Helen Dugdale
Clinical psychologist and author specializing in anxiety and sleep disorders, author of the book Put Insomnia to Sleep, and practitioner using CBT-I and EMDR to treat insomnia and trauma-related sleep problems.
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Feb 9, 2026 • 47min
Up All Night: How Drugs, Alcohol, and Recovery Disrupt Sleep—and How to Fix It
Helen Dugdale, clinical psychologist and author of Put Insomnia to Sleep, explains how anxiety trains the brain to stay awake and why alcohol, cannabis, and OTC sedatives fail to restore true rest. Short practical tactics include CBT-I basics, EMDR for trauma-linked insomnia, caffeine timing, screen swaps, and tiny habit hacks for busy or resource-limited lives.
