Bipolar Disorder Treatment Centers in Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Empowerment Wellness(BeWell) Center @ HCC
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11203
At BeWell, our doors are open to underserved minority communities (including but not limited BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, low income, immigrant, uninsured and underinsured) in New York City who are seeking a safe and welcoming space to begin their journey towards wellness. Our culturally-responsive and trauma-informed services, including counseling and psychiatry/medication management, are offered in English, Haitian-Creole and Spanish, so that everyone can feel understood and supported.
At BeWell, our doors are open to underserved minority communities (including but not limited BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, low income, immigrant, uninsured and underinsured) in New York City who are seeking a safe and welcoming space to begin their journey towards wellness. Our culturally-responsive and trauma-informed services, including counseling and psychiatry/medication management, are offered in English, Haitian-Creole and Spanish, so that everyone can feel understood and supported.
In today's fast-paced society, with substances, experiences and products to stave off boredom everywhere, addiction is more common than ever. Unfortunately, many people who experience compulsive cravings for drugs or other harmful behaviors experience underlying issues that need to be addressed. Many people who turn to substance abuse do so because it fulfills a need. Far from being a moral failing, it's a legitimate reaction to a problem in your life. But whether you use drugs or alcohol to calm down after a hard day, get into the party spirit or ease the symptoms of anxiety, the help it lends is an illusion. And while these solutions seem effective in the short term, they do more harm than good long-term. Substance use disorders are very tricky. If you're in the throes of one, there's a good chance you've minimized the problem or brushed it off as a harmless coping mechanism. The truth is that abusing substances and coping with the perceived stigma of using them can alter brain chemistry, potentially leading to more serious problems. As someone going through this kind of turmoil, the last thing you need is judgment.
In today's fast-paced society, with substances, experiences and products to stave off boredom everywhere, addiction is more common than ever. Unfortunately, many people who experience compulsive cravings for drugs or other harmful behaviors experience underlying issues that need to be addressed. Many people who turn to substance abuse do so because it fulfills a need. Far from being a moral failing, it's a legitimate reaction to a problem in your life. But whether you use drugs or alcohol to calm down after a hard day, get into the party spirit or ease the symptoms of anxiety, the help it lends is an illusion. And while these solutions seem effective in the short term, they do more harm than good long-term. Substance use disorders are very tricky. If you're in the throes of one, there's a good chance you've minimized the problem or brushed it off as a harmless coping mechanism. The truth is that abusing substances and coping with the perceived stigma of using them can alter brain chemistry, potentially leading to more serious problems. As someone going through this kind of turmoil, the last thing you need is judgment.
We are a a self-pay clinic providing intensive outpatient day treatment and a full range of on-site psychiatric, medical, substance abuse, psycho-social, and rehabilitation services. Our services are available to people 18 years and older. As an integral part of the Columbia Psychiatry network of care, our clients have access to a full spectrum of care, with seamless delivery of services from inpatient to outpatient and from psychiatric to substance abuse and medical services. In an atmosphere of caring support, clients receive personalized, comprehensive outpatient treatment, life skills training, and psychiatric rehabilitation services, with an emphasis on getting back to work, school, and independent living. Treatment is largely provided in a group format, with some clients receiving additional support from a staff Recovery Coach or individual therapist. All clients participating in treatment in the Lieber Clinic continue to be under the care of a primary psychiatrist. Clients may continue treatment with their referring physician or we can arrange for one of our faculty members to provide treatment. For more information visit www.lieberclinic.com
We are a a self-pay clinic providing intensive outpatient day treatment and a full range of on-site psychiatric, medical, substance abuse, psycho-social, and rehabilitation services. Our services are available to people 18 years and older. As an integral part of the Columbia Psychiatry network of care, our clients have access to a full spectrum of care, with seamless delivery of services from inpatient to outpatient and from psychiatric to substance abuse and medical services. In an atmosphere of caring support, clients receive personalized, comprehensive outpatient treatment, life skills training, and psychiatric rehabilitation services, with an emphasis on getting back to work, school, and independent living. Treatment is largely provided in a group format, with some clients receiving additional support from a staff Recovery Coach or individual therapist. All clients participating in treatment in the Lieber Clinic continue to be under the care of a primary psychiatrist. Clients may continue treatment with their referring physician or we can arrange for one of our faculty members to provide treatment. For more information visit www.lieberclinic.com
We work with individuals with diagnoses of Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Mood Disorders. Woodstock Manor residents range in age from their thirties to sixties. Many of the residents here choose to remain at Woodstock Manor for many years, while others move on to more independent living accommodations. We do not work with individuals with active addiction behaviors or with individuals who are currently aggressive. We are a small, highly individualized, family-like atmosphere with exceptionally trained and compassionate, creative staff members.
