Menopause: The Ins and Outs
Understanding the Menopause Experience
Menopause is a natural stage, yet it often brings unexpected emotional and physical challenges. Many individuals struggle with symptoms that affect daily life, relationships, and self-perception deeply. Though common, these experiences can feel isolating and misunderstood without proper support or awareness.
Menopause Community Support Through ACT-Based Workshop
This 3-hour workshop, led by Helen McGillivray, offers a compassionate and practical approach to navigating menopause using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT builds flexibility and mindfulness to manage menopause with confidence.
Guidance from a Trusted Professional
Helen brings 25 years of clinical experience, offering practical tools and real insights for managing menopause.
A Holistic Perspective from Leading Experts
In addition to Helen’s expertise, the workshop features a dynamic panel discussion with renowned Maltese professionals, including a health psychologist, a life coach, and a genito-urinary specialist. Together, they offer a truly holistic perspective focused on caring for your well-being throughout this important and transformative phase of life.
What You Will Gain from This Workshop:
- Understand menopause from a new perspective – Gain insights into the physical, emotional, and relational changes that occur and their impact on identity, work, and family roles.
- Learn practical strategies to manage symptoms – Develop tools to handle emotional and physical challenges such as mood swings, anxiety, and fatigue with greater resilience and self-compassion.
- Navigate hormonal shifts with confidence – Learn how menopause affects body and mind. Embrace these changes with understanding and acceptance.
- Foster a values-based approach to living – Clarify what matters most and build a personal plan for well-being and fulfilment.
- Experience ACT techniques first-hand – Practise mindfulness and acceptance to find balance and meaning during your menopause transition.
Moving Forward with Confidence Together
You are not alone here. Whether experiencing menopause or supporting someone, this workshop offers compassionate learning space. Share experiences, learn, and grow. Gain tools, understanding, and connection. Navigate this phase with strength. Build clarity, purpose, and confidence. Together, we move forward confidently. Prioritize wellbeing and emotional resilience.
The workshop includes:
- A 2.5-hour interactive workshop with Helen McGillivray
- Group discussion with Helen McGillivray and a panel of experts.
- Practical exercises to try out during the session.
- Coffee breaks.
- Individuals going through perimenopause or menopause who want to better understand the changes they are experiencing and learn practical strategies to manage emotional and physical symptoms with confidence.
- Partners, family members, and friends who want to provide meaningful support to loved ones navigating menopause.
- Professionals supporting individuals going through menopause, such as life coaches and health practitioners, who wish to incorporate evidence-based strategies into their support practices.
Domain Academy, 102/104 Constitution, Mosta, Malta.
On International Women’s Day!
Saturday, 8th March 2025, from 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
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Experience in Menopause Community Support
Helen McGillivray is a dedicated healthcare professional with over 25 years of experience helping people through life’s challenges. With a background in nursing, she has worked in various healthcare settings, supporting individuals facing physical and emotional difficulties.
Mental Health and Menopause Community Support
For the past two decades, Helen has specialised in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and is accredited by the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). She has a deep passion for supporting women’s mental health, especially around the emotional and psychological challenges of perimenopause and menopause.
ACT and a Practical, Empathetic Approach
Helen has developed a practical approach using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based method that helps individuals manage their symptoms with greater ease and confidence. Her workshops provide simple yet effective strategies that support women in navigating menopause with resilience, self-compassion, and a renewed sense of purpose throughout this transformative life stage.
Training for Broader Emotional Wellbeing
In addition to her clinical work, Helen delivers workshops and training sessions on managing stress, emotional well-being, and adapting to life changes. She is also involved in various initiatives that aim to improve mental health support for women at different stages of life.
Leadership in Menopause Community Support Platforms
Helen is currently the Director of Compass Therapy and the Clinical Director of the mental health platform OKPositive, where she continues to support individuals in improving their mental well-being.
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