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Approximately 1,600,000 women enter menopause each year. Many of these women
experience a variety of different uncomfortable symptoms. Even for those who
are free of troubling symptoms, this is an important transition time that
requires changes in attitudes that match the changes taking place within the
body. All women need to be able to go through this transition feeling healthy
in mind, body, spirit and emotions. Menopause is the end of
menstruation. This is the time in life when women stop being able to produce
children.
A woman’s period called Menses stops naturally (for most women) with the
decline of monthly hormonal cycles between the ages of 40 and 60. It may stop
earlier in life because of a woman’s illness or because of the surgical
removal of the uterus or both ovaries. As the production of estrogen by the
ovaries and pituitary gonad-stimulating hormones decreases, a woman’s
ovulation and menstruation begin to slow down and eventually stop. Variations
in the circulating levels of the hormones occur as the hormone levels decline.
Hot flashes are the only general symptom of menopause that nearly every woman
has. They can often be controlled with estrogen and progesterone but are
seldom so bad as to need therapy. Hot flashes will stop in time without
hormonal treatment. Occasionally, heavy irregular bleeding occurs at this
time, usually linked to fiber like tumors or other uterine disorder.
The most common treatment for hot
flashes and the other symptoms of Menopause has been hormone replacement
therapy. However, recent research has found an increased risk of breast cancer
in women receiving hormone replacement therapy. Because of this, many
menopausal women and breast cancer survivors are deciding not to do hormone
replacement therapy. Latest research has shown reduced rates of breast cancer.
This is thought to relate to the fact that the use of hormone replacement
therapy has gone down in the last few years. Many women are now looking for
new ways of dealing with their symptoms. A variety of herbal replacements are
being used with varying success. Other areas to explore are the use of yoga,
mindfulness training, effective self talk and self-hypnosis.
Hypnosis can be very effective in
reducing the frequency and intensity of hot flashes. Hypnosis is a mind-body
intervention that is of significant benefit in treatment of hot flashes and
other benefits may include reduced anxiety and improved sleep. Further,
hypnosis may be a preferred treatment because of the few side effects and the
preference of many women for a non-hormonal therapy. As you undoubtedly know,
hypnosis is altered state of consciousness where it is possible to decrease
the perception of an experience. This is very true with the symptoms of
Menopause. We can also add suggestions that increase the client’s ability to
cope with those symptoms. Remember that with hypnosis:
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The client’s attention
is more focused
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They are more
responsive more to suggestions
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They are more open and
less critical or disbelieving
The purpose of
hypnosis as a technique for managing Menopause is to help the client manage
their specific symptoms, emotions and physical well-being. What I have found
personally to be the most beneficial to clients is teaching them self hypnosis
and supportive self talk as well as counseling them about their beliefs and
attitudes towards this time in their lives.
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Zoilita Grant MS. CCHt.
Colorado Coaching and Hypnotherapy Training Institute
When
it comes to providing people with tools to improve their lives, Zoilita Grant
MS CCHt. is truly a pioneer. As a nationally known psychotherapist and
teacher, Zoilita has dedicated her life to helping people heal themselves. She
works with clients to get to the roots of their issues so they may find
happier, healthier lives. Zoilita uses five different styles of hypnosis. She
is President of the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists and Director of
the Colorado School of Counseling Hypnotherapy. Zoilita loves cats, practices
yoga and has been meditating for 30 years. You can reach her at 303-776-6103
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