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Consultant psychologist Elena Touroni explains how CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) can help with bipolar disorder, in addition to medication, because it may make sufferers aware of upcoming manic episodes. https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy
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Bipolar disorder because it’s predominantly a biochemical disorder. So one would definitely need some form of medication for bipolar disorder. The way that cognitive behavioural therapy can help is that, over time, people can notice the cycles that they get into and they can notice early warning signs that might be telling them that they are about to hit a manic episode or about to hit a depressed sort of period. And by noticing those, they can do things that sort of intervene so that they don’t go either as high or as low.
