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Living Well Through The Menopause: An evidence-based cognitive behavioural guide
An essential book to help women to live well through the menopause and to cope effectively with menopausal symptoms, using a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach.
Living Well Through the Menopause is based on a wealth of research, including randomised controlled trials of the MENOS intervention with over 1000 women, that has demonstrated the effectiveness of this approach specifically for menopausal symptoms - hot flushes, night sweats and also their impact on daily life. CBT is proven as an effective alternative for women who do not want or are unable to use hormone therapy (HT).
Written in an accessible and interactive style, with case examples and quotes, this guide will empower you and, specifically:
· Help you to understand and cope with your physical and emotional reactions to the menopause
· Clarify your key goals, thoughts and feelings using interactive questions and homework sheets
· Enhance your self-care through behaviour change
· Help partners and loved ones to support you through the menopause
Living Well self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.
Series Editors: Professor Kate Harvey and Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper
Living Well Through the Menopause is based on a wealth of research, including randomised controlled trials of the MENOS intervention with over 1000 women, that has demonstrated the effectiveness of this approach specifically for menopausal symptoms - hot flushes, night sweats and also their impact on daily life. CBT is proven as an effective alternative for women who do not want or are unable to use hormone therapy (HT).
Written in an accessible and interactive style, with case examples and quotes, this guide will empower you and, specifically:
· Help you to understand and cope with your physical and emotional reactions to the menopause
· Clarify your key goals, thoughts and feelings using interactive questions and homework sheets
· Enhance your self-care through behaviour change
· Help partners and loved ones to support you through the menopause
Living Well self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical.
Series Editors: Professor Kate Harvey and Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper
256 pages, Paperback
Published March 15, 2022
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February 14, 2022
I'd seen very positive comments about this book and I know CBT has a good evidence base around it in helping tackle quite a few things. What I hadn't realised was that in the beginning of the book it would take such a negative view of HRT. Or that it would feel very much like "if you aren't getting hot flushes then really what you call menopause symptoms aren't and you are being a bit of a snowflake" for a fair chunk of the book. As my menopause symptoms started with Anger management and brain fog being really obvious initially, then a bit of night sweats and some Anxiety I felt somewhat dismissed. Also as it happens I found HRT to have been phenomenally helpful but wanted to know I have something to help with the bits it wasn't quite touching and if, as so many people threaten, the Dr decides to stop prescribing it and my body isn't quite ready for that I thought it might be useful.
So if it was retitled "Avoiding HRT, managing hot flushes and other menopause symtoms with CBT techniques" I'd probably feel warmer towards it. I did like how reading this helped clarify that CBT is not rocket science, but it is about using the same techniques in different situations and most of all it is all about using the techniques, practice and practice - much like meditation you don't do it for 3 weeks and stop and it's all fixed. So if you want a clear no nonsense intro to calming yourself with a simple breathing exercise in pretty much every situation and the principles of CBT in an easy to apply package this is your book - just skip part 1 or maybe read it after you've read the rest!
So if it was retitled "Avoiding HRT, managing hot flushes and other menopause symtoms with CBT techniques" I'd probably feel warmer towards it. I did like how reading this helped clarify that CBT is not rocket science, but it is about using the same techniques in different situations and most of all it is all about using the techniques, practice and practice - much like meditation you don't do it for 3 weeks and stop and it's all fixed. So if you want a clear no nonsense intro to calming yourself with a simple breathing exercise in pretty much every situation and the principles of CBT in an easy to apply package this is your book - just skip part 1 or maybe read it after you've read the rest!
February 17, 2022
Interesting look at how CBT can be a tool for managing menopause
June 12, 2024
3.5 ⭐️
An interesting read with some good ideas to try
An interesting read with some good ideas to try
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