Intro - 

Clients arrive in perimenopause and menopause anxious, sleepless, flooded — sometimes convinced they're losing their minds, often already dismissed by the people who should have helped.

For many of them the transition doesn't just bring symptoms; it surfaces trauma the nervous system had managed to hold down for years. Graduate training rarely prepares us for any of it.

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This is where that gap gets closed: the menopause–trauma–mental health intersection, and the EMDR, somatic, and polyvagal-informed tools for working with it in the room.

What you'll find here are articles and information working at the intersection of trauma and menopause, and the many other clinical pieces that present through this chapter called midlife. Information is based in my 25+ years as a clinician, but more so from nearly a decade post-life after surgical menopause.  

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If you would like a deeper dive into trauma informed and becoming a menopause informed provider, I also offer CAMFT Continuing Education self-paced courses and Consultation.