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Perimenopause and menopause can affect far more than physical health. Hormonal changes may influence mood, anxiety, confidence, sleep, relationships, and your sense of identity, often at a time when other life pressures are also increasing. In this section you’ll find a collection of articles exploring perimenopause, menopause, practical coping strategies, and the psychological impact of hormonal change. If you’re looking for professional support, use the links below to learn more about our counselling for women services or book a free consultation.
Menopause changes more than the body. For many women, it also shifts something in how they relate to the people closest to them, not through any choice or failure of feeling, but through the same hormonal mechanisms that are changing … Read more
The word rage is the right word. Not frustration, not irritability, not being short-tempered, the full-body, out-of-proportion anger that seems to arrive from nowhere and disappear just as quickly, leaving confusion and sometimes shame in its wake. If you have … Read more
If your anxiety has changed, or arrived for the first time, and you are somewhere in your forties or early fifties, perimenopause may be the reason. Not the only possible reason, but a far more common one than most women … Read more
If you have lived with PMDD for years and something has started to feel different — symptoms shifting in timing or intensity, new experiences arriving alongside familiar ones, a sense that the pattern you thought you understood has changed — … Read more
Finding Calm, Clarity and Connection Through Change October marks Menopause Awareness Month — a time to shine a light on an experience that affects millions across the UK, yet still carries too much silence and misunderstanding. At Hope Therapy & … Read more
Introduction Living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) or going through the challenges of perimenopause can be overwhelming. When these two conditions overlap, it becomes even more complicated, affecting millions of women around the world. PMDD is a severe form of … Read more