When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder

Learn how to navigate your partner's bipolar disorder and strengthen your relationship

Utilizing the most up-to-date information available on treatment and management, this book provides you with a variety of written and interactive exercises and strategies that both you and your partner can use to foster a healthier and more balanced relationship.

When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder includes:

• Modern approaches―Discover resources derived from current understandings of bipolar disorder as well as information about the bipolar spectrum and its symptoms.
• Evidence-based exercises―Combine journaling, mindfulness exercises, and conversation prompts to work with your partner and take care of yourself.
• Real-life examples―Draw support from real-life examples of others facing the challenges of living with a partner suffering from bipolar disorder.

When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder will help you support your partner and yourself through both good and tough times.

William O. Selig, PsyD, MFA, is a clinical psychologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned his doctorate from the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, writing his dissertation on bipolar disorder and creativity at Stanford University’s Bipolar Disorders Clinic. He co-led a 2014 revision of the psychotherapy for bipolar disorder treatment track at Kaiser Permanente Psychiatry & Behavioral Health in Oakland, California, where he later cofounded the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program.