Bipolar Disorder Treatment Centers in New York, NY
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.
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.
We bring expertise from the fields of clinical psychology, psychiatry, and neurology together under one roof so we can offer a variety of evidence-based treatment options. Whatever the treatment we decide on together - talk therapy, medication, neuromodulation (including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS), or some combination - we suspect that, above all, you just want to feel better.
We bring expertise from the fields of clinical psychology, psychiatry, and neurology together under one roof so we can offer a variety of evidence-based treatment options. Whatever the treatment we decide on together - talk therapy, medication, neuromodulation (including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS), or some combination - we suspect that, above all, you just want to feel better.
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.
Wellspring Residential Program-Girls & Adult Women
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10001
Founded in 1977, Wellspring is a residential treatment center for adolescent girls and young adult women and gender diverse individuals struggling with mental health and relational issues. Wellspring's Arch Bridge School is a private therapeutic school for grades 7-12. It offers college prep academics with classroom support from mental health clinicians and special education teachers. Wellspring is accredited by The Joint Commission and NEASC, and approved by the departments of Education in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
Founded in 1977, Wellspring is a residential treatment center for adolescent girls and young adult women and gender diverse individuals struggling with mental health and relational issues. Wellspring's Arch Bridge School is a private therapeutic school for grades 7-12. It offers college prep academics with classroom support from mental health clinicians and special education teachers. Wellspring is accredited by The Joint Commission and NEASC, and approved by the departments of Education in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.
The Sylvia Brafman Mental Health Center is a brand new, world-class behavioral health treatment center founded by widely recognized thought-leaders in mental health and substance abuse disorders. We put those who suffer on a path to thriving in all areas of life through uniquely tailored clinical, spiritual, and psychiatric support. We are primarily focused on mental health, while also specializing in addiction treatment. Our co-founders Ben Brafman and Jaime Blaustein are regarded as thought-leaders in behavioral health; they are hands-on experts who combine clinical knowledge and practical experience. Ben Brafman was the CEO and founder of Destination Hope, a premier addiction treatment center in Florida, where he met Jaime Blaustein, an addict who attended Ben's treatment center at 21 years old. Jaime went on to recover at 24 years old, sponsor many men, receive his MBA at Duke University, and enter Wall Street as an investment banker. Our approach is passionate and authentic; our treatment design and dynamic is real and genuine, not a cookie-cutter approach. Lastly, we are small and intimate - focused on family, community, and human connection.
The Sylvia Brafman Mental Health Center is a brand new, world-class behavioral health treatment center founded by widely recognized thought-leaders in mental health and substance abuse disorders. We put those who suffer on a path to thriving in all areas of life through uniquely tailored clinical, spiritual, and psychiatric support. We are primarily focused on mental health, while also specializing in addiction treatment. Our co-founders Ben Brafman and Jaime Blaustein are regarded as thought-leaders in behavioral health; they are hands-on experts who combine clinical knowledge and practical experience. Ben Brafman was the CEO and founder of Destination Hope, a premier addiction treatment center in Florida, where he met Jaime Blaustein, an addict who attended Ben's treatment center at 21 years old. Jaime went on to recover at 24 years old, sponsor many men, receive his MBA at Duke University, and enter Wall Street as an investment banker. Our approach is passionate and authentic; our treatment design and dynamic is real and genuine, not a cookie-cutter approach. Lastly, we are small and intimate - focused on family, community, and human connection.
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.
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.
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
Avalon Malibu Mental Health & Addiction Treatment Center is a Licensed Addiction & Mental Health Treatment Center. Utilizing experiential methodologies, expressive arts and research based psychotherapies, we offer a place which provides a nurturing and therapeutic environment. Clients are encouraged to participate actively in their recovery. We provide five levels of care: Licensed Addiction Residential Treatment (Detoxification), Licensed Mental Health Residential Treatment, Partial Hospitalization Program, Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program Happiness is a choice of attitude. Resolve to choose gratefulness over regret until joy becomes your default setting. The process of healing is one of self-realization, the peeling away of the fears and negativity that obscure the light of your core self.
