CBT for menopause: How Simona Stokes is using her expertise to change livesToday, I'm really excited to be talking to Simona Stokes. She's a counselling psychologist who runs a very busy associate practice, but has also set up a specialist clinic called Menopause CBT Clinic, providing much needed one to one services, groups and training for both organisations and professionals around the psychological aspects of the menopause, and how we can all thrive through it.
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Links for Simona:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThrivingBeyond40 (ThrivingBeyond40)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simona-stokes-43861531/ (Simona Stokes)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menopausecbtclinic/ (@menopausecbtclinic)
Website: https://www.menopausecbtclinic.co.uk/ (www.menopausecbtclinic.co.uk)
Freebie: https://www.menopausecbtclinic.co.uk/training-for-professionals/ (What sex hormones have to do with mental health?)
The highlightsI introduce Simona 00:00
Simona talks about what motivated her to set up her model 02:40
Simona explains how the EMBERS model came to be 07:08
Simona tells us how she is using EMBERS outside of therapy 13:31
Simona talks about the challenges she has faced getting to this point 19:33
Simona tells us where we can learn more about what she’s doing 32:09
Simona talks us through the main sex hormones and their impact on mental health 33:56

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