New Therapy Group for Depression and Bipolar Disorder Forming
Feeling low all the time? Unable to find joy in life? Difficult to get out of the house?
Having too much joy to the point that it interferes with your life? Can’t sleep?
Has mania or depression caused you to lose the confidence of family or friends?
Psych Choices is putting together an evening psychotherapy group for people who deal with depression and bipolar disorder to provide support, peer education, and direction for moving from suffering with these issues to living with them.Group therapy is helpful for people who deal with depression and bipolar disorder because it provides a supportive, non-judgmental, and informative atmosphere where one can make change. Insights from people going through the same thing and a trained and experienced psychotherapist can help you get better.
The daytime group will meet weekly at Psych Choices (5060 State Rd, 2nd Floor, Drexel Hill, PA). It will meet on Mondays from 7:30-8:30p or 9p (depending on group size).
Some of the topics that can be discussed include but are not limited to:
- What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they similar and different?
- Living beyond stigma
- Changing your thoughts changes your mood
- Predromal, Syndromal, and Postdromal symptoms
- Dealing with family, friends, and career
- Coping with suicidal thoughts
- What is a mood chart?
The group is run by Nate Prentice, MSW, LCSW, CAS-PC Student (http://nateprenticetherapy.com), a licensed clinical social worker, a pastoral counseling student, and a psychotherapist who has successfully helped people who deal with this create a new life for over 22 years.
Time to come out from the darkness. Time to come out from the blinding light. Time to move into a place where you are content with a healthy, productive, and supported life.
Group therapy is usually covered by your insurance, or call the intake worker at Psych Choices to find out about our sliding scale fees. Speak with your therapist or medication provider if you are interested.
Thank you for sharing this post. It is really great to know that such programs are being offered to help individuals who are suffering from depression and bipolar disorder. This will certainly benefit not only individuals with such conditions but also their care takers.