What treatment is offered for nightmares and disturbing dreams?
Nightmares and disturbing dreams are usually thought of as uncontrollable and unconscious processes that may occur because of a past traumatic event or for no clear reason whatsoever. Treatment focuses on gaining a new attitude about these unwelcome night time visitors – an attitude which helps you to appreciate that some aspect of your disturbing dreams may actually be a “learned behavior” or more simply, a bad habit. The imagery rehearsal technique teaches you how to literally change your nightmares while you are awake, so that you will actually gain greater control and more conscious control over them. back to top • Q: How much consultation time is needed to learn to control nightmares? A: Depending upon the severity of the nightmare problem and whether or not there are other associated medical and psychiatric problems, the treatment technique is taught in the range of one to ten hours of consultation time. If you suffer from chronic nightmares that are accompanied by only a mild sl
