Jet City Psychological Services
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state (in-person and telehealth). We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person ...
Hosted by Janelle Painter
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98126
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state (in-person and telehealth). We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person ...
Jet City Psychological Services, PLLC
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state via telehealth. We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person to ...
Hosted by Dr. Kristen Strack
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98116
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state via telehealth. We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person to ...
DBT Skills Training Group
Hosted by Elisabeth Rehn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98121
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Jet City Psychological Services
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state (in-person and telehealth). We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person ...
Hosted by Janelle Painter
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98126
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state (in-person and telehealth). We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person ...
Jet City Psychological Services, PLLC
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state via telehealth. We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person to ...
Hosted by Dr. Kristen Strack
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98116
Jet City Psychological Services offers evidence-based, culturally responsive individual therapy for adults across Washington state via telehealth. We empower individuals to live meaningful and fulfilling lives through the use of evidence-based treatments and skills. We work with each person to ...
Varad Program
Our experienced providers offer multi-disciplinary plans in correspondence with our professionals to produce successful mental health outcomes. We aim to not only guide you through your recovery, but your remission as well.
Hosted by Farrukh Hashmi
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bellevue, WA 98007
Our experienced providers offer multi-disciplinary plans in correspondence with our professionals to produce successful mental health outcomes. We aim to not only guide you through your recovery, but your remission as well.
Bainbridge Island Clinical Psychologist
Board Member, Bainbridge Island Psychotherapy Guild
Hosted by Mary O'Leary
Psychologist, MA, PhD, MS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Board Member, Bainbridge Island Psychotherapy Guild
DBT Skills Training Group
Hosted by Elisabeth Rehn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Seattle, WA 98121
Varad Program
Our experienced providers offer multi-disciplinary plans in correspondence with our professionals to produce successful mental health outcomes. We aim to not only guide you through your recovery, but your remission as well.
Hosted by Reliance Health Systems
PA-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bellevue, WA 98007
Our experienced providers offer multi-disciplinary plans in correspondence with our professionals to produce successful mental health outcomes. We aim to not only guide you through your recovery, but your remission as well.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
www.dbteastside.com offering in-person and online DBT (Standard) and Radically Open DBT groups for teens, adults, affected others and parents. Rolling enrollment so you can start at any time. Currently no waitlists to join a group.
Hosted by Michael Keegan Savage
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bellevue, WA 98004
www.dbteastside.com offering in-person and online DBT (Standard) and Radically Open DBT groups for teens, adults, affected others and parents. Rolling enrollment so you can start at any time. Currently no waitlists to join a group.
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Bipolar Disorder Support Groups
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.