What We Can Work Towards in Therapy:
Reconnecting With Yourself
Rediscovering who you are, understanding the changes you're experiencing, and feeling more like yourself again.
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Managing Anxiety & Overwhelm
Developing tools to navigate anxiety, manage stress, and feel more grounded in the demands of everyday life.
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Finding Mental Clarity
Learning to navigate brain fog, mental exhaustion, and the frustration that can come with changes in concentration and memory.
Understanding Your Emotions
Making sense of emotional changes, building emotional resilience, and feeling more confident in how you respond to difficult moments.
Rediscovering Your Identity
Exploring who you are in this next chapter of life, reconnecting with your values, and finding a renewed sense of purpose beyond your roles and responsibilities.
Strengthening Relationships
Building healthier communication, understanding your needs, and feeling more connected to the people who matter most.
Restoring Your Emotional Capacity
Learning to recognize your limits, establish boundaries, and create space for your own needs without guilt.
Building Body Confidence & Self-Compassion
Developing a more compassionate relationship with your changing body and nurturing your confidence and self-esteem.
Improving Sleep & Stress Management
Exploring strategies to manage stress, support emotional well-being, and create healthier patterns of rest and restoration.
Embracing Your Next Chapter
Finding clarity in what matters most, prioritizing your well-being, and moving forward with greater confidence and connection to yourself.
Perimenopause and menopause are significant life transitions, yet so often, the emotional impact is overlooked or brushed aside as simply a part of aging. You may have been told it's just hormones, that it's normal to feel this way, or that it's something you just have to get through. But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself? When your anxiety feels unfamiliar, your patience is shorter, your mind feels foggier, and the things you once managed with ease now feel overwhelming? Perhaps you're questioning your confidence, your relationships, or even your sense of identity. You might find yourself wondering what happened to the person you used to be, all while trying to keep up with the demands of everyday life.
These changes deserve to be acknowledged, understood, and supported.
Therapy offers a space to make sense of these changes, reconnect with yourself, and navigate this next chapter with greater confidence and self-compassion. Together, we can explore the emotional impact of hormonal transitions, develop tools to manage anxiety and overwhelm, work through changes in identity and relationships, and help you reconnect with what matters most to you. You don't have to navigate this season of life alone. There is space for you to feel heard, understood, and supported as you find your way forward.
Is Peri/Menopause or Hormonal Mental Health Support Right For You?
Feeling Unlike Yourself
You don't feel like yourself anymore and feel increasingly disconnected from yourself or the life you've built.
Emotional & Mental Overwhelm
You're experiencing increased anxiety, irritability, emotional overwhelm, brain fog, mental exhaustion, or difficulty managing everyday responsibilities.
Identity, Confidence & Self Image
You're questioning your identity, confidence, or sense of purpose and struggling with changes in your body image or self-esteem.
Relationship & Connection
You're noticing changes in your relationships, emotional connections, or sense of closeness with the people who matter most.
Navigating Change & Feeling Understood
You're feeling burnt out by the demands of everyday life and looking for a space where your experiences are understood rather than dismissed as simply part of aging.
Sleep, Physical Changes & Coping
You're experiencing changes in sleep, energy, or other physical symptoms and want to develop mental health strategies to better cope with the changes you're experiencing.
You may benefit from support if you're experiencing:
You don't have to navigate this transition alone.
Therapy offers a space to feel heard, make sense of these changes, and reconnect with yourself.
Peri/Menopause Therapy in
Airdrie, AB
Virtual sessions available across Alberta & Nova Scotia
How therapy can support you through different life stages
Perimenopause
Navigate the emotional and psychological changes that can come with hormonal shifts, including anxiety, mood changes, brain fog, and changes in identity. Therapy offers a space to make sense of these experiences, develop coping strategies, and reconnect with yourself.
Menopause
Explore the emotional impact of this significant life transition, including changes in self-esteem, relationships, identity, and sense of purpose. Therapy can help you navigate uncertainty, build emotional resilience, and embrace this next chapter with greater confidence and self-compassion.
