 Hello, this is Bob Cook doing a small presentation on Bipolar Disorder Transaction Analysis Treatment Plan. Okay, the first thing is to create a working alliance with the person, the most important thing. So that means listening to their story, lots of phenomenological inquiry, making sure you're tuned through pacing, rhythm and of course cognitive attunement and make sure you involve yourself through active listening, sharing curiosity and being there for the client. That will get you a long way in terms of trust, getting a good therapeutic stance to start from and then from there you must look really for the eager state presentation with the person of the Bipolar presentation. They'll have a high parent eager state, they'll be coming from that in an active way in terms of beliefs and what should be the way and what shouldn't be the way. The child eager state will come out in an adapted way through over compliance or over rebelliousness and they won't have access really to their adult eager state in a robust way. In other words, there will be quite a fragile eager state presentation in terms of solving problems, thinking clearly and of course resolution and success. Okay, let's go on to script analysis. So if you think of script analysis, which is a major TA diagnosis, you'll see the injunctions that are present are usually don't, don't be, don't feel, don't be yourself, don't be close, don't make it and probably don't exist. In terms of programming, the parent models the fact that problems can't be solved. Moving on, there are any life decisions will probably be central to this. I will try hard to get things done, but I will never make it. I could do anything, but I will never do it well enough to succeed. I'm bad and I'm not okay. So how is the script played out? Well on the manic side, the person will be involved in excessive activity to avoid being depressed. On the depressed side, the client reports trying not to get invested in anything for fear of not being able to do it well enough and re-experiencing being told they're not okay. Clinical focus in terms of TA, helping them connect past to present. Most important, desensitising internalised paradigistates, helping the child have a sense of empowerment and take back their own truth. Helping them with the confusion of child digistate, which means looking at how it was when they were a kid in terms of healing and helping them be clear on how to solve problems, to take power and to develop their own sense of robust adult. Then we move to new redecisions that they will make and let go of the old ones, which is usually about they can't make it, they've got no power, they feel worthless. And then reintegrate their new redecisions, which is about that they can think they are important. They can make it, they can be successful and they can actually succeed in the projects that they put forward. And new redecisions like cutting down back on work, not working so hard, having fun in their life, being connected to people, slowing down. They need to reintegrate these decisions into their life and put a new script on the mode with the help of the therapist, of course.