About Kathryn Pinkham
Kathryn Pinkham is the founder of The Insomnia Clinic, one of the UK’s leading specialist services for insomnia.
She created the highly acclaimed Sleep Well & Live Better course, which has helped over 4,000 people achieve better sleep.
The Insomnia Clinic trains and supports a network of qualified insomnia specialists who are experts in helping individuals overcome sleep difficulties.
The clinic provides access to expert care no matter where you are in the world via the online course or sessions via Zoom.
The Insomnia Clinic offers tailored treatment for adults, children, and companies aiming to reduce absenteeism and improve employee well-being.
Their approach is rooted in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), the recommended treatment for poor sleep, focusing on identifying and changing the habits and though processes associated with poor sleep.
“I started The Insomnia Clinic after working in mental health and seeing how many people are affected by poor sleep. The condition is very curable, however long or how severely a person suffers. Our mission statement is to get the UK sleeping better without the use of medication through our online treatment training programmes and our team of sleep specialists across the UK.”
Our Treatment Process
How many times have you tried to improve your sleep only to get consumed by what is right or wrong thing to do?
How many times have you made changes and seen no results?
How many times have you felt frustrated and trapped in the cycle of poor sleep?
But you have more control over your sleep than you think.
I approach sleep from a different angle to most sleep experts. I don’t mind how much caffeine you drink or what the temperature of your room is. I also won’t encourage you to focus entirely on relaxation as a means to improving sleep. I have worked with people time and time again to prove that if you can follow this step-by-step process you can improve not only your sleep but also the quality of your life.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) is a structured programme that helps you to identify and replace thoughts and behaviours that cause or worsen sleep problems, with habits that promote sound sleep.
Unlike sleeping pills, CBT-i helps you to overcome the underlying causes of your sleep problems. The programme teaches you how to use your own body clock and sleep drive to control your sleep pattern so that you never need to lie in bed awake again.
CBT-i has a large evidence base and is repeatedly shown to be one of the most effective treatments for long term insomnia. As a result, the National Health Service (NHS) recommends CBT-i as the preferred treatment for long term insomnia.
Re-set Your Body Clock
When you have insomnia the first thing you do is try really hard to fix it. We give up caffeine, go out less, take remedies or medications and engage in long bedtime routines- all of which don’t help. This advice is called ‘Sleep Hygiene’ and whilst it’s not terrible advice, it won’t help improve your sleep. The good news, the first step in this programme is to get rid of alot of these behaviours which are actually making your sleep worse.
Learn to Love Your Bed Again
You may feel like you have ‘forgotten’ how to sleep well as it’s been so long. This is actually true, over time your body clock has learnt a new, disrupted pattern which is being repeated causing your insomnia to continue. Plus, the more time you spend in bed awake, the weaker the connection between bed and sleep become leaving you with unrefreshing sleep. With The Insomnia Clinic you will learn how to fall asleep quickly using your natural sleep drive and also to sleep through the night leaving you feeling more refreshed during the day. If you wake during the night, you will learn the techniques to fall back to sleep quickly.
Manage Beliefs and Thoughts About Sleep
When we are sleep deprived it is really hard not to feel worried about the effects of poor sleep which leads to sleep anxiety. Unfortunately, the more we worry about sleep, the more out of reach it becomes. You will learn how to calm a racing mind before bed and start to look forward to bedtime and sleep again, knowing you can cope with whatever happens.
