This is a one-time online class on 3/30/24. Learn about psychosis, the schizophrenia spectrum, and other serious mental health diagnoses, including what does and does not contribute to their development. Gain understanding of your diagnosed family member’s symptoms, including difficulties they may have with concentration, memory, complex thought processes, and understanding and accepting their diagnosis. Gain understanding of evidence-based treatments and the process of recovery. Learn about local mental health agencies and the services they provide. Learn about medications prescribed for mental illnesses. Learn about various paths to treatment for people with mental health diagnoses.
Therapy with bipolar disorder works on lifestyle choices that impact mood cycling.
This is a one-time online class on 3/30/24. Learn about psychosis, the schizophrenia spectrum, and other serious mental health diagnoses, including what does and does not contribute to their development. Gain understanding of your diagnosed family member’s symptoms, including difficulties they may have with concentration, memory, complex thought processes, and understanding and accepting their diagnosis. Gain understanding of evidence-based treatments and the process of recovery. Learn about local mental health agencies and the services they provide. Learn about medications prescribed for mental illnesses. Learn about various paths to treatment for people with mental health diagnoses.
This virtual group will focus on skills, support, and problem solving, developing and improving strategies to: 1. Problem solve and communicate better with someone with a major mental disorder diagnosis.
2. Maintain a positive and productive relationship with your diagnosed family member.
3. Navigate the mental health system and serve as an effective advocate for your family member.
4. Manage crisis and relapse. 5. Discover new ways of coping with a mental disorder in the family.
6. Pursue life balance, manage difficult emotions, and keep a helpful perspective on the challenges you face.
Therapy with bipolar disorder works on lifestyle choices that impact mood cycling.
This virtual group will focus on skills, support, and problem solving, developing and improving strategies to: 1. Problem solve and communicate better with someone with a major mental disorder diagnosis.
2. Maintain a positive and productive relationship with your diagnosed family member.
3. Navigate the mental health system and serve as an effective advocate for your family member.
4. Manage crisis and relapse. 5. Discover new ways of coping with a mental disorder in the family.
6. Pursue life balance, manage difficult emotions, and keep a helpful perspective on the challenges you face.
Online Groups
Our private practice clinic offers in person and telehealth appointments, some providers are only able to provide telehealth as they are not located in Eugene. Our clinic has psychiatric nurse practitioners that provide medication management along with some therapy. Our nurse practitioners also offer Spravato treatment for patients that struggle with depression and have medication resistant depression. We also have therapists for talk therapy, at this time their practices are full and we have a wait list. Our Providers are committed to helping individuals discover their highest wellness experience through personalized, patient-centered care.
Our private practice clinic offers in person and telehealth appointments, some providers are only able to provide telehealth as they are not located in Eugene. Our clinic has psychiatric nurse practitioners that provide medication management along with some therapy. Our nurse practitioners also offer Spravato treatment for patients that struggle with depression and have medication resistant depression. We also have therapists for talk therapy, at this time their practices are full and we have a wait list. Our Providers are committed to helping individuals discover their highest wellness experience through personalized, patient-centered care.
During the group sessions clients learn Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to cope with depression and anxiety along with Clinical Hypnosis techniques to learn deep relaxation and healing. This group runs for 8 weeks and held on Thursdays 6:30pm - 8:00pm. New group starts on 08/03/2026 Admission is limited so call 541-2551514 asap.
Hosted by Indra Dissanayake
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CHT, MA, MEd
Group meets in Eugene, OR 97403
During the group sessions clients learn Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to cope with depression and anxiety along with Clinical Hypnosis techniques to learn deep relaxation and healing. This group runs for 8 weeks and held on Thursdays 6:30pm - 8:00pm. New group starts on 08/03/2026 Admission is limited so call 541-2551514 asap.
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Bipolar Disorder Support Groups
What is the most successful approach to treating bipolar disorder?
Living with bipolar disorder can be challenging, and a number of therapies have been found effective in providing support to patients as they gain the skills to understand and manage the disorder. Family-focused therapy is often helpful for children and teens (the majority of cases develop before age 19); it aims to minimize mood cycling by improving family communication and reducing conflict. It also helps young people navigate the developmental challenges the disorder can create. Cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) and variants such as Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)help patients manage the thoughts and feelings that influence bipolar mood swings as well as develop specific behavioral strategies to counteract them.
What happens in therapy for bipolar disorder?
Because the patterns of mood switching and its triggers differ for each person and can change over time, mood tracking or monitoring becomes a basic way patients learn about the nature of their condition. One of the most common features of therapy is finding a workable method of mood monitoring, in which patients track their daily activities and rate their moods, then use the findings to adjust routines accordingly. Patients learn ways of handling the many stresses that arise in life so that they do not trigger mood swings.
What kinds of problems does therapy help with?
Like many other mental health disorders, BPD is heavily influenced by stress; therapy provides skills for coping with stressors of all kinds. Therapy is extremely important for helping individuals identify the situations that may trigger mood switching, so that mood swings can be prevented. Therapy may especially target recognition of the early stages of mood change so that they can be managed. In addition, therapy helps patients deal with the significant amount of turbulence the disorder can create in relationships and in work life.
What is the goal of therapy for bipolar disorder?
Therapy helps patients set up their lives to maintain stability so that their mood isn’t constantly threatened by daily events. Perhaps the first task of therapy is to educate people about the nature of the disorder. At the same time, a primary goal of therapy is to enhance adherence to drug treatment. Extended periods of mood stability can prompt patients to discontinue medication, triggering relapse, while the early phases of manic episodes can feel so energizing that patients stop medication, ushering in full-blown mania and the altered self-perception that can lead to destructive behaviors. Another major goal of therapy is to understand one’s mood patterns so as to minimize both the frequency and intensity of mood cycling.