Managing Moods

This workbook is designed to use with clients who have been diagnosed with or may be showing signs of:

• Bipolar Disorder (old Manic-Depressive Disorder)
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Mood Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
• Persist Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia
• Disruptive Mood & Dysregulation Disorder

In this workbook, we've used "moods" and "moodiness" as umbrella terms to describe mental health issues related to these diagnoses.

People experience many different problems related to mood. The assessments and activities in this workbook are designed to provide facilitators with a wide variety of tools to use in helping people manage their moods. Many choices for self-exploration are provided for facilitators to determine which tools best suit the unique needs of their participants.

This workbook aims to provide a user-friendly guide to short-term assessments and activities designed to help people conquer feelings of moodiness and experience a greater sense of well-being. In addition, this workbook can help provide facilitators and participants with the tools and information needed to overcome the stigma attached to mood conditions. To help their participants successfully deal with moodiness, it is extremely helpful for facilitators to have a variety of appealing, user-friendly assessments and activities to help their participants "open-up" and begin to feel as if their mood is less intense and more balanced, and that they are not alone. The Managing Moods Workbook provides assessments and self-guided activities to help participants reduce the intensity of moodiness and begin living more effectively.

Chapter 1: How Moody Are You?
This chapter helps participants identify the depth of their moodiness and identify ways to decrease the intensity of this moodiness.

Chapter 2: Effects of Moodiness
This chapter helps participants identify how moodiness affects their health, relationships, work, and social activities

Chapter 3: Triggers of Moodiness
This chapter helps participants identify how they experience moodiness in their lives through feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.

Chapter 4: Roller Coaster Moods
This chapter helps participants identify the effects of mood instabilities in their lives.

Chapter 5: Erasing the Stigma of Moodiness
This chapter helps participants explore the stigma of moodiness in their lives and the impact that the stigma has on them. 

This workbook is also available in PDF eBook format, making it simple to store on your computer or mobile device and to access with a PDF viewer. The PDF format allows you to easily print copies of the activities and worksheets during therapy and counseling sessions.