Anxiety is often present in sleep disorders, and these techniques promise to help you relax. Be careful, however, to choose your therapist carefully.

The only non-drug approach whose effectiveness is currently agreed upon is behavioral and cognitive therapy for insomnia (iCBT), says Jolle Adrien, neurobiologist and emeritus research director at Inserm. They can nevertheless help the insomniac to slip into the arms of Morpheus, since CBT at the same time allows him to understand how the switch between wakefulness and sleep occurs. For example, to learn to relax your muscles and free yourself from all the tensions accumulated during the day. To start with the practice with a few sessions with a therapist, it doesn't hurt to get started.