Do you have a women’s health issue? Are you pregnant? Have you recently had a miscarriage? Are you a new mother? Are you in perimenopause or menopause? Many women struggle to understand their new selves after these life changes.
Women’s health: Changes to your body
As a woman, you may experience dramatic changes to your body at key points in your life. Motherhood and menopause lead to changes to your body shape and body image. Your hormones fluctuate. With all these changes, you may wonder, am I still the same person?
Women’s health: Changes to your sense of self
Women have specific thoughts, beliefs and emotions around these life transitions. These may be beliefs formed during your childhood and informed by your culture. For example, becoming a mother often brings anxiety and stress as you adjust to becoming fully responsible for your child. And entering menopause may bring relief and grief as well as questions about your identity and curiosity about new directions for your life.
Women’s health: Therapy
Emotions like grief, anger and loneliness are common during life transitions — even when the life event is joyful. Motherhood may bring intense anxiety or fear of failure. Menopause may bring grief or excitement, or both. Therapy helps you understand all aspects of how you are feeling. Help yourself grow and succeed in a new developmental stage of your life.