Counselling is an effective mode of treatment that helps a person with bipolar disorder learn about their disorder, how it impacts their life, understand the warning signs of an episode coming, and learn ways to cope with their symptoms in their everyday life.
Counselling provides psycho-education regarding the disorder, allows the individual to set realistic goals and achieve them, helps enhance relapse prevention, allows them to get insight into how their disorder affects other people and learn ways to reduce the negative impact, learn the warning signs of an episode coming, and find ways to cope with their symptoms – all of which allows them to live the best quality of life possible.
The number of sessions required differs for each individual, however, it is advisable to keep having follow-up sessions long-term in order to maintain recovery and prevent relapses.
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