Good sleep isn’t a luxury — it’s how the body and mind repair, restore, and reset.
When you can’t fall asleep, stay asleep, or wake up feeling rested, it impacts everything: focus, mood, relationships, and even your physical health. Over time, poor sleep becomes a cycle of exhaustion and frustration that no amount of caffeine can fix.
At Outside Therapy, we treat sleep as a cornerstone of mental health — not an afterthought. Our approach focuses on identifying the mental, physical, and behavioral patterns that keep your body from fully resting.
Most people underestimate how many of their daily struggles are tied to poor sleep. You might notice:
Trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
Racing thoughts at night or early-morning anxiety
Feeling unrefreshed even after a full night’s rest
Mood swings, irritability, or brain fog
Reliance on caffeine or energy drinks to stay functional
Trouble focusing or remembering details
Physical fatigue without clear cause
Whether your insomnia stems from anxiety, trauma, shift work, or lifestyle stress, therapy helps you uncover what’s keeping your nervous system on high alert.
Your body can’t rest when it feels unsafe — even subconsciously.
Chronic stress keeps the nervous system in a state of vigilance, flooding the body with cortisol and adrenaline when you should be winding down. Over time, this throws off your circadian rhythm and leaves you trapped between exhaustion and alertness.
Therapy helps reset those patterns by calming the mind, regulating the body’s stress response, and teaching the nervous system how to rest again.
Our evidence-based methods focus on retraining both body and mind for restorative sleep:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I): Identifies unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that interfere with rest.
Mindfulness & Relaxation Training: Builds awareness of body tension and mental noise that prevent sleep.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Reduces the pressure to “force sleep” and helps you reconnect with natural rest.
Lifestyle Integration: Focuses on nutrition, exercise, and evening routines that restore balance.
These strategies teach you how to wind down intentionally — not through medication or avoidance, but by resetting your body’s own sleep system.
At Outside Therapy, every service begins with a clear plan and measurable goals.
We combine modern mental health science with whole-person care, drawing from modalities like:
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) for mindset and motivation
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) for thought and behavior change
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) for emotional balance
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for trauma recovery
ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) for OCD and anxiety disorders
Positive Psychology to promote purpose and resilience
We don’t do “forever therapy.” We do focused, intentional work that helps you reach a finish line and maintain your progress long after sessions end.