From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy examines the latest research on the menstrual cycle and womens reproductive health. This timely volume focuses on women in therapy who are disconnected from?or even repelled by?their own bodies due to cultural attitudes, abuse, trauma, or the natural aging process. Experts in the fields of psychology and womens health unite to celebrate the physical life stages of women and girls and to offer practical advice for therapists to use when addressing negativity caused by appearance, age, menstrual symptoms, or reproductive concerns.
In this book, you will gain new understanding about the effects on a womans mental health that transitional life stages can cause, from preadolescence through the childbearing years to menopause. The suggestions in From Menarche to Menopause can help women resist the bombardment of negative messages and misleading information they receive about their bodies and their reproductive concerns. This helpful resource can also assist you in opening new lines of communication between mothers and daughter, women and men, and women and other women.
From Menarche to Menopause discusses how to handle topics such as: