Bipolar Disorder Therapists in Santa Fe, NM
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Kevin Aldrich
Counselor, MA
Verified
Verified
My ideal client. Wow. Let's see. I like all of my clients, so I'm not sure if there's a set ideal one. Many of my clients have anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction,
bipolar disorder
, eating issues, or are working on job/life transitions. I have a number of folks on my caseload who are also struggling with relationships. Honestly, I'm happy to help just about anyone. Since I'm online, it's difficult to see children or folks who have severe autism and aren't able to focus, but other than that, I'm very open. I'm goal-oriented, positive, non-judgmental, and try multiple modalities that fit my clients' specific needs.
Donna Blumenfeld
Counselor, MA, LPCC, NCC
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I have had success working with folks who have been diagnosed with disorders like
bipolar
, substance use, and borderline personality.
Most of us want more from our lives than just the absence of symptoms. To thrive, we need meaning, purpose, pleasure, connection with others, and a healthy relationship with the self. If you're here, you already know how to survive. I'd like to help you resolve issues that are getting in the way of having the life you want, whether that's a traumatic past, mental health symptoms, or trouble with relationships. I am queer, sex-positive, body-neutral, and affirming of your identities.
Caroline Williams
Psychologist, PhD, MP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am a prescribing psychologist providing medication management and diagnostic assistance to adults in Santa Fe. I treat a wide variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD,
bipolar disorder
, to psychotic disorders. When prescribing, I combine my expertise as a mental health diagnostician and psychologist with my extensive understanding of psychiatric medications and how they work. I am a "depth prescriber," and in some ways may approach treatment from a paradoxical position. I treat psychiatric symptoms to remission with medications, using the best of what the medical model has to offer in the process.
Not accepting new clients
Rahima Susan Schmall
Psychologist, PhD, RN
Verified
Verified
In addition to working with anxiety, depression and
bipolar
disorders, I specialize in working with people with physical illnesses.
Many of us struggle with physical illness, emotional pain or relationship problems. Sometimes life looks fine on the outside, but we hunger for something more. That feeling of emptiness can lead to depression, anxiety, addiction, physical illness or other problems that seem overwhelming. But the answers are there, because inside your heart is a wellspring of wisdom and love. By uncovering and clearing the causes of distress, our own inner light can shine through. I offer a safe and nurturing space, along with practical skills to uncover the deep inner peace, health and happiness that are buried in your heart.
Cynthia T McCoy LPC Emotional Wellness Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
Verified
My name is Cynthia Tobar-McCoy and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Mexico and Oklahoma. I am honored each day to walk along side individuals who choose to therapuetically journey through the path of overcoming life stressors. Stressors can come in the form of experiencing conflict in relationships with family, couples, marital and peer groups, as well as grief, trauma and suffering from posttraumatic stress. Stress can also manifest itself when working to maintain a healthy recovery plan that addresses certain medical conditions of depression, anxiety,
bipolar disorder
and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Crystal Forbes
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Accepting new clients. As a mental health counselor, I specialize in trauma. I've worked with within the clinical settings of: mental health hospitals, school and career counseling, community care & mental health clinics and crisis intervention counseling. With much of my experience treating individuals for anxiety, depression, trauma/complex trauma, additions, stress management, grief, and
Bipolar disorder
. I’ve been trained in EMDR and educated in trauma informed care, multicultural care and treatment. I’m only the guide in this therapeutic journey but will be with you and support you every step of the way.
Sol Recovery
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I specialize in working with adults with depression, anxiety,
bipolar disorder
, OCD, body-focused repetitive behaviors (trichotillomania and skin excoriation), and PTSD/trauma.
Do you find that you struggle with the effects of trauma, chronic insomnia, or obsessive and intrusive thoughts? Are you experiencing cumulative stress or feel that you are unable to manage symptoms of depression and/or anxiety? I'm here to help!
Brian Paul Enclade
Counselor, LMHC
Verified
Verified
Are you feeling depressed, unsure you can come out of this sadness. Do you avoid going places, seeing friends and acquaintances and relatives? Are you becoming weaker, physically tired, due to lack of movement? Or, has life become so intense that your stress levels are to high to withstand. Is you anxiety level high, and you are having panic attacks> Do you feel that the rest of the world has left you behind, and you don't know how you can possibly catch up? Are you lonely, so much that alcohol or drug use seems the only way to cope. These are areas that I am very knowledgeable about and have much life experience.
Judith Kaplan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, ACSW, LISW
Verified
Verified
I use an eclectic approach and work with all ages with all kinds of problems. I have been a psychotherapist for over 35 years, and my approach has developed over time. I believe that everyone is different and responds to different forms of treatment. I enjoy working with anyone who wants to learn more about themselves and how to deal with their problems, whether in their families, their work, or their relationships.
