Group for Partners of People Living with Bipolar Disorder
You love them. You're tired. Both can be true
It is built for the person who's been holding everything together, with no one checking in on them.
This is for you if you..
Are married to someone with bipolar disorder.
Are dating someone with bipolar disorder.
Are long term partners of someone with bipolar disorder.
Feel isolated, tired, overwhelmed, confused, resentful, guilty, hypervigilant, or emotionally depleted.
How does it work?
Format: Via video call
Length: 12 weekly sessions, 60 min (June 27th to September 5th)
Group size: 8–12 (max 15)
Enrollment: Rolling. Join anytime
Meeting date/time: Saturdays at 7:30PM ET ( 5:30 PM MT / 4:30PM PT)
The 12 Week Journey
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Sessions 1–3: Foundation & Validation
You're not the only one. Naming your experience, understanding what's yours to carry, and recognizing your own burnout patterns.
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Sessions 4–7: Exploring & Boundaries
Explore what's been lost: the grief, the mixed emotions, the trust that's changed, and the limit settings and boundaries that work for you.
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Sessions 8–9: Skills for Hard Moments
Practical tools for communication during conflict, and clarity around where "partner" ends and "caregiver" begins.
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Sessions 10–12: Reclaiming Yourself
Re-engaging with who you are outside this role, building self-trust, and leaving with a written plan that includes you.
What you'll walk away with?
✅ A community that already understands.
✅ Boundaries you can hold without guilt
✅Tools for the hard moments
✅More self-compassion
✅A personalized sustainability plan
Meet the Facilitator
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Yoyce Geronimo Galvan, M.A.
FOUNDER
Yoyce brings more than a decade of experience supporting families and loved ones affected by serious mental illness, addiction, trauma, and behavioral health challenges. As a queer Latina, behavioral health leader, researcher, and coach, she has spent her career working at the intersection of systems, relationships, and identities that are often misunderstood and she brings that same lens to this work.
Yoyce created Held & Seen Coaching because she keeps seeing the same pattern: partners pouring everything into supporting someone they love, while quietly running on empty themselves. You don't need to be told what bipolar disorder is. You need someone who understands what loving someone with it has asked of you.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. this is an open group which mean you can join at any point during the 12 weeks.
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No. Held & Seen provide 1:1 coaching and group coaching. It offers education, structured tools, and community. It's not a substitute for psychotherapy, couples counseling, or crisis services. If your facilitator notices that additional support would help, she'll talk with you about it directly.
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Held & Seen Coaching isn't equipped for crisis intervention. If you're in crisis or experiencing domestic violence, please reach out to a local crisis line or emergency services first. This program can still be a valuable source of ongoing support alongside that care.
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No. Held & Seen Coaching adopt a person centered approach. You'll never be pushed toward staying, leaving, reconciling, or separating. The goal is to give you clearer tools and more self-trust to make whatever decision is right for you.
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That's entirely up to you. Some participants share that they're attending; others prefer to keep this space private. Either way, what's discussed in the group stays in the group.
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The founding cohort is our first run of this specific group. We want it to be accessible to the people who join us early and help shape it. The $25/session (paid in full) and $35/session (pay as you go) rates are reserved for this round only future cohorts will be priced starting at $60/session (paid in full) ; $70/session (pay as you go).