Does Your Partner Have Bipolar Disorder?

 

Group Coaching Calls for Partners of People with Bipolar Disorder

The Bipolar Disorder 101 coaching call was a great success with over 100 participants. The coaching call for parents sold out.

This next series of calls are exclusively for partners of people with bipolar disorder.

 

 

“When I went into this relationship there were two people, now bipolar disorder makes it feel like there are three.”

Does bipolar disorder negatively affect your relationship? You’re not alone if it does. Bipolar disorder is notorious for creating relationship problems.  It’s also easy for you to get lost when a partner is ill.

Are you interested in the following topics?

Communicating with your partner during mood swings.
Sex. (Just one word and yet so complicated!)
The complex world of medications.
Lack of insight or refusal of the diagnosis.
An end to caretaking.
Successful bipolar disorder management.

Then this coaching call is for you. Whether your relationship is doing well, but you need more bipolar disorder tips or your relationship is currently controlled by the ups and downs of the illness, I will show you how to improve your relationship forever. The calls will answer these questions:

Will my partner get better?
Is bipolar disorder going to ruin our relationship?
Will my partner ever accept the bipolar disorder diagnosis?
Will my partner ever learn to manage this illness successfully?
Will my partner find the right medications?
When will my life be important too?

How the calls work. There are two calls and each call is an hour. When you join the calls, you will receive the details on how to call into the event.  The calls are recorded and a download will be available.  All participants will receive a mini workbook that follows the calls.  The information you will receive in two hours can help your relationship for a lifetime.

I can’t wait for these calls. In 1995 when my partner Ivan was in the hospital for two months in a manic/psychotic episode, I wish there had been something like these calls for me. Then, when he went into a one month suicidal downswing, I wish I had known what to do! As a result of this experience, I wrote Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder for us: the partners.

I wasn’t sure about our future when Ivan was so sick. I cried most days and there was no one to help me. Luckily he recovered and was never that psychotic or manic again, but I will never forget those days. I will never forget how alone I felt.  My mind was confused and I kept wondering, ‘where was the ‘Ivan’ I knew and loved?’ He wasn’t there. The bipolar had taken over. I remember looking at him in the face when he was so ill and he wasn’t able to even have a conversation.

It took me a long time to understand this illness and what it does to couples. Now I do understand what it takes to create a successful relationship when one partner has bipolar disorder. I want to pass that knowledge on to you.

These calls are personal advice and strategies for immediate use from someone who knows exactly what you’re going through. My goal is to help you create a relationship that is based on love and serenity and not one focused on bipolar disorder mood swings.

Never forget. Knowing how to help your partner is not innate. It helps to learn proven strategies from someone who has been on both sides.

If you have worked with me or currently work with me as a coaching client, these calls are a great refresher. If you are new to my work, welcome!

Ordering details are below.

 

Julie

 

2-Part Coaching Call for Parents- $97 (Less than $50 per hour.)

Two Tuesdays: May 29 and June 5, 2012.

5:30 PM Pacific Time (8:30 PM East Coast)

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