Digital Seminar

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma: Rapidly Decrease Chronic Nightmares, Improve Sleep and Reduce PTSD Symptoms

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Speaker:: Amelia Kelley, PhD
Duration:: 6 Hours 20 Minutes
Copyright:: 23 May, 2025
Product Code:: POS150157
Media Type:: Digital Seminar
Access:: Never expires.

Price
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Description

Nightmares and sleep disturbances are among the most distressing and persistent symptoms of trauma.

But assuming these issues will improve as therapy progresses can leave clients suffering longer than necessary … and worsen irritability, memory lapses, and concentration difficulties that make therapy even harder.

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) offers a faster, more direct approach so you can reduce nightmares and improve your clients’ sleep in as few as 3 to 4 sessions - no previous sleep expertise required!

And now in this live webinar, you can learn to apply the evidence-based IRT protocol in just one day so you can:

Rapidly reduce the frequency and intensity of clients’ nightmares
Quickly improve clients overall emotional well-being
Make therapy more efficient by reducing the memory lapses, irritability, and concentration issues caused by poor sleep
And much more

And since the focus of IRT is on re-writing (and not recalling) nightmares, this approach is not only proven to work but is gentle on your clients.

So don’t wait. Purchase today!

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

CPD

This online program is worth 6.5 hours CPD.

Handouts

File type	File name	Number of pages
PDF	Manual - Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma (24.9 MB)	32 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma - French (24.9 MB)	32 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma - Italian (24.9 MB)	32 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma - German (24.9 MB)	32 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) for Trauma - Spanish (24.9 MB)	32 Pages	Available after Purchase

Speaker

Amelia Kelley, PhD Related seminars and products

Amelia Kelley, PhD, is a therapist, TEDx speaker, researcher and author of several books including Gaslighting Recovery for Women: The Complete Guide to Recognizing Manipulation and Achieving Freedom from Emotional Abuse.

Her specialties include treating survivors of abuse and relationship trauma, highly sensitive persons, and adults with ADHD using a variety of modalities including Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, and art therapy.

Dr. Kelley is an adjunct faculty member at Yorkville University in the School of Counseling Psychology and a nationally recognized relationship expert featured on SiriusXM Doctor Radio’s The Psychiatry Show as well as NPR’s The Measure of Everyday Life. Her private practice is part of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute.

In addition to her work as a clinician, she is also a certified meditation and yoga instructor whose other books include Powered by ADHD: Strategies and Exercises for Women to Harness their Untapped Gifts, coauthor of What I Wish I Knew: Surviving and Thriving After an Abusive Relationship, as well as Surviving Suicidal Ideation: From Therapy to Spirituality and the Lived Experience. She is also a contributing author for Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Amelia Kelley maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with the Art Therapy Institute. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amelia Kelley has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

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Objectives

Identify how childhood trauma exposure interacts with real-world stress to exacerbate clients’ physiological sleep issues.
Determine the significance of the identification of sleep disturbances in treatment of trauma-exposed clients.
Evaluate the effectiveness of IRT in reducing nightmare frequency and distress, using standardised measures such as the Nightmare Frequency Questionnaire and the Nightmare Distress Questionnaire.
Use IRT techniques to create calming images and re-script nightmares.
Integrate key CBT-I techniques, including sleep restriction and cognitive restructuring, for patients experiencing insomnia.
Utilise art therapy elements to support the phases of Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (exposing, rescripting, and rehearsing) in the treatment of PTSD.