We work with individuals with diagnoses of Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Mood Disorders. Woodstock Manor residents range in age from their thirties to sixties. Many of the residents here choose to remain at Woodstock Manor for many years, while others move on to more independent living accommodations. We do not work with individuals with active addiction behaviors or with individuals who are currently aggressive. We are a small, highly individualized, family-like atmosphere with exceptionally trained and compassionate, creative staff members.
Early Childhood Treatment Center, Tikvah at OHEL
Treatment Center
Not Verified Not Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Early Childhood Treatment Center is a new service from Tikvah @ Ohel. Tikvah @ Ohel is a comprehensive, integrative mental health clinic proudly serving Brooklyn since 2001. Our new Early Childhood Treatment Center specializes in evidence based treatment of infants and children ages 0-5 in a family centered approach. Our highly trained, culturally diverse therapists work together with parents, infants, young children and their siblings, to help build strong healthy bonds, teach social-emotional skills, manage emotions, deal with challenging behaviors, treat early trauma and build resilience. We are here to help you parent with confidence through guidance, resources and support.
Early Childhood Treatment Center is a new service from Tikvah @ Ohel. Tikvah @ Ohel is a comprehensive, integrative mental health clinic proudly serving Brooklyn since 2001. Our new Early Childhood Treatment Center specializes in evidence based treatment of infants and children ages 0-5 in a family centered approach. Our highly trained, culturally diverse therapists work together with parents, infants, young children and their siblings, to help build strong healthy bonds, teach social-emotional skills, manage emotions, deal with challenging behaviors, treat early trauma and build resilience. We are here to help you parent with confidence through guidance, resources and support.
We are a dedicated group of mental health professionals committed to providing comprehensive, expert, and compassionate therapy services. Our practice is founded on the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to work with an expert therapist whose skills will feel tailored to their exact mental health needs. Clients who work with us know the unfortunate and all-too-common struggles of feeling isolated as they try to face their pain alone. This pain often comes in the form of depression, anxiety, interpersonal conflicts, unhealthy coping skills, post-traumatic suffering, or generally feeling that life is too hard.
We are a dedicated group of mental health professionals committed to providing comprehensive, expert, and compassionate therapy services. Our practice is founded on the belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to work with an expert therapist whose skills will feel tailored to their exact mental health needs. Clients who work with us know the unfortunate and all-too-common struggles of feeling isolated as they try to face their pain alone. This pain often comes in the form of depression, anxiety, interpersonal conflicts, unhealthy coping skills, post-traumatic suffering, or generally feeling that life is too hard.
Clarity Advanced Mental Health Inpatient Program
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Clarity is one of a select few advanced residential mental health treatment programs in NY with expertise in treating complex psychiatric issues. We are physician operated program that is also licensed to provide highly advanced psychiatric treatment options such as ketamine and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Our philosophy is to minimize medications and provide one on one intensive treatment in an intimate small group environment. We service all adult ages and also offer specialty treatment tracts that address the unique needs of seniors, chronic pain sufferers. Treatment is provided to only 6 clients at a time to provide highly individualized attention. Unlike most programs that advertise for mental health but are really substance abuse treatment programs, we are proud to be one of the very few double certified true mental health programs in existence. We are licensed and certified for advanced mental health and crisis stabilization which means our clinical program, staffing and services must be the most intensive and highest caliber.
