About Aphalia

A structured six-week programme for chronic insomnia, based on CBT-I, without a prescription.

What we do

A structured six-week CBT-I programme delivered properly: sleep restriction and stimulus control prescribed from a real sleep diary and adjusted weekly by algorithm, cognitive work on sleep anxiety, and a human coach reviewing every adjustment. It is deliberately uncomfortable in weeks two and three because that is how the treatment works, and the coaching exists to get people through that window rather than to be soothing. Outcomes are measured with the same insomnia severity index clinicians use, and the score is shown to the patient every week.

Who we built it for

• Adults with chronic insomnia

  Adults aged 30 to 60 who have tried supplements, apps and sleep hygiene advice and still lie awake.

• Employers

  Employers who want to offer an insomnia programme as a benefit.

The problem

Chronic insomnia affects one adult in ten and the first-line clinical treatment, cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, is proven more effective than medication and is almost impossible to access.

There are a few thousand trained clinicians for tens of millions of sufferers, waits run months, and so people take pills that create dependence or buy meditation apps that do not treat the disorder.

Try it before anything else

The free sleep efficiency calculator runs in your browser with no account. Put in averages from your sleep diary, and see your sleep efficiency. Open it.