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Fall asleep faster & sleep through the night

Do you struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep? Is anxiety keeping you awake at night?

I know you feel like you’ve tried everything from herbal teas and supplements, to cutting out caffeine and using relaxation apps.

As a sleep therapist, I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to perfect your sleep hygiene, buy more products or create a strict routine in order to sleep well.

When you work with me, I’ll show you exactly how to address the factors keeping your trouble sleeping going & restore a healthy sleep pattern, so you can feel more present, fulfilled and energised in work & life.

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Does this sound familiar?

You struggle to fall asleep

Despite going to bed exhausted, you lie awake for hours, tossing & turning, wondering how you’re going to cope tomorrow.

You wake in the early hours of the morning

Every night, you wake up at 3am unable to switch your mind off and get back to sleep, worrying about the future & ruminating on the past.

Poor sleep is impacting your daily life

You feel tired, on edge and struggle to focus during the day. You’re starting to withdraw from things that matter to you too, such as social events, hobbies & fitness.

You value your wellbeing & are motivated to improve your sleep

But even though you’ve tried all the self-help, from meditation to yoga, supplements to sleeping pills and cutting out caffeine to not going on your phone before bed, nothing seems to improve your trouble sleeping.

If any of this resonates, I can show you why you’re still struggling and how to restore a healthy sleep pattern, so you have more energy to both thrive in your career and enjoy life outside of work too.

How I Can Help You

I know it feels like you’ve tried everything to improve your sleep, such as perfecting your sleep hygiene, taking supplements or using meditation apps. Nothing works and you feel out of control.

But the problem is that often these things don’t address the factors maintaining your poor sleep.

Several factors can keep poor sleep going even when the initial trigger for your trouble sleeping has resolved. These factors, such as sleep anxiety & unhelpful behaviours, keep you stuck in a cycle of poor sleep.

As a sleep therapist, I’ll help you to identify & address the factors keeping you stuck and teach you evidence-based ways to sleep better by:

  • Reducing sleep anxiety

  • Strengthening your ‘appetite’ for sleep

  • Rebuilding the connection between the bed and sleep

  • Managing worry & stress

  • Implementing sleep-supporting behaviours and habits

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Imagine if this was your reality:

  • You wake in the morning feeling grounded and ready to face the day, instead of anxious and checking your sleep stats.

  • You’re able to focus on fulfilling your career goals or building a business having had a good night’s sleep.

  • You have the energy to train for that running race you’ve always wanted to do, or to take up an old hobby again.

  • You feel calmer and more present with loved ones.

  • You’re able to relax and enjoy watching your favourite series with your partner in the evening, without being distracted by worries about sleep.

  • Instead of lying in until midday on the weekend, you enjoy brunch with a friend or head to your favourite yoga class.

All this is possible when you commit to taking evidence-based steps to improve your sleep and prioritise your wellbeing.

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p.s. don’t forget to check out my FAQs below

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What To Expect

STEP 1: Free Chat

I offer a free 15-minute chat to anyone interested in working together. This is to ensure you feel comfortable working with me and that I’m the right sleep therapist to help you. You can also ask any questions you might have about starting therapy. Get in touch to arrange your chat.

STEP 2: Initial Session

We begin with an in-depth exploration of your current situation. This will help us build an understanding of how your trouble sleeping developed and what is keeping the problem going.

From this, we’ll create goals for what you want to achieve from working together, which help guide the focus of subsequent sessions.

STEP 3: Supporting you to sleep better

We’ll meet weekly or fortnightly for an hour to address the factors maintaining your difficulty sleeping. I’ll share things you can work on between sessions to help you restore a healthy sleep pattern.

When you work with me I’ll empower you with the skills & knowledge you need to sleep better long-term, so you can focus on the things that really matter to you - whether that’s getting a promotion, signing up for a running race or enjoying an evening out with friends.

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“I was really happy with the service provided by Amy. Each session was tailored towards my needs, we worked through different strategies and Amy was always really reassuring and positive throughout the sessions. Amy is very informative and calming and helped me so much. Within 3-4 sessions my sleep situation had improved so much! Thank you for all of your help!”