Clarity is one of a select few advanced residential mental health treatment programs in NY with expertise in treating complex psychiatric issues. We are physician operated program that is also licensed to provide highly advanced psychiatric treatment options such as ketamine and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Our philosophy is to minimize medications and provide one on one intensive treatment in an intimate small group environment. We service all adult ages and also offer specialty treatment tracts that address the unique needs of seniors, chronic pain sufferers. Treatment is provided to only 6 clients at a time to provide highly individualized attention. Unlike most programs that advertise for mental health but are really substance abuse treatment programs, we are proud to be one of the very few double certified true mental health programs in existence. We are licensed and certified for advanced mental health and crisis stabilization which means our clinical program, staffing and services must be the most intensive and highest caliber.
Eating Recovery Center of Maryland is part of Eating Recovery Center, the only national vertically integrated health care system dedicated to the treatment of serious eating disorders. Eating Recovery Center offers best-in-class care for individuals and families struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID and other unspecified eating disorders through an unmatched network.
Eating Recovery Center of Maryland is part of Eating Recovery Center, the only national vertically integrated health care system dedicated to the treatment of serious eating disorders. Eating Recovery Center offers best-in-class care for individuals and families struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID and other unspecified eating disorders through an unmatched network.
We are a small group of compassionate therapists dedicated to providing high quality treatment to our community of clients. We have been working together since 2013, helping people build the lives that they want. We believe that you will benefit from our years of experience and expertise, while also finding us to be relatable people who understand what you are going through. Please click through to our website using the button on the left to learn more about our therapists.
We are a small group of compassionate therapists dedicated to providing high quality treatment to our community of clients. We have been working together since 2013, helping people build the lives that they want. We believe that you will benefit from our years of experience and expertise, while also finding us to be relatable people who understand what you are going through. Please click through to our website using the button on the left to learn more about our therapists.
We have more clinical experience than any other ketamine center in the nation. In 2012, Dr. Glen Brooks founded NYKI in New York City as one of the world’s first therapy centers dedicated exclusively to providing this breakthrough therapy. Dr. Brooks is generally recognized as the nation’s leading practitioner of ketamine infusion therapy and chronic pain. He is a board-certified anesthesiologist, completed his training at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and taught at Yale University School of Medicine. We offer personalized and private care to those suffering from depression, PTSD, anxiety, chronic pain and other mood disorders.
We have more clinical experience than any other ketamine center in the nation. In 2012, Dr. Glen Brooks founded NYKI in New York City as one of the world’s first therapy centers dedicated exclusively to providing this breakthrough therapy. Dr. Brooks is generally recognized as the nation’s leading practitioner of ketamine infusion therapy and chronic pain. He is a board-certified anesthesiologist, completed his training at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and taught at Yale University School of Medicine. We offer personalized and private care to those suffering from depression, PTSD, anxiety, chronic pain and other mood disorders.
Seabrook is a non-profit, CARF accredited alcohol and drug rehabilitation center focusing on the 12-step principles of recovery as well as co-occurring mental health disorders. We have been in business for over 45 years. Using a foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous, our facility utilizes a holistic approach, including individualized and gender-specific therapy, with a special focus on relapse prevention, trauma, and our renowned Family Matrix program. Seabrook is a true dual diagnosis facility with a full-time licensed psychiatrist and 3 psychiatric nurse APN's.
Seabrook is a non-profit, CARF accredited alcohol and drug rehabilitation center focusing on the 12-step principles of recovery as well as co-occurring mental health disorders. We have been in business for over 45 years. Using a foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous, our facility utilizes a holistic approach, including individualized and gender-specific therapy, with a special focus on relapse prevention, trauma, and our renowned Family Matrix program. Seabrook is a true dual diagnosis facility with a full-time licensed psychiatrist and 3 psychiatric nurse APN's.
