فاطمه زاده محمدی - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran
فرامرز سهرابی - Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
عماد اشرفی - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran
جمال شمس - Department of Psychiatry, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Background & Objective: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mood disorder. In this study adjunctive psychotherapy of cognitive-behavioral therapy based on emotion-goal detachment was developed and used to treat a patient with bipolar II disorder. Case Report: A ۲۴-year-old girl, who was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder participated in this study. When she was receiving pharmacotherapy, she went to a psychotherapy clinic and complained about depression symptoms. Her depression symptoms, matched the major depressive disorder (MDD) in accordance with DSM-IV-TR. She also complained about anxiety about her presence at the university. Results: She participated in ۱۸ weekly sessions of The Emotion-Goal- detachment -Based CBT along with pharmacotherapy. She regulated and pursued her goals during the therapy. At the end, she showed no symptoms of MDD in accordance with DSM-IV-TR criteria. Conclusion: The proposed CBT model was meant to mitigate the effects of emotions on goal pursuit so that it will not be affected by emotional dysregulation.

Bipolar disorder, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion, Goal