~ Client feedback

“I found the sessions with Amy very helpful. The tools she shared with me helped me to see my patterns of catastrophising & how to work through these thought processes. Amy was very patient, kind & I felt I could be open with her & myself during our sessions. I am very grateful to have received these sessions during a very stressful time in my life.”

~ Client feedback

Frequently Asked Questions

  • My approach is integrative, as I draw on a variety of evidence-based therapies, primarily using:

    • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)

    • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

    • Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy

    My aim is to help you learn the tools & skills to support yourself and make long-term, sustainable improvements to your sleep.

    We will work together to identify & address the factors maintaining your trouble sleeping and restore a healthy sleep pattern.

    I offer compassionate & actionable support, encouraging a collaborative approach as we work towards your therapy goals together.

  • Working together 1:1, we’ll address the unique factors maintaining your difficulty sleeping, reduce sleep anxiety and explore practical tools & strategies to help you restore a healthy sleep pattern.

    My 5 Pillars of Sleep concept outlines the key areas we focus on to improve sleep. We might spend more time on one pillar than another, depending on what is maintaining your trouble sleeping. The pillars are:

    1. Knowledge: understanding sleep & debunking myths

    2. Habits: healthy habits that support good sleep

    3. Mind: tackling sleep anxiety, worry and managing stress

    4. Body: getting the body into a sleep-ready state

    5. Behaviour: strengthening your sleep and creating a strong association between the bed & sleep

    To learn more about how sleep therapy can help you, click here to read a blog post I wrote about the topic: https://www.therapy-with-amy.com/blog/what-is-sleep-therapy-for-insomnia

  • CBT-I stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, which is the recommended treatment for insomnia. Unlike medication, benefits persist beyond completion of therapy (NICE, 2024).

    CBT-I is a structured, short-term approach that involves addressing the unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns that maintain chronic insomnia or poor sleep even when the initial trigger has passed. CBT-I also includes learning healthy sleep habits, sleep education, reducing sleep anxiety and rebuilding the association between the bed and sleep.

    I use CBT-I along with other evidence-based therapeutic approaches, tailoring support to each client to help them feel calmer and sleep better.

  • ACT involves changing the relationship you have with sleep and combines acceptance & behavioural strategies.

    Acceptance does not mean giving up and staying stuck. Instead, it’s about acknowledging the situation and being able to tolerate the discomfort you’ve been trying to avoid.

    When you have trouble sleeping, you may find yourself overthinking, resisting unpleasant feelings or trying to control your sleep.

    But paradoxically, by reducing resistance & control we create the conditions for sleep to occur naturally.

    As a therapist, I share a variety of tools and techniques to help you build this skill.

    Another key aspect of ACT is taking aligned action with your values.

    ACT helps improve your quality of life and your ability to navigate discomfort, so you can sleep better and feel more present & fulfilled.

  • The number of sessions needed depends on various factors, including what you are struggling with and your goals, but generally I recommend starting with a block of six sessions.

    Weekly or fortnightly sessions are available.

  • All therapy sessions are online, so I can work with clients anywhere in the UK.

    I am based near Oxford & Witney, on the edge of the Cotswolds.

  • I trained with the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy to gain my diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy. This is the main evidence-based hypnotherapy training in the UK and is approved by the British Psychological Society, indicating the high quality of training. I then completed further trainings in working with insomnia.

    I have regular supervision and am committed to my continuing professional development. I am fully insured and registered with the General Hypnotherapy Register.

    You can find out more about me and my qualifications here.

  • Therapy sessions are £75 per hour.

    Sessions can be booked as a block of six (£450) or individually. I recommend a block of six sessions as this is the average number I find is needed for my clients to make significant progress on their goals. Of course, everyone is unique and you are welcome to add further sessions as needed upon finishing a block of therapy sessions.

    Fees are payable in advance of each session to confirm your booking.

  • A minimum of 24 hours notice is required to cancel or rearrange, or the full fee will be charged.

Have more questions? I offer a free 15-minute chat to anyone interested in sleep therapy, where you can ask questions and we can make sure I’m the right person to support you. Get in touch to arrange yours ⬇️

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