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. 2022 Jun 8;13:699168. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.699168

Table 2.

Content of the HARUToday program.

Zone Sessions Session content
Psychoeducation Sessions 1–6 Introducing sleep-related symptoms
CBT program overview
Familiarization with sleep quality rating scale
Behavioral activation Sessions 7–13 Introduction to sleep hygiene
Learning how to control sleep hygiene
Planning a sleep routine
Conducting and evaluating the sleep routine
Relaxation training Sessions 14–24 Introducing relaxation techniques through video and audio
Introducing systematic desensitization techniques*
Cognitive restructuring Sessions 25–38 Introducing the A–B–C model
How thoughts can affect sleep
Familiarization with how to write an A–B–C record
Fixing cognitive errors that affect good sleep
Problem solving Sessions 39–48 Learning coping strategies for anxiety-causing problems that can disturb sleep

CBT: cognitive behavioral therapy.

*

Systematic desensitization, a behavioral technique by which a person is gradually exposed to an anxiety-producing event, is often used to treat sleep problems together with relaxation strategies, as sleep problems can be triggered as a result of anxiety (Sharma and Andrade, 2012).