menopause Therapy

the new menopause

Additionally, the current generation (GenX/Millenials) reaching the menopausal stage also typically started families at a later age. You may be finding yourself navigating your own hormonal cyclone at the same time you’re parenting your tween/teen/young adult through theirs. That can be a recipe for distress, particularly when tried and true emotional management techniques begin to fail you.

Through a menopause-informed approach, I am familiar with the many, many intricate (and often surprising!) symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, and their impacts on mental and emotional health and well-being. I am informed on the medical interventions available, including HRT, that may be provided by your physician, and can provide resources to explore those if you don’t have or haven’t found a provider that will. When HRT is not available or medically appropriate for you, I can provide cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for menopausal symptoms (particularly hot flashes and anxiety).

Primarily, we will navigate through therapy the grief and loss around the self that seems left behind, address new healthy and effective ways to manage emotional and relational distress, and explore identity shifts and meaningfulness looking into the future to help turn that direction from one of anxiety and despair, to agency and purpose.

Menopause-Informed Individual THerapy

• Insomnia

• Reactivity/Lack of patience

• Exhaustion

• Lowered self esteem

• Relationship distress including disconnection and arguing

• Disconnection with friends, family and other support members

• Dissatisfaction with work

• Hot flashes

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Mood fluctuations

• Lowered libido/low sex drive or responsiveness

• Grief over regrets or missed opportunities

• Distress with physical changes including aging and weight gain

Together, we will work on strengthening your emotional resilience, helping you rediscover a sense of self beyond the roles you’ve carried for so long. We will explore how menopause is impacting your interpersonal relationships—whether with family, friends, or colleagues—and work on establishing healthy boundaries and communication strategies. Most importantly, we will focus on self-acceptance and learning to embrace yourself in this new phase of life, not as someone who has lost something, but as someone stepping into a new version of herself with wisdom, agency, and purpose.

In couples therapy, we will work on improving communication, fostering mutual understanding, and developing strategies to navigate these changes together. We will explore the ways menopause may be influencing conflict dynamics and intimacy and create space for both partners to express their needs and concerns. Whether the challenge is a diminished or absent sex life, a lack of emotional connection, or uncertainty around how to offer support, couples therapy provides a structured and compassionate space to work through these issues together.

Menopause is a transition, not an ending. It can be a time of rediscovery, deeper connection, and new ways of being—both individually and in your relationships. Therapy offers the opportunity to move through this phase with greater awareness, self-compassion, and partnership. You don’t have to navigate it alone.