Not accepting new clients
Diann Taylor
Counselor, LPCC
Verified
Verified
You are enough. At times we don’t feel that we are good enough, smart enough, lovable, because of situations we have been through or challenges we have. My passion is connecting with people and helping them to connect with themselves and others. I believe those connections are healing and help us to be our best selves. We all deserve the freedom to be ourselves and to have nonjudgmental support.
Waitlist for new clients
Ginna Clark
Counselor, PsyD, LPCC
Verified
Verified
I work with adults, couples, families, and teens to untangle their problems, cope with emotional pain, and live more authentically. I believe that understanding a person's relationships with others, both historically and currently, is central to the process of change. This means that we'll spend time together talking about current, everyday stressors and dilemmas but we'll also look to identify patterns and dynamics that seem to have an ongoing influence in your life.
Nicholas David Brown
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified
Verified
As an eclectic psychotherapist, I use many approaches, and have an ability to be deeply present with your experiences. I offer grounded, thoughtful, creative, playful, kind, and compassionate support. My desire is to assist you through challenges and help you find balance and healing. My mirror of reflection is through 15 years work in community mental health, with wide ranging mental health and addiction issues. I've experienced oneness, Christ Consciousness, transpersonal, and non-ordinary states, yet also my own drama and occasional trauma. I am here to help raise awareness, create options, and facilitate you finding your way.
Not accepting new clients
Marcy Reda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I help individuals and couples better understand, trust, and communicate their emotions, needs, and longings. Our emotions, even the painful ones, provide us with important information about what we need and where we should be headed. At times we dismiss our own inner wisdom in an attempt to fit in, keep the peace, or protect ourselves from hurt, but we then miss out on creating the life and relationships we desire. I strongly believe that people heal and grow best in connection with others, and therapy provides the security and compassion necessary to make new discoveries about yourself that can lead to positive change.
Kaytea Hendricks She-Her
Counselor, MA , LMHC
Verified
5 Endorsed
Verified
5 Endorsed
Cultivating joy, self-worth and safety is an inherent right for all people. Navigating our life’s journey can present us with challenges. By strengthening our own agency, internal and external resources it can allow us to create a life that is thriving. My work with you is rooted in neuroscience and play. I work from a feminist, trauma informed approach. Incorporating experiential modalities to work with the body on a somatic level. The body is what holds on to the trauma/past experiences. Together we can explore your own body’s wisdom allowing for a deeper connection with self.
Autumn Kern
Counselor, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
Have you come here with a longing for change? I believe that longing is a call inward and that we must go within in order to come out and embrace change in our lives. I can lead you on your journey by offering: Techniques that engage the mind, body and spirit. Gentle reflection and guidance. Support to find your wisdom within. Tools for transformation and self-acceptance.
Serna Solutions LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LPCC, LADAC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Welcome! At Serna Solutions we look forward to helping you achieve your best self. We have specially trained counselors and social workers who can help individuals, couples and families deal with a wide range of issues. We are also one of the few organizations in the world who specialize in Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT). CRAFT is the ONLY evidence-based practice approved as an intervention for assisting those who have a loved one struggling with an addiction. We can do CRAFT coaching in person or online for those who live outside of the New Mexico area. W
Janna Kipness
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
*I currently have limited openings for new clients who are committed to inner work, healing and growth. Please call my direct number of 505-820-7562, rather than the coded one above.* Therapy is an organic process that gives support and guidance. Our experiences and beliefs about ourselves and the world create emotional holding patterns of behavior. When we face these with compassion for ourselves, we become freer and more peaceful. Self compassion is a key piece of moving into deeper self connection and self acceptance. If this kind of self intimacy interests you, please contact me to begin.
The Family Connection, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
The Family Connection is a safe, inviting place that helps people to address their own concerns and grow to be the person that they want to be. That person has always been there but is often hidden behind pain and negative self thoughts. I enjoy helping people find what decisions and behaviors have led them to this place of pain and how to make different decisions within their own life, to become more empowered to be the person they have always desired to be.
Not accepting new clients
Heather Dawn Hines
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I work well with people who believe there is a hidden meaning or message in their struggles that can eventually serve as a path to a more soulful life. I see myself as a guide to help companion people through the underworld of depression, anxiety, and PTSD as well as a partner in transforming psychological suffering and intergenerational patterns into the medicine which can ultimately allow individuals and families to become more fully themselves. On the community level, I offer grief groups as well as climate support groups. Please see my website for more details.
Waitlist for new clients
David Solem
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Hello! As we face life's challenges we often need professional assistance. I look forward to helping you discern and address challenges you are facing now, such as anger, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, transitions that leave you needing to find new balance and meaning, or perhaps longstanding challenges. I am here to help. Our psyche invites us to an unfolding process. Becoming more conscious enables us to make choices about ways to move forward. The time is now. I am privileged to meet you where you are now to collaborate on a comprehensive plan for treatment. Let's talk.
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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.