How Important Is Counselling for Bipolar Disorder?
Question by Daisy: How important is counselling for bipolar disorder?
My boyfriend has bipolar disorder and goes to his psychiatrist once a month. His visits are real quick like 10 minutes long. She just asks how are you today, are your pills working, any stressers? Then she sends him out the do. Other than that “therapy” he doesnt do any talk counselling. So is counselling an important thing when it comes to bipolar disorder?
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Answer by M P
Counselling is an important part of the process, but many men are unwilling to open up talk as they don’t want to appear weak. The pills can’t do all the work, and more often than not they end up being a problem in their own right when the patient takes them until they feel better and then stops, and then needs to start again when they feel low. Cognitive behaviour therapy really helps with this as well. As for counselling he would feel better if he could open up and reveal his deep dark secrets to someone who won’t judge him on them.
Answer by Ms Kitty
Counceling is not always inportant with Bipolar Disorder….. Because Bipolar is a chemical imbalance if his meds are working and he is stable he doesn;t really need more than a “med check” with his psychiatrist. A med check is just a ten minute appt to check on how his meds are working……. Therapy is useful to learn coping techniques and some people need therapy for other things but Bipolar is chemical….. not psychological so therapy is not really necessary.
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