Kirstie Anderson – författare

This book will help you to understand your sleep cycle, and learn techniques to get back to a better night's sleep. Written in a friendly, engaging (and jargon-free!) style, this self-help guide encourages interactive reading through sleep diaries, illustrations and worksheets. Case studies illustrate the use of the sleep therapy and demonstrate how you can gradually work through your sleep problems.The How to Beat series of books has emerged from recent, revolutionary healthcare service innovations which have made effective psychological treatments available to more people than ever before. The books are designed to allow those who experience common mental health problems to either help themselves to recover or get the best possible benefit out of their contact with health professionals. They contain easy to understand treatments drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) which is recommended by the scientific evidence. They are written by authors with considerable experience in the field of CBT training, research and clinical practice.

Sleep disorders are really common at any age, and they often make your mood and your concentration much worse the next day.There are big changes in how much sleep you need and when you fall asleep during your teenage years. Not getting your regular 8-10 hours of sleep can have a major impact on your learning and how you feel. This book is written to help you understand more about your sleep and how it changes as you get older, and what can go wrong with sleep.Most sleep disorders have good treatments that can often work over just a few weeks. Even if you have had the problem for a long time. Written by a doctor with years of experience working in sleep services with adolescents, this book gives you easy and effective ways to fix your sleep problems.The book uses case studies, engaging illustrations and exercises, and includes help and support on: Understanding the way teenage sleep works and why being asleep isn't lazy! Effective techniques that will help sleep quality, daytime mood and memory. Advice on insomnia, delayed sleep phase syndrome and parasomnia (sleepwalking and nightmares), and on medication that helps sleep and how to use it. OVERCOMING FOR TEENAGERS is a series to support young people through common mental health issues during adolescence, using scientific techniques that have been proven to work. Series editor: Associate Professor Polly Waite