World Sleep Day - how TALKWORKS can help improve your sleep

On World Sleep Day we'd like to raise awareness of how TALKWORKS can help improve your sleep from one-to-one therapy sessions to running online ‘Improving sleep’ workshops.

It’s likely that all of us will have struggled with sleep at some point in our lives; nights spent tossing and turning leading us to feel tired the next day. Some people’s lifestyles (such as having a young child, working shift work) will mean they are unable to sleep as much as they need or in a consistent way, but your sleep can also be heavily affected by stress or when you’re feeling low.  Many people find themselves lying awake at night with worries racing through their minds. Sleeping difficulties are commonly known as ‘insomnia’.

Sleep difficulties can have a number of negative effects on you. Often, they’ll lead to you feeling exhausted all of the time and it can create a cycle of worrying and low mood. Lack of sleep can also have an impact on your physical health, such as your blood pressure, so it’s important to get some help if you are struggling. Other symptoms of sleep difficulties include:

• Dropping off to sleep during the day
• Finding it difficult to concentrate
• Finding it hard to make decisions
• Feeling low or down
• Worrying regularly about not being able to sleep
• Changes to mood such as being irritable

How TALKWORKS can help

If you are struggling with insomnia or find yourself constantly waking up in the night support is available.

Improving sleep workshop

At TALKWORKS, we offer an interactive and insightful two-hour Improving sleep workshop which looks at the reasons why you are struggling to sleep and where you can learn a variety of tools and techniques to help you improve your sleep. You will learn more about:

• The science of sleep
• Common sleep problems and their causes
• Quality of sleep vs quantity
• Evidence-based ways of improving sleep
• Additional support available

The workshops are held online via MS Teams and upcoming dates and times are:

Choose your preferred date and time from the list above and then call 0300 555 3344 to book your place.

We also offer one-to-one therapy sessions with one of our NHS clinicians, group therapy sessions and online self-help. You can self-refer online from our website.

TALKWORKS is Devon's NHS Talking Therapy Service, provided by Devon Partnership NHS Trust. TALKWORKS is a free, confidential, effective service, for people (aged 18+) in Devon (excluding Plymouth).