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for insomnia treatment. See the references section for research citations.
While SleepCoach was designed to be self-directed, we recognize that sometimes you may need individualized assistance. SleepCoach automatically provides you with access to your personal sleep coach. If you need extra help, you can send a private message to your sleep coach at any time throughout the course of the program for no additional charge. Your sleep coach will send you a reply, recommend articles, and assist you in putting what you’re learning into practice so you can get a good night’s sleep.
All of our coaches are masters or doctoral degree prepared and have obtained the International Coach Federation’s ACC level coach certification, or equivalent. They have also received specialized training in the use of the SleepCoach application and Dr. Gregg Jacobs’ CBT-based insomnia program.
Meta-Analyses of Studies: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Treating Chronic Insomnia Morin CM, Culbert JP, Schwartz SM. Nonpharmacological Interventions for Insomnia - A Meta-analysis of Treatment Efficacy. American Journal of Psychiatry 1994;151:1172-80.
Murtagh DRR, Greenwood KM. Identifying Effective Psychological Treatments for Insomnia - A Meta-analysis. Journal ofConsulting and Clinical Psychology 1995;63:79-89.
Pallesen S, Nordhus IH, Kvale G. Nonpharmacological interventions for insomnia in older adults: A meta-analysis of treatment efficacy. Psychotherapy 1998;35:472-82.
Morin CM, Hauri PJ, Espie CA, Spielman AJ, Buysse DJ, Bootzin RR. Nonpharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia. Sleep 1999;22:1134-56.
Irwin MR, Cole JC, Nicassio PM. Comparative meta-analysis of behavioral interventions for insomnia and their efficacy in middle-aged adults and in older adults 55+years of age. Health Psychology 2006;25:3-14.
Morin CM, Bootzin RR, Buysse DJ, Edinger JD, Espie CA, Lichstein KL. Psychological and behavioral treatment of insomnia: Update of the recent evidence (1998-2004). Sleep 2006;29:1398-414.
Morin, C.M., Colecchi, C., Stone, J, et al. (1999). Behavioral and pharmacological therapies for late-life insomnia: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, 281: 991-999.
Jacobs G.D., Pace-Schott E.F., Stickgold R., Otto M.W. (2004). Cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for insomnia. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164: 1888-1896.
Sivertsen, B., Omvik, S., Pallesen, S., et al. (2006). Cognitive behavioral therapy vs. zopiclone for treatment of chronic primary insomnia in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, 295: 2851-2858.
Norah Vincent, Samantha Lewycky. Logging on for Better Sleep: RCT of the Effectiveness of Online Treatment for Insomnia. SLEEP, 2009; 32 (06): 807-815.
Ritterband, L. et al. Efficacy of internet-based behavioral intervention for adults with insomnia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2009; 66:692-698.
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