Sleep for the Sleepless: The Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Insomnia (CBT-I)

Sleep for the Sleepless: The Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Insomnia (CBT-I)

Stop fighting for sleep — and start letting it come back on its own.

If you've spent nights staring at the ceiling, watching the clock, dreading the next day before it even starts — you already know that trying harder to sleep almost always backfires. In this clear, compassionate, and clinically grounded guide, Dr. Jonathan Kushnir draws on years of experience treating insomnia to explain exactly why sleep breaks down, and how to rebuild it using CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia) — the gold-standard, evidence-based treatment recommended over sleeping pills by sleep specialists worldwide.

Inside, you'll learn:

How sleep actually works — sleep drive, the circadian clock, and why you can't force yourself to fall asleep Why insomnia becomes a vicious cycle, and how a single bad night turns into a chronic problem The hidden safety behaviors that feel helpful but quietly keep you awake The core CBT-I tools that work: stimulus control, sleep restriction, and calming a racing mind at night How insomnia intersects with anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, menopause, and aging — and what to do about it Real, honest stories from real patients (names changed) — Noa, Uri, Keren, Yael, Udi, Noga, and Yoav — showing what recovery actually looks like, setbacks included Written in a warm, non-clinical voice and grounded in the same techniques used in sleep clinics, Sleep for the Sleepless is both a self-help program and an honest explanation of what sleep is, why it goes wrong, and how to trust it again — without pills, and without a fight.

An essential, encouraging, and practical book — one that offers its readers not only sound theoretical and clinical knowledge, but also hope and tools they can actually put to use.
— Prof. Doron Gothelf , Head of the Division of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University