This CPD equips you with knowledge and skills to understand and address women’s unique challenges, including how reproductive hormones affect mental health.
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Description
For the best CPD experience this CPD has a minimum booking requirement of 4 places and a maximum of 15 available places. Please check the Places Remaining to check what the current booking status is. If the minimum booking is not met you will be refunded.
During the CPD, we will explore the practical aspects of understanding women's reproductive health. We will cover the differences between the male and female brain, examine the Menstrual Cycle, and provide foundational knowledge to help practitioners understand how hormonal changes affect women. This knowledge will empower you to help women reduce stress and anxiety and regain control over their bodies.
Given that 1 in 5 women experience anxiety and depression, and women in the UK are more than twice as likely as men to have a Common Mental Health issue, it's crucial to understand that these statistics are linked to the hormonal changes women undergo during their reproductive lives. This CPD is a vital step in addressing these mental health issues.
Course Content
This CPD explains the differences in women's and men's brains, various events, including PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome), PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder), low libido and sexual dysfunction, common Gynaecological issues such as Endometriosis, Polycystic ovary syndrome, contraceptives, and their effect on the brain, and how we work as Hypnotherapists to help women to cope with them.
This CPD's objective is to enable you to adapt the IC using background knowledge of women's reproductive health and tailor your marketing to women.
We will cover:
- Women's Mental Health
- An insight into Women's brains
- The Differences between Men's and Women's Brains
- The Menstrual Cycle – an overview
- Cyclic changes in hormones and how stress impacts them
- PMS/PMDD/PME
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Common Gynae issues
- Gut-brain axis and Hormones
- Women and Migraines
- Contraceptives and their effects on the brain
- Solution Focused approach
Presenter
Jennifer Higgins
BSc (Hons) DSFH HPD SF Sup (Hyp) DipHB MAfSFH MNCH (Reg) CNHC (Reg)
Aughton Hypnotherapy
Jen worked in the NHS for 12 years as both a Midwife and a Sexual Health and Contraceptive Nurse. She later trained with KG Hypnobirthing and became a Hypnobirthing Practitioner. This background has given her extensive knowledge and a strong interest in women’s mental health.
Jen went on to train as a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist at CPHT Liverpool. She is now a Senior Lecturer at CPHT Liverpool and Chester, as well as a Solution Focused Supervisor.
Alongside her teaching, Jen delivers specialist CPD training in Perinatal Mental Health, Calm Pregnancy and Birth, Fertility, and Menopause, supporting other practitioners to develop their knowledge and confidence in these important areas.
Jen operates a full-time clinic covering West Lancashire and Merseyside, where she helps many women with various issues related to their reproductive, sexual, and perinatal mental health.
Reviews
“I enjoyed the session thank you. Very informative.” LB
“Thank you for the information shared today, it was both interesting and very informative.” LR
“Jen is very knowledgeable and a great lecturer, providing lots of information which I can start to use straight away in my practice. A very thorough and interesting CPD which I recommend for anyone” LM