In The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Menopause, a notable team of psychology and women's health experts presents a revolutionary cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for reducing the impact of hot flashes, mood swings, sexual problems, and sleep disruptions. This program may be used as an alternative or an adjunctive treatment to hormone replacement therapy. Page 13 of 83 TIP SHEET TIP SHEET Key Selling Points: ? This book is the first to address menopause using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT has been proven to reduce the discomfort associated with menopausal changes by offering readers psychological techniques and tools for coping with hot flashes, sleep disturbances, mood swings, migraine headaches, anxiety, depression, and other common signs of menopause. ? There are over 40 million women over the age of fifty in the United States. The median age for onset of perimenopause is 47.5 years, and menopause typically lasts about four years. Menopausal changes may include insomnia, mood swings, inability to concentrate, anxiety, and depression. ? Sheryl Green and Claudio Soares are mental health professionals in the women's health concerns clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Ontario. Randi McCabe is a CBT and anxiety expert who has authored several books based in CBT. Description: Although research supports the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to address the symptoms of menopause, this is the first book to explain how readers can use this approach to calm hot flashes, stop mood swings in their tracks, and manage other common physical symptoms. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Menopause can be used as an adjunctive treatment to hormone replacement therapy and herbal remedies, or may be effectively used on its own. This evidence based program works by helping readers understand their symptoms and reduce the psychological self talk that makes physical symptoms of menopause even worse. By reducing the anxiety about menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, readers reduce the duration and intensity of these symptoms. Because menopause can also affect women's mental health, the workbook includes help for menopausal depression, anxiety, irritability, and mood swings. It also features information on hormone replacement therapy and supplements that can help. This workbook is an essential resource for any menopausal woman seeking to regain control over her body, health, and mood. Author Bio: Sheryl M. Green, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist within the women's health concerns clinic and consultation liaison service at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. She is also assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University. Randi E. McCabe, PhD, is psychologist in chief and director of the anxiety treatment and research center at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. She is also associate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University. Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and director of the women's health concerns clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is also the academic head of the mood and anxiety disorders division and professor within the departments of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences and obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.

Author Biography

Sheryl M. Green, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist within the women's health concerns clinic and consultation liaison service at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. She is also assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University. Randi E. McCabe, PhD, is psychologist-in-chief and director of the anxiety treatment and research center at St.Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. She is also associate professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University. Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist and director of the women's health concerns clinic at St. Joseph'sHealthcare in Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is also the academic head of the mood and anxiety disorders division and professor within the departments of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences and obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.