Author: Jonathan Kushnir

Insomnia and Anxiety: How CBT-I Breaks the Cycle

Insomnia and anxiety feed each other in a two-way loop. Here is how the cycle works — and how CBT-I treats both the sleeplessness and the worry.

Coming Off Sleeping Pills: How CBT-I Helps You Stop Safely

Coming off sleeping pills is possible and well-studied. Learn how a gradual, GP-supervised taper combined with CBT-I helps most UK adults stop safely.

Melatonin for Insomnia: What It Does, and What It Doesn’t

Melatonin is often mistaken for a sleeping pill. Here’s what it actually does, who it helps, and why it rarely fixes chronic insomnia on its own.

Magnesium for Sleep: What the Evidence Actually Shows

Magnesium is one of the most popular sleep supplements in the UK. Here’s what the evidence actually supports — and its real limits.

Insomnia Specialist UK: Who Actually Treats Insomnia — and How to Choose

GP, hospital sleep clinic or psychologist? Here’s who actually treats chronic insomnia in the UK — and how to choose well.

How Long Does CBT-I Take to Work? A Week-by-Week Guide

The realistic week-by-week CBT-I timeline: when improvements start, when they consolidate, and what affects your pace.

Menopause and Insomnia: Why Sleep Falls Apart in Midlife — and What Actually Helps

Up to 60% of women sleep badly through menopause — and it often persists even when hot flushes improve. Here’s why, and what the evidence says actually helps.

Why Sleep Hygiene Isn’t Enough

Sleep hygiene isn’t enough to treat insomnia because insomnia is not a problem of “wrong conditions” — it is a problem of arousal. Good sleep habits create better conditions for sleep, which helps people without a real sleep problem. But for someone with insomnia, strict adherence to sleep hygiene rarely solves it, and can sometimes […]

CBT vs CBT-I: What’s the Difference?

CBT and CBT-I share the same core principles, but they aim at different things: general CBT teaches us to deal differently with life — work, relationships, anxiety, depression — while CBT-I teaches us to deal differently with the night and with sleep. CBT-I applies cognitive and behavioural tools in a highly precise, goal-directed way, focused […]

Sleeping Pills Don’t Cure Insomnia

Sleeping pills don’t cure insomnia because insomnia is not a problem of “missing a pill” — it is a problem of arousal. A tablet can quieten the noise for one night, but it doesn’t teach the body to fall asleep on its own, rebuild confidence in sleep, or undo the habits keeping insomnia alive. The […]