"Imagery rehearsal therapy was associated with subjective improvement in insomnia severity, sleep quality, sleep disturbance and functional beliefs and attitudes about sleep," said Molen.

The headband would then transmit the piano note repeatedly while the person was in this particular sleep phase. The imagery rehearsal therapy helped reduce the number of nightmares for both groups.

The method, which combined an established treatment — imagery rehearsal therapy — with a sound, led to fewer nightmares for as long as three months afterward.

In sleep medicine, clinicians often use the alpha blocker prazosin to control nightmares if the nightmares are overwhelming the patient.

A form of therapy called imagery rehearsal therapy involves coaching individuals to repeatedly speak about positive versions of their most frequent nightmares.

A technique called imagery rehearsal therapy not only helps chronic insomniacs get a good night's sleep, it also seems to help lessen depression and anxiety, according to research presented this ...

Art Therapy is process oriented, and your unique journey of healing belongs to YOU. I use ACT therapy, DBT, CBT, Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT), art therapy, narrative therapy, person-centered ...

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) is frequently used to treat this disorder. This cognitive technique requires that the patients imagine alternative and positive outcomes to their nightmare ...

Imagery rehearsal therapy also lessened overall distress, measures of mood and sleep quality in both groups, but nightmare reduction happened faster in the experimental group and persisted at a ...

Imagery rehearsal therapy also lessened overall distress, measures of mood and sleep quality in both groups, but nightmare reduction happened faster in the experimental group and persisted at a ...