401: TEAM Therapy Insights: Overcoming Bipolar Disorder & Embracing Self-Acceptance

Questions asked:
1. Alison asks: I have bipolar disorder, and I have had trouble challenging my negative thoughts. I’m suffering. What can I do?
2. NAME WITHHELD asks: Can or should a person really and truly accept their dark side?
3. Trainor asks: In TEAM there is a strong emphasis on changing the way you think. But is it sometimes also important to change your behavior, or to make real changes in your life, or to help others who need help changing their circumstances. For example, people who are struggling in poverty.
00:00 Intro
01:38 Endorsements
07:41 Question #1: Can TEAM Therapy help with Bipolar Disorder?
11:30 Story of David's first patient seen when he was a new Resident in Philadelphia
14:05 Practical tips for people who are bipolar
16:00 Question #2: Can you accept your dark side?
19:43 Accepting yourself as a whole person
21:20 The problem with denying your dark side
22:40 David talks about his dark side
29:50 Question #3: Do you sometimes need to make real changes in your life and not just in your thinking?
37:28 Does money buy happiness?
38:36 How the Feeling Great App can help
40:25 Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory