Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder

Description

An introduction to MBCT for bipolar disorder -- Bipolar disorder and mindfulness -- An overview of MBCT for bipolar disorder -- assessment and orientation for prospective participants -- individual sessions -- The group sessions. Welcome in the moment -- Welcome back to the present -- The end of the honeymoon -- Aversion and attachment -- Depression and acceptance -- Mania -- Anger -- Anxiety -- Open awareness and loving-kindness -- Loving-kindness I -- Loving-kindness II -- Mindfulness never ends -- Reproducible handouts. Misconceptions about mindfulness -- MBCT for bipolar disorder: the roadmap -- Mindfulness discussion questions -- Yoga exercise -- Mood diary -- Planning your mindfulness practice -- Homework sheet -- Worksheet for warning signs and action plans -- Worksheet for trigger situations -- The autopilot -- Exercise 1 for Session 5 -- Automatic negative thoughts -- Cognitive biases in depression -- Exercise 2 for Session 5 -- What can I do when I start feeling down or depressed? -- List of troubling thoughts and feelings -- Why prevent mania with mindfulness? -- Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with hypomania/mania -- Cognitive biases in hypomania/mania -- What should I do when Ii notice warning signs of mania? -- Automatic anger thoughts -- Anger-related cognitive biases -- Exercise for Session 7 -- Anger discussion questions -- What can I do when I feel frustrated, angry, or irritable? -- Automatic catastrophic thoughts -- What can I do when I feel anxious? -- Self-soothing activities -- Mindfulness never ends An introduction to MBCT for bipolar disorder -- Bipolar disorder and mindfulness -- An overview of MBCT for bipolar disorder -- assessment and orientation for prospective participants -- individual sessions -- The group sessions. Welcome in the moment -- Welcome back to the present -- The end of the honeymoon -- Aversion and attachment -- Depression and acceptance -- Mania -- Anger -- Anxiety -- Open awareness and loving-kindness -- Loving-kindness I -- Loving-kindness II -- Mindfulness never ends -- Reproducible handouts. Misconceptions about mindfulness -- MBCT for bipolar disorder: the roadmap -- Mindfulness discussion questions -- Yoga exercise -- Mood diary -- Planning your mindfulness practice -- Homework sheet -- Worksheet for warning signs and action plans -- Worksheet for trigger situations -- The autopilot -- Exercise 1 for Session 5 -- Automatic negative thoughts -- Cognitive biases in depression -- Exercise 2 for Session 5 -- What can I do when I start feeling down or depressed? -- List of troubling thoughts and feelings -- Why prevent mania with mindfulness? -- Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with hypomania/mania -- Cognitive biases in hypomania/mania -- What should I do when Ii notice warning signs of mania? -- Automatic anger thoughts -- Anger-related cognitive biases -- Exercise for Session 7 -- Anger discussion questions -- What can I do when I feel frustrated, angry, or irritable? -- Automatic catastrophic thoughts -- What can I do when I feel anxious? -- Self-soothing activities -- Mindfulness never ends