CBT Worksheet For Bipolar Disorder
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this CBT Worksheet For Bipolar Disorder?
CBT for bipolar disorder explains that during manic and depressive phases an individual’s behavior got influenced due to changes in mood and cognition. Research explains that applying CBT to work on maladaptive thoughts during depressive and manic phases helps us reduce the severity. It makes individuals more functional in times of suffering
How will the worksheet help?
This worksheet will help them tap maladaptive cognitions that directly influence individuals’ behavior and emotions. They will manage mood shifts by having control of their distorted thinking patterns.
How to use the worksheet?
The worksheet can be used with patients suffering from bipolar disorder. The worksheet can be used in the depressive and manic phases but after doing management with psychiatric interventions. It is based on open-ended questions about their automatic thought and their impact on emotions and behavior. To alter these thoughts later individuals can use a second column to generate alternative positive views.
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