Postpartum
Adjust to the emotional, relational, and identity changes that come with becoming a parent. Therapy provides support for postpartum anxiety, low mood, overwhelm, changes in relationships, and the challenges of balancing your own needs with the demands of motherhood.
Fertility Treatments
Navigate the emotional complexities of fertility treatments, including uncertainty, grief, anxiety, and the strain of trying to conceive. Therapy offers a supportive space to process difficult emotions, strengthen coping strategies, and care for your mental well-being throughout the fertility journey.
Why Choose New Heights Therapy?
At New Heights Therapy, we believe you deserve to feel heard, understood, and supported through every stage of life's transitions. Our approach is warm, compassionate, and grounded in the understanding that your experiences are uniquely your own. With specialized training and experience in women's mental health, and the emotional challenges that accompany hormonal and life transitions, we provide evidence-based therapeutic support tailored to your individual needs. We offer a safe, judgment-free space where you can explore your emotions, reconnect with yourself, and develop the tools to navigate life's challenges with greater confidence and self-compassion. You don't have to navigate it all alone. We're here to help you find your way forward.
Meet The Therapist
Claire Tansley is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work and specialized training in women's mental health. She is passionate about supporting women through the emotional and psychological changes that accompany hormonal and life transitions.
Claire holds a Menopause Mental Health Practitioner Certificate (MMHPC) and follows a structured, evidence based approach to support women struggling with the fluctuations of this stage of life which includes CBT for insomnia as well as Behavioural Activation and more. Claire also offers local workshops focused on perimenopause and mental well-being, creating opportunities for women to feel understood, informed, and supported. Her approach is warm, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based practices, with a focus on helping women navigate change, reconnect with themselves, and feel more confident in this next chapter of life.
Understand & Discover
Explore your experiences to feel heard & validated. Build awareness of how hormonal changes, emotions, and life circumstances intersect.
Develop
Learn practical tools to manage stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm.
Reconnect
Rediscover your identity, confidence, values, and personal needs.
Move Forward
Create meaningful changes that support your well-being and next chapter.
FAQ:
1. How do I know if what I'm experiencing is related to perimenopause or menopause?
Hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause can influence mood, sleep, anxiety, concentration, and emotional well-being. You may notice that you don't feel like yourself or that everyday stressors feel harder to manage. Therapy can help you explore these changes and develop strategies to support your mental health. A healthcare provider can also help assess whether your symptoms may be related to hormonal changes or other medical factors.
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2. Do I need a diagnosis or to be officially in perimenopause to seek support?
Not at all. You don't need a formal diagnosis or to be at a particular stage of menopause to benefit from therapy. If you're noticing changes in your emotional well-being, identity, or ability to cope, you are welcome to seek support.
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3. How can therapy help with hormonal changes?
Therapy cannot change your hormone levels, but it can help you navigate the emotional and psychological impact of hormonal transitions. Together, we can work on managing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, stress, and changes in identity, while developing practical coping strategies and strengthening your sense of self.
4. Can therapy help if I'm already taking medication or receiving hormone therapy?
Absolutely. Therapy can complement medical care, including hormone therapy and other treatments. We can focus on the emotional and psychological aspects of your experience while supporting you in navigating this stage of life. Medication and hormone treatment decisions should be discussed with your healthcare provider.
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5. What if I don't feel like myself anymore?
Feeling disconnected from yourself can be unsettling, particularly when you're unsure why things feel different. Therapy offers a space to explore these changes, understand what you're experiencing, and reconnect with your values, needs, and sense of identity. You don't have to navigate this transition alone.​
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6. What can I expect from my first therapy session?
Your first session is an opportunity to share what has been happening, explore what has brought you to therapy, and identify what you hope to gain from support. There is no pressure to have everything figured out. Together, we will begin developing an understanding of your experiences and create a plan that reflects your needs and goals.
