Bipolar Disorder Therapists in Chimney Lakes, Jacksonville, FL
I work with adolescents through the geriatric population navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Many seek my care when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or impacted by unresolved experiences that affect daily functioning and relationships. Using EMDR, CBT, and a person-centered, trauma-informed approach, I help clients reprocess distressing experiences, build insight, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop healthier patterns—supporting meaningful, lasting growth.
I work with adolescents through the geriatric population navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Many seek my care when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or impacted by unresolved experiences that affect daily functioning and relationships. Using EMDR, CBT, and a person-centered, trauma-informed approach, I help clients reprocess distressing experiences, build insight, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop healthier patterns—supporting meaningful, lasting growth.
Taking the first step is usually the most difficult part. The decision to try therapy takes courage; but can result in the promise of hope for change, insight, a new direction and then finally solutions. I describe my work as insight-oriented, cognitive behavioral, relational and free from blame or guilt. Colleagues and clients have called my style authentic, direct, compassionate and warm. “Dina listened to us and helped us facilitate fair communication. My relationship with my wife is better because we communicate better. Thanks Dina” - JL
Taking the first step is usually the most difficult part. The decision to try therapy takes courage; but can result in the promise of hope for change, insight, a new direction and then finally solutions. I describe my work as insight-oriented, cognitive behavioral, relational and free from blame or guilt. Colleagues and clients have called my style authentic, direct, compassionate and warm. “Dina listened to us and helped us facilitate fair communication. My relationship with my wife is better because we communicate better. Thanks Dina” - JL
Life is full of messy bits, sometimes these are unforeseen issues that pop up out of our control and sometimes they are a product of our own design. Regardless, in a culture where we must present as put together, in control, etc., it gets a little hard to trudge the water. If we aren’t careful this can lead to emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and self dysregulation. At Just Keep Swimming Counseling, LLC, and my group practice Keep Evolving Beyond Therapy, I strive to create a healthy, safe space in order to set goals for growth, face challenges, and gain introspection to be a fuller, healthier you.
Life is full of messy bits, sometimes these are unforeseen issues that pop up out of our control and sometimes they are a product of our own design. Regardless, in a culture where we must present as put together, in control, etc., it gets a little hard to trudge the water. If we aren’t careful this can lead to emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and self dysregulation. At Just Keep Swimming Counseling, LLC, and my group practice Keep Evolving Beyond Therapy, I strive to create a healthy, safe space in order to set goals for growth, face challenges, and gain introspection to be a fuller, healthier you.
Hi! Glad you’re here. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional overwhelm, relationship stress, identity concerns, grief, or life transitions. I also provide affirming, inclusive care for neurodivergent individuals and members of the LGBTQ+ community. It’s hard to feel emotionally stuck, misunderstood, or exhausted from carrying too much alone. My goal is to create an inclusive, affirming space for you. Let’s understand your patterns together.
Hi! Glad you’re here. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional overwhelm, relationship stress, identity concerns, grief, or life transitions. I also provide affirming, inclusive care for neurodivergent individuals and members of the LGBTQ+ community. It’s hard to feel emotionally stuck, misunderstood, or exhausted from carrying too much alone. My goal is to create an inclusive, affirming space for you. Let’s understand your patterns together.
I am a psychotherapist licensed in NY and FL, with over 24 years of clinical experience, serving at various treatment settings, including acute care, outpatient care, and crisis hotline. I worked at the outpatient clinic of South Beach Psychiatric Center for over 20 years. I offer psychotherapy to adults of all ages and backgrounds, who struggle with a wide variety of pain, distresses and hardships, which might include depression, anxiety, anger, life transition, relational conflicts, trauma and grief. My intensive expertise is working with the Chinese-speaking (Cantonese and Mandarin) population in the community.
I am a psychotherapist licensed in NY and FL, with over 24 years of clinical experience, serving at various treatment settings, including acute care, outpatient care, and crisis hotline. I worked at the outpatient clinic of South Beach Psychiatric Center for over 20 years. I offer psychotherapy to adults of all ages and backgrounds, who struggle with a wide variety of pain, distresses and hardships, which might include depression, anxiety, anger, life transition, relational conflicts, trauma and grief. My intensive expertise is working with the Chinese-speaking (Cantonese and Mandarin) population in the community.
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Bipolar Disorder Therapists
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.