Evolve Residential Treatment Centers for Teens
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
Brooklyn, NY 11207
Welcome to Evolve, where we offer the highest caliber of evidence-based care in the nation for adolescents 12-17 struggling with mental health and addiction issues. We specialize in teens battling depression, anxiety, trauma, emotion dysregulation, high-risk/self-harm behaviors, ADHD, addiction, suicidal ideation, and other emotional/behavioral issues. Evolve treats teens—and teens only. Our treatment approach emphasizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with other evidence-based modalities such as Seeking Safety (trauma), Relapse Prevention, Behavioral Activation, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and 12-Step support programs. Evolve’s robust residential program includes individual and family therapy, psychiatry, group therapy, experiential therapies (e.g. equine, art, music, drama, meditation, yoga, etc.) and 24/7 skills-coaching. For out-of-state families, we offer family therapy via HIPAA-compliant video conferencing. We also provide daily academic support to keep teens on track with school. Our goal is genuine recovery that lasts long after your child leaves treatment.
Welcome to Evolve, where we offer the highest caliber of evidence-based care in the nation for adolescents 12-17 struggling with mental health and addiction issues. We specialize in teens battling depression, anxiety, trauma, emotion dysregulation, high-risk/self-harm behaviors, ADHD, addiction, suicidal ideation, and other emotional/behavioral issues. Evolve treats teens—and teens only. Our treatment approach emphasizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with other evidence-based modalities such as Seeking Safety (trauma), Relapse Prevention, Behavioral Activation, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and 12-Step support programs. Evolve’s robust residential program includes individual and family therapy, psychiatry, group therapy, experiential therapies (e.g. equine, art, music, drama, meditation, yoga, etc.) and 24/7 skills-coaching. For out-of-state families, we offer family therapy via HIPAA-compliant video conferencing. We also provide daily academic support to keep teens on track with school. Our goal is genuine recovery that lasts long after your child leaves treatment.
Transcend Recovery Community has been helping clients build new lives since opening our first sober living home in Los Angeles in 2008. In addition to our men's sober living home in New York, we are now proud to offer a network of 6 sober living homes throughout the Los Angeles area, and men's and women's home in Houston, Texas. Built on a foundation of love, support, and acceptance, we are a sober living community intent to help others help themselves. Our Manhattan brownstone sober living home for men allows individuals to work towards their best life in a city of opportunity. Our impressive, multiple story brownstone, is only a few short blocks from Central Park and Riverside Park. Situated within a renowned cultural hub of New York, clients have easy access to numerous museums, restaurants, art galleries, and sports and music venues. At Transcend you are not alone. Begin your path to fulfillment and self-discovery in a community of brotherhood and camaraderie. Give one of our intake specialists a call to learn more about becoming a part of our recovery community.
Transcend Recovery Community has been helping clients build new lives since opening our first sober living home in Los Angeles in 2008. In addition to our men's sober living home in New York, we are now proud to offer a network of 6 sober living homes throughout the Los Angeles area, and men's and women's home in Houston, Texas. Built on a foundation of love, support, and acceptance, we are a sober living community intent to help others help themselves. Our Manhattan brownstone sober living home for men allows individuals to work towards their best life in a city of opportunity. Our impressive, multiple story brownstone, is only a few short blocks from Central Park and Riverside Park. Situated within a renowned cultural hub of New York, clients have easy access to numerous museums, restaurants, art galleries, and sports and music venues. At Transcend you are not alone. Begin your path to fulfillment and self-discovery in a community of brotherhood and camaraderie. Give one of our intake specialists a call to learn more about becoming a part of our recovery community.
WWS is a wellness center dedicated to helping you through individual and family concerns with empathy and expertise. Bringing you back to your "best self" is our priority. We provide individual, family, and couples sessions treating clients struggling with life transitions, family, and children's issues, career changes, existential crises, anxiety, depression, addictions (including food addiction and weight issues,) ADHD, Autism, and more. Clients that we serve are looking for an easy and fast process to enter therapy and a holistic approach to treatment. Our team experts are ready to help you meet your goals. Call or text us or visit our website at wholewellnessservices.com for more information. We operate 7 days per week both AM & PM.