Avalon Malibu Mental Health & Addiction Treatment Center is a Licensed Addiction & Mental Health Treatment Center. Utilizing experiential methodologies, expressive arts and research based psychotherapies, we offer a place which provides a nurturing and therapeutic environment. Clients are encouraged to participate actively in their recovery. We provide five levels of care: Licensed Addiction Residential Treatment (Detoxification), Licensed Mental Health Residential Treatment, Partial Hospitalization Program, Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program Happiness is a choice of attitude. Resolve to choose gratefulness over regret until joy becomes your default setting. The process of healing is one of self-realization, the peeling away of the fears and negativity that obscure the light of your core self.
Alternative to Meds Center is a world authority on the subjects of biochemical correction of addiction and alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Licensed by the State of Arizona, we specialize in the utilization of environmental and orthomolecular medical strategies to accomplish tapered medication withdrawal and adjustment, as well as drug and alcohol addiction. We maintain relationships with nearby hospitals in order to handle acute cases needing detox or medical stabilization.
Alternative to Meds Center is a world authority on the subjects of biochemical correction of addiction and alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Licensed by the State of Arizona, we specialize in the utilization of environmental and orthomolecular medical strategies to accomplish tapered medication withdrawal and adjustment, as well as drug and alcohol addiction. We maintain relationships with nearby hospitals in order to handle acute cases needing detox or medical stabilization.
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Windhorse is a semi-residential program for adults experiencing life-disrupting mental states, with three locations in the US (Oregon, California, and Massachusetts). Inspired by the vision that psychiatric recovery is possible, Windhorse Integrative Mental Health has been a leader in personalized, compassionate care for over 30 years. The foundational principle of our treatment is healing through relationship and community. Windhorse addresses what is missing in most institutional settings. Our clients experience:
Windhorse is a semi-residential program for adults experiencing life-disrupting mental states, with three locations in the US (Oregon, California, and Massachusetts). Inspired by the vision that psychiatric recovery is possible, Windhorse Integrative Mental Health has been a leader in personalized, compassionate care for over 30 years. The foundational principle of our treatment is healing through relationship and community. Windhorse addresses what is missing in most institutional settings. Our clients experience:
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.
Paradigm Treatment - Teen Residential Treatment
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10001
At Paradigm Treatment, we have been providing residential treatment for teenagers (12-17) for over 12 years. Our program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. While most teen treatment is focused on containing and changing behaviors, our goal is to identify the core issues driving negative coping skills. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower teens to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program.
At Paradigm Treatment, we have been providing residential treatment for teenagers (12-17) for over 12 years. Our program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. While most teen treatment is focused on containing and changing behaviors, our goal is to identify the core issues driving negative coping skills. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower teens to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program.
Located in Stockbridge, MA, with a national referral base, the Austen Riggs Center is an open and voluntary hospital-based continuum of care for adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems. We offer a range of interventions within an integrated psychodynamic framework. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. We treat the individual, not just the diagnosis. Patients come to us with multiple diagnoses, but we understand that these labels do not necessarily capture the essence of their struggles or strengths. In addition, through our Online Intensive Outpatient Program (now in-network with Carelon Behavioral Health) we offer online treatment to college students and emerging adults (18-30) in Massachusetts.
Located in Stockbridge, MA, with a national referral base, the Austen Riggs Center is an open and voluntary hospital-based continuum of care for adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems. We offer a range of interventions within an integrated psychodynamic framework. An emphasis is placed on patient authority and responsibility while examining the meaning behind behaviors and how behaviors impact relationships. We treat the individual, not just the diagnosis. Patients come to us with multiple diagnoses, but we understand that these labels do not necessarily capture the essence of their struggles or strengths. In addition, through our Online Intensive Outpatient Program (now in-network with Carelon Behavioral Health) we offer online treatment to college students and emerging adults (18-30) in Massachusetts.
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.
