Available in Manhattan, KS and Utah, this specialty focuses on the emotional and cognitive impact of perimenopause—like brain fog, mood swings, insomnia, and loss of identity. Designed for women experiencing hormonal changes who want supportive, informed therapy.

Therapy for Perimenopause

Because You Deserve Support While the World Keeps Spinning

You may have heard of hormone replacement therapy or supplements to help with perimenopause symptoms. But psychotherapy for perimenopause? That’s not something many people talk about. And yet—it’s exactly what so many women need right now.

If you’re like my clients, you likely went to your doctor the first time you felt intense hot flashes, rage that shocked you, or overwhelming anxiety that made you question your sanity. Maybe you yelled at your adult child and felt terrified that you ruined the relationship. Maybe you broke down at work or couldn’t sleep for days in a row. You were scared, exhausted, and looking for help.

But instead of validation and answers, you got a brief nod, a pamphlet, and a rushed “This is just part of aging.” And a $100 copay later, you walked out of the office feeling more alone than ever—and still unwell.

Let’s be honest: perimenopause is intense. And most women are told to just “deal with it.”

You’re Not Just Going Through Hormone Changes—You’re Carrying the Weight of the World

If you’re a caregiver, a mother, a partner, or a high-functioning woman who holds things together for everyone else… the cracks are showing. You’ve been managing the household, caring for others, regulating emotions, keeping track of schedules, doing the “invisible” labor—and doing it well.

Now, on top of all of that, your body and mind are shifting in unpredictable ways.

You might be experiencing:

• Emotional overwhelm or sudden anger

• Crying more than usual

• Feeling rage you can’t explain

• Crushing fatigue or brain fog

• Grief you didn’t expect

• A deep loss of identity

• Fear that your marriage or job won’t survive this season

This is more than hormones. It’s systemic. It’s relational. It’s historical.

Women in midlife often carry the effects of being erased, minimized, overburdened, and under-supported. We’ve been fighting for equality for generations—yet are often left alone when our minds and bodies go through this profound transformation.

And here’s the truth: this isn’t your fault, and you don’t have to go through it alone.

What Psychotherapy Can Offer You During Perimenopause

Therapy isn’t a magic trick… but it kind of feels like one.

Therapy offers something essential that women in midlife are rarely given: space to be witnessed, insight to understand themselves, and healing that creates real change. Here’s what therapy can offer:

🌀 Insight: Reclaim Who You Are

Psychotherapy helps you understand what’s happening in your mind and body. You’ll gain tools and language for emotions, boundaries, grief, relationships, and more. With this insight, clients often say they feel more authentic, grounded, and alive again.

🌿 Healing: Release What’s Been Buried

I use approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients heal long-held burdens. When we unburden the wounded parts of ourselves that carry trauma and grief, we free the body and mind. Research shows healing these burdens can decrease symptoms.

I’ve seen panic attacks go from daily occurrences to none. I’ve seen heart rates lower, creativity return, and hobbies re-emerge. Why? Because trauma is stored in the body—and healing is possible.

🧭 Guidance: You Deserve a Path, Not Just a Pamphlet

Women navigating perimenopause deserve a roadmap, not a “good luck.” Together, we’ll build one.

You’ll receive:

• Support processing body changes, emotional shifts, and identity loss

• Resources rooted in science and evidence-based practices

• Encouragement to reconnect with joy, pleasure, and purpose

• A way to make meaning from this stage of life

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. We’ll lean on the wisdom of women—Audre Lorde, Malala Yousafzai, Hildegard von Bingen, Betty Carter (the therapist), Alice Paul, Faith Kipyegon, Christine de Pisan, Gloria Steinem, Maya Angelou, Wilma Rudolph, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Shirley Chisholm—and the deep, ancestral knowing within you.

A Space to Be Witnessed

Above all, therapy offers what our culture rarely does: a place to be seen and heard. Perimenopause is a chapter that is too often silenced. But it is a story—your story—and it deserves to be told, held, and honored.

Grief, confusion, rage, relief, hope—it all belongs here. You don’t need to explain it away or make it more palatable. You just need a safe space to be witnessed.

This Is the Time to Put Yourself First

I’ve worked with countless women in caregiving roles—mothers, spouses, adult daughters. And I’ve seen how the world labels them: too emotional, too sensitive, too much. I’ve had husbands tell me they’re tired of their wives. I’ve seen the shame women carry simply for feeling.

Let’s name this for what it is: an unfair load, piled high for generations. But just because it’s normalized doesn’t mean you have to keep carrying it.

Self-care doesn’t just mean spa days or bubble baths. It also means putting yourself at the center of your own life. It means honoring your needs, your body, your spirit, and your voice.

Therapy is self-care. And often, it’s the first step in truly loving who you are.

Why Therapy for Women in Midlife?

If you’re here, it might be because you’re tired of holding it all together for everyone else.

You may be realizing:

• You’ve spent decades caring for others and have no idea what you need

• You want to grieve the old version of you while discovering the new one

• You’re done pushing things down just to get through the day

Even if you don’t know exactly what you need yet—you know something has to change.

And therapy is the place to start.

What to Expect in Therapy

Therapy with me is collaborative, warm, and deeply validating. Here’s what working together will look like:

🖊 Intake Session

We’ll explore what’s bringing you in and what you’re hoping for. No pressure to have it all figured out—we’ll get there together.

📜 Genogram Session

We’ll create a three-generation family map (called a genogram) to understand family patterns, unspoken rules, intergenerational trauma, and more. This is often clients’ favorite session—it’s like turning on the lights in a room that’s been dim for years.

🔍 Ongoing Therapy

We’ll dive into the internal parts of you, work through trauma and grief, and uncover the version of you that’s been waiting underneath the noise. These sessions are empowering, tender, and transformative.

How Therapy Can Help

Therapy during perimenopause can help you:

• Reduce anxiety, mood swings, and emotional overwhelm

• Heal grief and reconnect with your body

• Improve communication in relationships

• Set boundaries that feel safe and loving

• Reconnect with pleasure, creativity, and joy

• Finally feel like you again

You’ve Always Mattered. Now It’s Time to Act Like It.

If you’re ready to stop feeling like you’re falling apart and start putting the pieces back together—with love, clarity, and intention—I’d love to walk with you through this.

You don’t have to figure this out alone. Let’s honor this sacred transition together.

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Let’s talk about what therapy can offer you in this powerful chapter of your life.