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Sleep Course - online program

Online program | By: MindSpot

In summary

  • About: online treatment course designed to help you understand how sleep works and learn practical, evidence-based skills to improve your sleep
  • Suitable for: adults aged 18 years and older and Australian residents
  • Cost: free
  • More information: Visit this page to enrol in this course.

The Sleep Course is an online treatment course designed to help you understand how sleep works and learn practical, evidence-based skills to improve your sleep.

The Sleep Course combines decades of sleep research with practical skills that can help you with falling asleep faster, increasing your sleep duration, improving your daytime energy, and breaking the cycle of sleepless nights. 

Rather than quick fixes, this course helps you build sustainable sleep habits through gentle, consistent practice. While lasting change takes time, our approach provides practical tools for meaningful, long-term improvements. 

What you'll learn:

  • Understand how sleep works and how your body and brain regulate sleep cycles.
  • Effective techniques to improve sleep quality and establish good sleep patterns.
  • Strategies to manage sleep-related worries and unhelpful thinking habits.
  • Practical methods to reduce daytime fatigue and improve focus and productivity throughout the day. 
  • Skills to identify and address environmental factors affecting your sleep.

Key details:

  • 8 weeks duration.
  • Online, self-paced with optional weekly therapist check-ins.
  • Regular guidance from specially trained mental health professionals.

The Sleep Course is recommended for people who:

  • are 18 years of age or older
  • are Australian residents
  • have been struggling for a while with falling or staying asleep, experience daytime fatigue, worry about their sleep quality, and are looking for practical skills to improve sleep quality and overall wellbeing.

Sleep Course

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Last reviewed: May 2025

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