Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder can upend your life resulting in a roller coaster of periods of heightened energy, creativity, and euphoria followed by deep depression, when life may feel almost unbearable. Therapy supports the individual in either phase of bipolar disorder by utilizing either Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing or CBT for psychosis. When you are in manic periods the therapist validates your suffering, offering compassion, endorsing self-forgiveness. In the depressive phase the therapist focuses on supporting the client in healing and repairing relationships as well as  increasing client awareness of their triggers for mania.