Download the Menopause-Informed Assessment Cheat Sheet
7 questions that help you recognise when menopause belongs in the clinical picture.
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Working with women in their 40s and 50s?
Many mental health professionals were never taught how menopause can influence anxiety, depression, burnout, sleep, cognition or emotional wellbeing.
This practical one-page guide will help you recognise when menopause may be contributing to a client's presentation and prompt the conversations that are often missed during assessment.
Inside you'll discover:
âś” The 7 key questions to ask women in midlife
âś” When menopause should become part of your clinical formulation
âś” Practical prompts you can use immediately in your practice
âś” A simple first step towards menopause-informed psychological care.
I’m Simona Stokes, a Counselling Psychologist with 25+ years’ experience in mental health and founder of the Menopause CBT Clinic®.
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My own menopause journey changed everything. It opened my eyes to the fact that traditional therapy approaches simply weren’t enough. Women in this transition need and deserve more - an approach that honours and reflects their lived experience.
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That’s why in 2019 I developed the EMBERS® Menopause CBT Framework and coined the term Menopause-Informed Psychological Care to describe a new approach that places the menopausal context at the heart of therapeutic practice.
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Since then:
- EMBERS® has been refined into a practical, step-by-step system that bridges CBT, neuroscience, and lifestyle medicine.Â
- I’ve supported hundreds of women through emotional difficulties like anxiety, low mood, and overwhelm caused by the menopausal transition.
- I’ve trained clinicians across the UK, Europe, North America, and Australia.
- Professionals who’ve trained with me are already applying it in clinical work and seeing powerful results.
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I do not even think I can find the words to explain how Simona has helped me and how the tools that she taught me are still helping me now 6 months after my last meeting with her. Get help, I did, and I will never let myself try and handle things alone again.
Susan - 49yo
