Beating Bipolar: How One Therapist Tackled His Illness . . . and How What He Learned Could Help You!

by Blake Levine

Overview

Beating Bipolar explains how to emotionally overcome bipolar disorder, sharing insider lessons from a leading expert who also lives with the illness. It will help families, teachers, mental-health professionals, those with bipolar disorder, and anyone looking to learn about it. The book is filled with uplifting stories and techniques to help manage this debilitating illness. With bipolar disorder affecting millions, this book will be the guide to allow us to create more healing in our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401939519
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.84(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Blake LeVine is a social worker and life coach dedicated to bettering lives. An expert on helping people with bipolar disorder and improving emotional health, Blake is also the only social worker to personally meet the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, and more than 5,000 other notable people. Blake has appeared on Dr. Phil, CNN, ABC, Fox, Oprah.com, and over 500 radio programs. He has worked with the homeless in New York City, foster-care children, and bipolar families, and has been in private practice for several years. Blake holds a master’s degree in social work from Adelphi University.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Part I Unraveling Bipolar

Chapter 1 Into the Light 3

Chapter 2 The Power of a Diagnosis 25

Part II Tackling Your Illness

Chapter 3 Meeting the Bipolar Challenge 47

Chapter 4 Talk Therapy 67

Chapter 5 Medicating Your Swings 83

Chapter 6 Life Tools 101

Part III Cementing Relationships, Both Old and New

Chapter 7 Healthy Connections: How to Harness Support 119

Chapter 8 Letting Love In 139

Part IV Mapping a New Life

Chapter 9 Persistence and the Power of Hope and Soul 157

Chapter 10 Finding Rebirth and New Adventures 167

Afterword: Into the Light, Revisited 179

Endnotes 181

About the Author 185