Synopses & Reviews
Bipolar Disorder is characterized by periods of manic behavior and episodes of sadness--often with periods of normalcy in between. Bipolar individuals disrupt the lives of the people around them. Those close to them experience feelings of fear and anxiety--constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood. This book is written to the partner of a bipolar individual and designed to mend strained relationships. Readers learn how to control episodic crises, and how to create loving, healthy, relationships. They find out which sorts of coping approaches work--and which do not. They will learn, from this book, how to recognize a bipolar conversation and survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause. Twenty-city national radio tour--New York, Boston, Hartford, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Washington, DC, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Denver, New Orleans. Advertising in Psychotherapy Networker. Extensive marketing to the large and growing bipolar online community. Visit the authors at www.bipolarhappens.com and www.psyd-fx.com.
Review
“I am truly impressed with this wonderful book. I will have it in my office and will recommend it to patients’ partners as a matter of course as they go through the journey with this illness.”
—Steven Juergens, MD
Synopsis
Bipolar Disorder is characterized by alternating periods of dramatically manic behavior and episodes of extreme sadness and hopelessness, often with periods of normalcy in between. Those close to bipolar individuals may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety and a constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood.
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is the first of its kind: written to the partner of a bipolar individual and designed to mend strained relationships. If your partner suffers from bipolar disorder, use this book to learn how to negotiate his or her episodic crises. Find out how to recognize a bipolar conversation. Survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause. Deal with problematic sexual issues. Know when to call for help. All of the tactics in this book work to offer relief and engender a greater sense of stability.
Understand that the ultimate goal of this book, the development of a peaceful and loving relationship, is absolutely achievable with patience and good advice.
Synopsis
Written to the partner of a bipolar individual, this book will help readers mend strained relationships, control episodic crises, learn which coping approaches work, and create loving, healthy relationships. Readers also learn how to recognize a bipolar conversation and survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause.
Synopsis
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is a first of its kind book—written specifically for the partner of a person with bipolar disorder. If you have a loved one with bipolar, you know how disruptive and straining this disorder can be to your relationship. You may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety as well as a constant uncertainly about your loved one’s ever-changing moods.
This book is designed to help you overcome the unique challenges of loving someone with bipolar disorder. With the supportive and helpful information, strategies, and real-life examples contained here, you’ll have all the tools you need to create a loving, healthy, and close relationship.
Find out how to:
- Identify which coping approaches work and which do not
- Recognize and transform a “bipolar conversation”
- Use new strategies to help manage episodic crises
- Survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause
- Deal with problematic sexual issues Increase closeness and stability in your relationship
About the Author
Julie A. Fast is a leading bipolar disorder specialist and a critically acclaimed national speaker, family coach, and sought-after media source. She has been featured in US Weekly, Self Magazine, and on national radio. Her popular websites, www.juliefast.com and www.bipolarhappens.com have received over one million visitors. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
John D. Preston, PsyD, ABPP, is professor emeritus at Alliant International University in Sacramento, CA. He is author or coauthor of over twenty books addressing psychotherapy, psychiatric medication treatment, and neurobiology, including the Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists (
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