Mind Skills Treatment

Turning good intentions into real and lasting change builds the confidence essential for putting Bipolar In Order. Coaching is essentially a facilitation process for people to integrate and establish skills. These skills include Mind Mapping, memory strategies for short and long term recall, mindset and attitude coaching, creativity processes, personal change work, and mental rehearsal techniques.

Coaching is done both one-to-one and in groups. It can be done in person, over the phone, or via the internet. It is usually done in forty five minute to one hour sessions and can be as frequent as weekly, but should be at least once a month if the skills are going to be reinforced enough to hold.

Daily practice, and some times multiple times a day, are necessary for the mind to create the habits needed for success. Mental exercises seem very simple on the surface, but we know the mind's tendency to avoid change easily rivals the body's. It takes discipline to keep up the practice.

Adherence can be greatly helped by working with friends and family or in support group settings. It can also make a huge difference to have one-to-one sessions with a coach.

Mind Skills coaching includes:

  • Check-in to reaffirm purpose, goals and actions - "What am I creating in my daily life and why?"
  • Exploration - "How am I doing?" Clients explore their issues, questions, and concerns that have arisen during the week. The coach clarifies them so that clients can reset their goals. In group sessions, these issues are explored with the group and invariably others share similar or related issues.
  • Tune up - Tuning up the Mind Skills routines so that they fit more successfully into a clients' work, leisure, and home life.
  • Development - The coach gives hands-on training to build skills to new levels of competence and effectiveness.
  • Support - Individual and group support to help clients to stay on the path.

Contact our Personal Advocate to help you to find the right provider for your needs.