WWS is a wellness center dedicated to helping you through individual and family concerns with empathy and expertise. Bringing you back to your "best self" is our priority. We provide individual, family, and couples sessions treating clients struggling with life transitions, family, and children's issues, career changes, existential crises, anxiety, depression, addictions (including food addiction and weight issues,) ADHD, Autism, and more. Clients that we serve are looking for an easy and fast process to enter therapy and a holistic approach to treatment. Our team experts are ready to help you meet your goals. Call or text us or visit our website at wholewellnessservices.com for more information. We operate 7 days per week both AM & PM.
Counseling can be a meaningful way to address some of life's challenges you are facing or have been facing for a long time. As therapists, we provide support and feedback to help you cope with current life challenges and long-standing issues. With compassion and sensitivity, we can help you explore, understand, and find resolutions to a wide range of personal concerns and psychological issues. In counseling you can also work with someone to come up with specific behavioral strategies and new ways of thinking by taking into consideration all that unique qualities that make you who you are including your beliefs, religious practices, culture and ethnicity, and traditional coping. With a wide range of clinical interventions and treatment approaches, we develop goals that are most helpful and tailored for each individual client (adult, teen, adolescent, or child), family, and couple based on their presenting concerns and needs. In a supportive and understanding environment, we can help you attain personal growth. Together with each client, we work to enhance your strengths and achieve your personal goals.
Counseling can be a meaningful way to address some of life's challenges you are facing or have been facing for a long time. As therapists, we provide support and feedback to help you cope with current life challenges and long-standing issues. With compassion and sensitivity, we can help you explore, understand, and find resolutions to a wide range of personal concerns and psychological issues. In counseling you can also work with someone to come up with specific behavioral strategies and new ways of thinking by taking into consideration all that unique qualities that make you who you are including your beliefs, religious practices, culture and ethnicity, and traditional coping. With a wide range of clinical interventions and treatment approaches, we develop goals that are most helpful and tailored for each individual client (adult, teen, adolescent, or child), family, and couple based on their presenting concerns and needs. In a supportive and understanding environment, we can help you attain personal growth. Together with each client, we work to enhance your strengths and achieve your personal goals.
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HopeWay is a premier accredited residential mental health treatment facility for adults in Charlotte, North Carolina. We offer a continuum of care that includes PHP and IOP in addition to residential services. Our holistic behavioral health home model focuses on complete psychiatric, medical and spiritual wellness with access to full psychiatric diagnostic and assessment services and psychological testing. In addition to traditional and group therapy (CBT based), we also offer integrative therapies including art, music, recreation, horticulture, health & wellness, pet and pastoral care.
HopeWay is a premier accredited residential mental health treatment facility for adults in Charlotte, North Carolina. We offer a continuum of care that includes PHP and IOP in addition to residential services. Our holistic behavioral health home model focuses on complete psychiatric, medical and spiritual wellness with access to full psychiatric diagnostic and assessment services and psychological testing. In addition to traditional and group therapy (CBT based), we also offer integrative therapies including art, music, recreation, horticulture, health & wellness, pet and pastoral care.
Galynker Family Center for Bipolar Disorder
Treatment Center, MD, PhD
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10017
Under the leadership of Dr. Igor Galynker and Dr. Konstantin Nikiforov, the Galynker Family Center for Bipolar Disorder is a unique partnership of mental health professionals who are deeply committed to delivering effective care within a family-oriented therapeutic space that replaces silence and red tape with effective communication and hands-on care. We are an innovative New York City center with a seasoned team of clinicians who have decades of combined experience treating complex patients often regarded as “treatment-resistant”. Our expertise is in the management of treatment-resistant patients and acute illness episodes. Historically, and for far too long, silence has been the norm between mental health clinicians and their patients’ families. Our Center is working to change this dynamic by facilitating open communication and by providing holistic, integrated treatment for our patients and their families.
