Bipolar Disorder Therapists in Brewster County, TX

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Sandra T Alvidrez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Life’s transitions and challenges, whether separation, workplace conflict, or personal growth—can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face them alone. I provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your experiences and begin to reconnect with your inner resilience.
Life’s transitions and challenges, whether separation, workplace conflict, or personal growth—can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face them alone. I provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your experiences and begin to reconnect with your inner resilience.
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Judy Harun
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Online Only
If anxiety and stress feel like constant companions in your life, you're not alone. Many struggle to find a moment's peace amidst the chaos of daily demands and internal worries. I specialize in helping those who are ready to explore the root causes of their discomfort and are open to a holistic journey towards healing. Whether you're navigating personal, professional, or uncharted stresses, I'm here to support you in discovering a more peaceful and balanced way of living, tailored just for you. I’m committed to working with people of all backgrounds, embracing diversity in sex, gender, race, and age.
If anxiety and stress feel like constant companions in your life, you're not alone. Many struggle to find a moment's peace amidst the chaos of daily demands and internal worries. I specialize in helping those who are ready to explore the root causes of their discomfort and are open to a holistic journey towards healing. Whether you're navigating personal, professional, or uncharted stresses, I'm here to support you in discovering a more peaceful and balanced way of living, tailored just for you. I’m committed to working with people of all backgrounds, embracing diversity in sex, gender, race, and age.
(806) 608-3557 View (806) 608-3557

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Guadalupe Morales
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Online Only
I am a licensed therapist in Texas dedicated to helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life stressors in a supportive and compassionate environment. I believe therapy should feel safe, collaborative, and personalized to each person’s unique experiences and goals. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and evidence-based approaches, I help clients build healthier coping skills, improve self-esteem, strengthen communication, and work toward meaningful emotional healing and personal growth.
I am a licensed therapist in Texas dedicated to helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life stressors in a supportive and compassionate environment. I believe therapy should feel safe, collaborative, and personalized to each person’s unique experiences and goals. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and evidence-based approaches, I help clients build healthier coping skills, improve self-esteem, strengthen communication, and work toward meaningful emotional healing and personal growth.
(432) 224-8061 View (432) 224-8061
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Colleen Johnston
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
2 Endorsed
Marfa, TX 79843
I’m so glad you’re here. Taking this first step in getting support takes courage and true grit. My clients come from diverse backgrounds and experience anxiety, depression, and trauma. They often struggle with setting boundaries, managing stress, adjusting to a new phase in life, or navigating difficult relationships. Currently, I work with adolescents and adults utilizing a client-centered and attachment-based approach. Other modalities I practice include EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), sand tray therapy, trauma focused, and Mindfulness-Based methods.
I’m so glad you’re here. Taking this first step in getting support takes courage and true grit. My clients come from diverse backgrounds and experience anxiety, depression, and trauma. They often struggle with setting boundaries, managing stress, adjusting to a new phase in life, or navigating difficult relationships. Currently, I work with adolescents and adults utilizing a client-centered and attachment-based approach. Other modalities I practice include EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), sand tray therapy, trauma focused, and Mindfulness-Based methods.
(512) 641-4431 View (512) 641-4431

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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.