Bipolar Disorder Treatment in Southern California
Living with bipolar disorder can feel unpredictable, but the right treatment can bring real balance and relief. We offer specialized, personalized care for adults with bipolar disorder to help you move from instability toward greater clarity, steadiness, and confidence in your daily life.
We’ll work with you to understand your unique patterns, manage mood shifts more effectively, and build lasting strategies that support stability and well-being.
What Does Life With Bipolar Disorder Look Like?
Bipolar disorder often brings intense shifts in mood, energy, and focus. High-energy periods can feel overwhelming or reckless, while low periods can drain motivation and hope. These changes can make it hard to keep a steady routine, maintain relationships, or feel in control of your life.
Daily responsibilities may feel unpredictable when your mood changes quickly or lasts for long stretches of time. But with the right support, it’s possible to find more stability, manage symptoms effectively, and regain confidence in your ability to live a balanced life.
People with bipolar disorder may experience the following manic symptoms:
- Intense euphoria
- Hurried speech
- Racing thoughts
- Increased agitation or irritation
- Engaging in risky behaviors, including substance abuse
- Decreased need for sleep
- Fatigue, lethargy, or physical weakness
- Extreme sadness, often leading to suicidal thoughts or behavior
- Sleep problems of either too much or too little
- Low appetite or increased appetite
- Loss of interest in activities once considered enjoyable
- Increased irritability and heightened aggression
- Chronic pain with no known cause
The Types of Bipolar Disorder
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), there are three types of bipolar disorder, including:
- Bipolar I Disorder: Involves manic episodes lasting at least seven days or requiring hospitalization. Depressive episodes usually last about two weeks. Mixed episodes (when manic and depressive symptoms occur together) are also possible.
- Bipolar II Disorder: Marked by recurring depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes, which are less severe than the manic episodes seen in bipolar I.
- Cyclothymic Disorder (Cyclothymia): A rarer form of bipolar disorder with ongoing cycles of hypomanic and depressive symptoms that are milder than those in bipolar I or II.
How Bipolar Disorder Treatment at Clearview Can Help
Clearview provides specialized treatment options for bipolar disorder. With evidence-based therapies and a dedicated care team, we help clients learn how to manage mood swings, build stability, and create lasting change.
Care Designed Around You
Your treatment plan is personalized to match your needs, challenges, and goals, ensuring you receive support that truly fits.
Healing Beyond Symptoms
We focus on the whole person, helping you navigate mood changes, strengthen relationships, and find steadier ground.
A Supportive Place to Reset
Our structured, welcoming environment offers the space you need to regain balance and confidently move forward.
Skills for Lasting Stability
You’ll develop practical strategies and insights that support long-term wellness and carry with you well beyond treatment.
Therapies We Use to Treat Bipolar Disorder
Combining structure with compassion, we guide each client toward greater stability, healthier relationships, and a stronger sense of self.
Therapies we use include:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Helps build skills to manage emotions, reduce self-destructive behaviors, and improve relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Identifies and reshapes negative thought patterns that fuel emotional distress.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Encourages acceptance of painful emotions while building healthier coping strategies rooted in personal values.
With the right blend of therapies and support, you’ll be empowered to break old patterns and build a more fulfilling life.
Bipolar Disorder FAQs
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), there is no single cause of bipolar disorder.
Like other types of mental illness, bipolar disorder is a complex diagnosis and can include multiple contributing factors such as a genetic predisposition or a family history, improper biological functioning, and possible environmental factors including stress, trauma, and a biological reaction to stimuli or a detrimental life event.
Bipolar disorder is diagnosed through a comprehensive clinical evaluation with a licensed mental health professional. This often includes detailed interviews, discussion of symptoms and history, and sometimes standardized assessments to better understand mood patterns.
Because bipolar disorder involves shifts between manic, hypomanic, and depressive episodes, the process can take time. A clinician will look at the full picture of someone’s life, including mood changes, energy levels, sleep, relationships, and functioning over time. This ensures the diagnosis is accurate and treatment recommendations are tailored to the person’s needs.
Bipolar disorder typically starts in late adolescence or early adulthood, although it can also show up in children and in older adults. People often live an average of 10 years with the disorder without having it properly diagnosed or seeking a program to treat bipolar disorder.
The length and intensity of treatment depends on each person’s needs. Treatment for bipolar disorder is often long-term and ongoing.
Because symptoms can return over time, most people benefit from continuing care that combines medication, therapy, and lifestyle support. Many find that staying connected to care helps maintain stability and prevent relapses.
Without treatment, bipolar disorder can lead to more frequent and severe mood episodes, strained relationships, trouble at work or school, and increased risk of substance use or self-harm. Episodes may become harder to manage over time, making recovery more difficult. Early and consistent treatment gives the best chance for long-term stability and improved quality of life.
Yes, Clearview works with many commercial insurance providers across our programs. Coverage can vary by location, so we recommend verifying your benefits using the form on our admissions page, or by contacting us directly.
We know insurance can be overwhelming. That’s why our team handles the heavy lifting to help you get the most out of your coverage. If we can’t bill directly, we’ll give you everything you need to request reimbursement.