Breaking the Taboo of Menopause: Understanding the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Turbulence of this Critical Life Transition for Women
EVENT POSTPONED
Saturday 22 April 2023
A live webinar with Dr Margaret Altemus, Letticia Banton, Sarah Benamer and Jane Catherine Severn
CE Credits: 3.5 hours
- Includes a subtitled recording of the event and a transcript, with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4:00am EDT Wednesday 19 April
The menopause is a profound bio-psycho-social-spiritual transition and can be a time of great day-to-day uncertainty for women. This can include uncertainty regarding physical signs and symptoms in their reproductive bodies, and the emotional and mental impact of this.
READ MORE...While every woman’s transition is unique, phenomenologically it could include: the end of the possibility of motherhood, ageing and mortality, and looking ahead to a different stage of life and shedding regrets, hopes and dreams that may not have come to fruition. Whilst this process can bring deep discomfort and intensity it can also open women up to a great initiation. A connection to a wider and deeper feminine consciousness, leading to a more fulfilled and satisfying second half of life.
There is a growing body of clinical and attitudinal research on the menopause, and public discourse on the menopause has increased more recently, led by campaigns to enhance medical treatment and care. But the lived experience of women is often taken for granted, including in psychotherapeutic research, training, and practice. How can we ensure psychotherapy more effectively supports women during this transition in a way that can both complement and challenge the dominant medical discourse? How can psychotherapists help women to acknowledge their experience, and find agency within the uncertainty menopause can entail?
In this conference, we will take a multidisciplinary view to better understand the place of the menopause transition in women’s lives. We will hear from medical, developmental, psychoanalytical and psychospiritual perspectives. While the content will primarily be about women’s experience, we recognise not all women experience menopause and not all people who experience menopause identify as women. We intend this to be an inclusive event that recognises subjectivity. We welcome women, men, and gender non-conforming therapists to join us to learn more about how the menstrual cycle and menopause may impact clients of all genders in a variety of ways.
We will close with a panel discussion taking a pragmatic lens, to ensure you leave with some ideas of how you can incorporate working with the menopause in your therapeutic practice.
ONLINE BOOKING
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FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EDT Wednesday 19 April
Live Webinar:
$110 (Member $55)
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Includes a recording of the event.
CE
This event is accredited by:
- ASWB
- NBCC
- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
Certificates of attendance for 3.5 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
This event is NOT accredited by the following organisations:
Please note that if you are unable to attend all of the live event, you will need to undertake our event specific test in order to receive the CE certification. This will be made available soon after the live event has taken place.
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Saturday
09:00 EDT Introductions
09:10 Letticia Banton
09:30 Dr Margaret Altemus
10.15 Q&A with Dr Margaret Altemus
10.30 Break
10.45 Sarah Benamer
11.30 Q&A with Sarah Benamer
11.45 Break
12.00 Jane Catherine Severn
12.45 Q&A with Jane Catherine Severn
13.00 Panel Session with Q&A
13:30 End