Hard to know how much the early Ts helped with the bipoar as the PTSD was always getting in the way. Those early Ts were great with the PTSD but I think they tended to over look the BP moods as exacerbating the PTSD and just put it all down to the PTSD. My last one though knew BP and was excellent at helping me recognizing early signs of mood shifts. She was instrumental in helping me accept that, yes, I did in fact have BP and meds could help with that. Once the PSTD was delt with it was pretty clear she was right. Been on the right meds for 3 years now and stable.