Bipolar Disorder worksheets
6 evidence-based resources for Bipolar Disorder. Preview any worksheet, then assign it to a client as an interactive digital worksheet.
Written by Tarun Vermani, Trainee Clinical Psychologist Last reviewed
CBT for bipolar disorder works alongside medication and psychiatric care rather than in place of them, and relapse prevention is a central focus: knowing a client's own pattern well enough to act early. The Bipolar Longitudinal Formulation maps episodes across time against life events, stressors and medication changes, and the Bipolar Mood Diary tracks daily mood alongside sleep, medication and key events — the record from which personal early warning signs emerge.
Those signs then become the Bipolar Early Warning Signs & Action Plan, with a stepped response for each mood polarity. The Social Rhythm & Routine Diary and the Sleep Protection Plan target disrupted routine and sleep, and the Pro-Mania Beliefs Worksheet addresses the appeal of highs that can undercut early action. Do this work when mood is relatively stable, not mid-episode. Assess suicide risk throughout, especially in depressive phases, and risk-taking when mood is elevated, and liaise with the prescriber over medication. The sleep restriction used in CBT-I needs adapting or avoiding here.
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Bipolar Early Warning Signs & Action Plan
Identify personal early warning signs for both depression and mania/hypomania, and create a stepped action plan for each mood polarity.
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Bipolar Longitudinal Formulation
A longitudinal formulation for bipolar disorder — mapping life events, episode patterns, and maintaining factors across time.
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Bipolar Mood Diary
Track daily mood on a depression-euthymia-hypomania/mania scale alongside sleep, medication, and key events.
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Social Rhythm & Routine Diary
Track daily routine stability — wake time, meals, activity, social contact, and bedtime — as routine disruption is a key trigger for mood episodes.
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Pro-Mania Beliefs Worksheet
Identify and challenge positive beliefs about mania/hypomania that reduce motivation for relapse prevention — e.g. "I'm more creative when high."
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Sleep Protection Plan
Create a personalised plan for protecting sleep — the single most important modifiable risk factor for mood episodes in bipolar disorder.
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Is CBT an alternative to medication in bipolar disorder?
No — it is an adjunct. Medication decisions stay with the prescriber. What CBT can do is explore the client's beliefs about medication and how adherence has related to past episodes, as part of the formulation, and support the routines, early detection and planned responses that make relapse less likely to escalate.
When should the early warning signs plan be written?
During a period of relative stability, when the client can reflect on past episodes — not during one, when judgement and insight are affected. Build it from their own history and mood diary rather than a generic list, rehearse it, share it with people they trust where they agree, and revisit it after any episode or near miss.
Why work on positive beliefs about mania?
Beliefs such as "I am more creative when I am high" can make early signs of elevated mood feel welcome rather than worth acting on. The aim is not to take valued experiences away but to review specific past episodes together — how they began, how they ended, and what they cost — so that acting early protects what the client values.
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