Under the leadership of Dr. Igor Galynker and Dr. Konstantin Nikiforov, the Galynker Family Center for Bipolar Disorder is a unique partnership of mental health professionals who are deeply committed to delivering effective care within a family-oriented therapeutic space that replaces silence and red tape with effective communication and hands-on care. We are an innovative New York City center with a seasoned team of clinicians who have decades of combined experience treating complex patients often regarded as “treatment-resistant”. Our expertise is in the management of treatment-resistant patients and acute illness episodes. Historically, and for far too long, silence has been the norm between mental health clinicians and their patients’ families. Our Center is working to change this dynamic by facilitating open communication and by providing holistic, integrated treatment for our patients and their families.
Gould Farm is a therapeutic community dedicated to helping adults with mental illness move toward recovery, health and greater independence through community living, meaningful work and individual clinical care. In a supportive community environment made up of residents, staff and their families, we help adults with depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia begin to rebuild and regain their lives. Gould Farm offers a full continuum of care, with programs in the Berkshires and the Boston area for those ready for new challenges and structured transition.
Gould Farm is a therapeutic community dedicated to helping adults with mental illness move toward recovery, health and greater independence through community living, meaningful work and individual clinical care. In a supportive community environment made up of residents, staff and their families, we help adults with depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia begin to rebuild and regain their lives. Gould Farm offers a full continuum of care, with programs in the Berkshires and the Boston area for those ready for new challenges and structured transition.
The United Recovery Project has been designed to maximize the recovery potential for clients of all backgrounds in a nurturing, supportive setting. We believe that there is hope for anyone struggling with an addiction. We provide a small client to therapist ratio in order to ensure the highest quality of care possible. We offer a safe environment where clients are taught how to effectively deal with everyday challenges, including past failed attempts at discovering solutions. Our therapists and counselors utilize a variety of treatment modalities in order to provide clients with the tools they need to achieve long-term sobriety. By understanding each client's unique differences, our clinicians tailor individual treatment programs to achieve the highest level of wellness on the road to recovery.
The United Recovery Project has been designed to maximize the recovery potential for clients of all backgrounds in a nurturing, supportive setting. We believe that there is hope for anyone struggling with an addiction. We provide a small client to therapist ratio in order to ensure the highest quality of care possible. We offer a safe environment where clients are taught how to effectively deal with everyday challenges, including past failed attempts at discovering solutions. Our therapists and counselors utilize a variety of treatment modalities in order to provide clients with the tools they need to achieve long-term sobriety. By understanding each client's unique differences, our clinicians tailor individual treatment programs to achieve the highest level of wellness on the road to recovery.
Elevation Behavioral Health Mental Health Retreats
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10022
Elevation Behavioral Health offers a high-end recovery environment combined with individualized treatment tracks tailored to the unique needs of each client. Residents engage in a combination of traditional therapy and holistic practices for treatment that incorporates physical, mental and spiritual recovery. Staff endeavors to provide each individual with the skills and know-how to care for themselves once they complete treatment and continue their lives with a renewed perspective. Elevation Behavioral Health aims to elevate the standard for residential treatment and the client towards their highest self without the use of substances by encouraging each individual to discard their former destructive patterns and habits.
Elevation Behavioral Health offers a high-end recovery environment combined with individualized treatment tracks tailored to the unique needs of each client. Residents engage in a combination of traditional therapy and holistic practices for treatment that incorporates physical, mental and spiritual recovery. Staff endeavors to provide each individual with the skills and know-how to care for themselves once they complete treatment and continue their lives with a renewed perspective. Elevation Behavioral Health aims to elevate the standard for residential treatment and the client towards their highest self without the use of substances by encouraging each individual to discard their former destructive patterns and habits.
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Bipolar Disorder Treatment Centers
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.