Chris Aiken – Complex Mood Disorders

Therapy is at the front–This seminar will place you at the center of treatment for bipolar disorder and depression.-To-to find out the best time for your clients to receive their advances.

Chris Aiken – Complex Mood Disorders

The Mood Spectrum

• There are three types of mood: depression and hypomania.
• These moods can have both psychological and social side effects.
• Each mood is treated in a therapeutic relationship.
• It is all too common to see the role of other disorders in mood disorders, such as eating, personality, anxiety and trauma.
• Normalizing
• Six strengths for mood disorders: Flowers in the Weeds

Circadian Rhythms

• Mood The biological clock and disorders
• Four important events set the clock in motion
• Social interactions: From deprivation and overstimulation
• Brisk awakening
• Light therapy
• Dark therapy
• Flow, engagement and behavioral activation
• Seasonal moods

Sleep. Mood

• Sleep drive and circadian rhythms
• Normal vs. severe insomnia: The role of anxiety
• Modern approach to sleep hygiene
• Advanced moves: CBT and sleep restriction-insomnia
• Modifications to depression and bipolar disorder

Mood Health

• The body can hinder the mind through inflammation, head injury or obesity.
• How often and how much exercise is recommended?
• Technology and mood
• Food is important: dark chocolate, tea, and the Mediterranean Diet.
• Air quality: from aromatherapy to negative ions

Medication

• Update on Psychopharmacology of Mood Disorders
• Information on natural remedies for mood disorders
• Side effects can be minimized and adherence maximized

The Silent Symptom of Cognition

• Recognize cognitive deficits
• How cognition affects therapy
• Functional remediation: A New Model
• There are three ways to improve cognition: optimization, compensation, and restoration
• Take it home: Seven exercises for restoring your mind

Mood Disorders The Family

• You can help in four ways: empathy, warmth and positivity.
• Avoid five things: conflict, criticism, scrutiny, and conflict.-Involvement and hostility
• Timing, frequency, and regularity are three ingredients that are often overlooked.
• Limits and boundaries for adult children living at home
• Managing crises
• Protecting young children

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Description:

• All new “Mood Toolbox”
• Learn more about the quiet revolution of therapy for mood disorders
• Translate these NEW advances into practical therapeutic strategies….
• Brisk awakening
• Dark therapy
• Social rhythm therapy
• Expressed-emotion regulation –and more!

Therapy is at the front–This seminar will place you at the center of treatment for bipolar disorder and depression.-To-Date on the most important advances for your clients We’ll draw from over half a dozen evidenced-These therapies include:

• Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder (CBT)-B) and Insomnia-I)
• Family-Bipolar Illness Treatment with Focused Therapy
• Group Psychoeducation
• Functional Remediation
• Behavioral activation

We’ll pull together the common elements in these therapies to create a single, flexible toolkit that you can adapt to the unique needs of each client.

You’ll learn how modern-Life is a contributing factor to mood disorders through the way we live. Blue-Light from electronic devices can alter neurohormones and cause obesity, depression, insomnia, or other mood disorders. We’ll explore the effects of diet, seasons, light, temperature, and air-quality of sleep and mood. We’ll also look at ways that technology can aid recovery, including dawn-Simulators, blue-Sleep actigraphy, light filters and certain apps for mood disorders.

We’ll explore the unique ways that bipolar and depression impact relationships and how to address those in therapy. Finally, you’ll learn how to work with families to reduce conflict and foster a more supportive environment for recovery during mood episodes.