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Insomnia Practitioner Course

Getting a good night's sleep is essential. If you have insomnia, it can affect your entire life, because if you cannot sleep, you cannot function. This course explains the issues that can occur from insomnia and offers many solutions to overcome the condition and lead a healthier, happier life.

Course overview:

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What Will You Learn?

The Insomnia Practitioner Course describes what insomnia is, including the causes of it and the therapies that sufferers may find useful. Sleep deprivation, chronic stress and the effects of each of these are covered in the course.

You’ll learn what the study of brainwaves can tell us about our health and well-being, sleep and insomnia. The four brainwave types are explained, covering what happens as the brain takes on each state and what it means to us. Further to this, the course looks at the stages of sleep we go through each night, the Circadian rhythms that affect us over each 24-hour period, and what happens to our bodies when we have an inadequate amount of sleep.

The course considers why certain foods and drinks disturb our sleep. Amongst other information, you’ll discover how having a nightcap may be detrimental to a good night’s sleep and how smoking can also upset sleep as well contribute to sleep apnoea and snoring.

As you gain an understanding of the contributing factors of insomnia, you will also gain the knowledge of the techniques that you can incorporate into your life to aid sleep. One such method involves being mindful of your breath. The course outlines the benefits to conscious breathing and guides you through several techniques that can aid relaxation, lower stress levels and improve your ability to fall asleep.

Keeping a sleep/stress journal can also help you to pinpoint what is affecting your sleep. You’ll learn what should be included in this and ways to overcome the issues it highlights. Having an evening ritual that eases you into getting ready for bed and making sure that the bedroom is a shrine to sleep and relaxation are two ways to create the right atmosphere for a great night’s sleep. You will learn about both.

Although there are physical factors and conditions that can contribute to someone suffering from insomnia, many people are afflicted due to a lack of control of their mind and the stresses of life. The Insomnia Practitioner Course gives in-depth explanations of meditation and hypnosis as tools for improving your life, reducing stress and anxiety, and overcoming insomnia. You’ll learn specific techniques that will aid relaxation and promote restful sleep.

The Insomnia Practitioner Course looks at medicinal treatments. You’ll learn about prescription medications for insomnia – when each type is administered and the common side effects associated with taking sleeping pills.

The course also looks at holistic alternatives to prescription medication. You’ll learn about the power of herbs, homoeopathic remedies, and aromatherapy in the treatment of insomnia.

Who would benefit from the course?

The Insomnia Practitioner Course has been designed to provide you with practical techniques to reduce stress and anxiety, improve your lifestyle and health, and overcome insomnia. You’ll find some techniques more appealing than others, but you will find something here to help you create a healthy routine of restful sleep.

From studying the course and putting the knowledge contained within to use in your own life, you can go on to provide help to others as a holistic Insomnia Practitioner.

Modules

Module 1 – What is Insomnia?9 Parts

Introduction
Part 1: Insomnia and the Causes
Part 2: The Treatment for Insomnia
Part 3: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Part 4: The Effects of Chronic Stress
Part 4: Anxiety and Fear - The Fight or Flight Response
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2 – Brainwaves and Sleep6 Parts

Part 1: Brainwaves
Part 2: Brainwaves Explored
Part 3: Delta Brainwaves
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3 – Your Body Clock8 Parts

Part 1: Sleep Deprivation and the Body Clock
Part 2: Disruptions to the Circadian System
Part 3: The Right Mix of Sleep
Part 4: Sleep and Growth
Part 5: Obesity, Diabetes and Other Health Problems
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4 – Sleep Disrupting Foods and Drinks7 Parts

Part 1: Sleep Disrupting Food and Drink
Part 2: The Effects of Alcohol on Sleep
Part 3: Caffeine and Sleep
Part 4: The Effects of Nicotine on Sleep
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5 – The Power of Deep Breathing5 Parts

Part 1: The Power of Deep Breathing
Part 2: Breathing Techniques
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6 – Journalling and Creating a Sleep Shrine7 Parts

Part 1: Journalling and Creating a Sleep Shrine
Part 2: Stress Management Tips
Part 3: Creating a Sleep Shrine
Part 4: Creating an Evening Ritual
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7 – Meditations for Sleep: How to Clear Your Mind11 Parts

Part 1: Meditation and Sleep
Part 2: Meditation Basics
Part 3: Tense and Release Relaxation Exercises
Part 4: Meditation for Health
Part 5: Meditation for Healing
Part 6: Meditation For Sleep
Part 7: Drifting on a Cloud Sleep Meditation
Part 8: 10 Frequently Asked Questions About Meditation
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8 – Self-Hypnosis for Sleep9 Parts

Part 1: The Power of Hypnosis
Part 2: A Powerful Imagination
Part 3: Brain Wave States - Beta, Alpha, Theta and Delta
Part 4: Visualisation
Part 5: Self-Hypnosis Techniques for Sleep
Part 6: Deepening Sample Scripts
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9 – The Power of Herbs for Sleep4 Parts

The Power of Herbs for Sleep
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10 – Prescription Medications for Sleep5 Parts

Part 1: Prescription Medications for Sleep
Part 2: Common Side-Effects of Sleep Medications
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 10 Assessment

Module 11 – Homeopathy and the Placebo Effect5 Parts

Part 1: What is Homeopathy?
Part 2: The Placebo Effect
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 11 Assessment

Module 12 – Aromatherapy for Sleep7 Parts

Part 1: What Is Aromatherapy?
Part 2: Aromatherapy Remedies
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
References
Module 12 Assessment

Accreditations

The Insomnia Practitioner Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete working from home, you also receive your own tutor for full tutor support when completing the course. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so you will be eligible to use the post nominal letters SCMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a CMA Registered course you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership and this will give you numerous professional benefits including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via The CMA website where you will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation, and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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