The Dorm - Young Adult IOP Treatment Community NYC
Treatment Center
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10023
The Dorm is an affirming, CARF-Accredited young adult mental health treatment community in New York City on a mission to help young people launch lives of independence and purpose. We serve young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 overcoming clinically complex mental health issues with immersive day and evening services that include clinical therapies, practical skill-building and community support. We specialize in treating substance use, trauma, anxiety and depressive disorders, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders and supporting with executive function deficits. Personalized treatment plans scale from 3-30+ hours a week following expert assessment. Comprehensive care encompasses 1:1 therapy (licensed clinicians trained in over 11 clinical modalities including DBT, CBT, EMDR and Cognitive Remediation), individualized life skills coaching, group therapy, family therapy, nutritional support with registered dietitians, academic and vocational services, a unique community clubhouse experience with social activities and events. Supportive housing opportunities and partial residential support available.
The Dorm is an affirming, CARF-Accredited young adult mental health treatment community in New York City on a mission to help young people launch lives of independence and purpose. We serve young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 overcoming clinically complex mental health issues with immersive day and evening services that include clinical therapies, practical skill-building and community support. We specialize in treating substance use, trauma, anxiety and depressive disorders, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders and supporting with executive function deficits. Personalized treatment plans scale from 3-30+ hours a week following expert assessment. Comprehensive care encompasses 1:1 therapy (licensed clinicians trained in over 11 clinical modalities including DBT, CBT, EMDR and Cognitive Remediation), individualized life skills coaching, group therapy, family therapy, nutritional support with registered dietitians, academic and vocational services, a unique community clubhouse experience with social activities and events. Supportive housing opportunities and partial residential support available.
Bryant West Psychology in the heart of NYC is a growing group practice of over 40 well-trained psychotherapists, primarily psychologists, who see mainly adults in person and online throughout NYS (with some clinicians doing telehealth in NJ and other states). We provide individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy and are in-network with Aetna and student insurance from Columbia, NYU, New School, Fordham, FIT, and Pratt. You can visit our website, www.bryantwestpsychology.com, for a full list of our clinicians, their training, specialties, and contact information. Among the many issues we address are Depression - Anxiety - Complex Trauma - - Sexual Inhibition/Expression - Relationship Conflicts - Loneliness and Isolation - Reproductive Health Issues - Intimacy - Compulsive/Addictive Behaviors - Self-Esteem - Life Transitions - Maginialization and Othering - Personality Disorders - LGBTQ... Issues - Chronic Illness and Pain - Work Stress - Shame - Neglect -Physical/Sexual/Emotional Abuse - Social Inhibition and Anxiety - Mood Disorders - Phobias - Neo-sexualities - Parenting Issues - Post-Partum Issues - Cultural, Social and Systemic Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Ableism……
Bryant West Psychology in the heart of NYC is a growing group practice of over 40 well-trained psychotherapists, primarily psychologists, who see mainly adults in person and online throughout NYS (with some clinicians doing telehealth in NJ and other states). We provide individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy and are in-network with Aetna and student insurance from Columbia, NYU, New School, Fordham, FIT, and Pratt. You can visit our website, www.bryantwestpsychology.com, for a full list of our clinicians, their training, specialties, and contact information. Among the many issues we address are Depression - Anxiety - Complex Trauma - - Sexual Inhibition/Expression - Relationship Conflicts - Loneliness and Isolation - Reproductive Health Issues - Intimacy - Compulsive/Addictive Behaviors - Self-Esteem - Life Transitions - Maginialization and Othering - Personality Disorders - LGBTQ... Issues - Chronic Illness and Pain - Work Stress - Shame - Neglect -Physical/Sexual/Emotional Abuse - Social Inhibition and Anxiety - Mood Disorders - Phobias - Neo-sexualities - Parenting Issues - Post-Partum Issues - Cultural, Social and Systemic Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Ableism……
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.
The Soho Center's mission is to offer high-quality and effective psychotherapeutic services and to provide training and opportunities for mental health professionals. The staff of The Soho Center conducts treatment with the underlying conviction that each person has the inherent capacity to improve one's life and become increasingly warm, spontaneous, joyful, and unafraid.
The Soho Center's mission is to offer high-quality and effective psychotherapeutic services and to provide training and opportunities for mental health professionals. The staff of The Soho Center conducts treatment with the underlying conviction that each person has the inherent capacity to improve one's life and become increasingly warm, spontaneous, joyful, and unafraid.
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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.