Psychologia menopauzy

Marie Percival; Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz

doi:10.18778/8331-920-9

Keywords: menopauza, psychologia zdrowia, zdrowie psychiczne kobiet, dobrostan, zdrowie mózgu, pozytywne starzenie się

Published: 30 December 2025

Categories: Psychology

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Co dzieje się z psychiką, relacjami i poczuciem własnej tożsamości kobiety, gdy wchodzi w okres menopauzalny? Dlaczego niektóre zmiany przebiegają łagodnie, a inne wywołują lęk, dezorientację czy spadek nastroju? I przede wszystkim – jak sprawić, by ten etap stał się czasem wzmocnienia, a nie kryzysu?

W publikacji pokazano, że menopauza to nie tylko uderzenia gorąca i wahania hormonów, lecz złożona transformacja obejmująca psychikę, ciało, relacje i społeczne role kobiet. Autorka wyjaśnia, na czym polega „mgła mózgowa”, skąd biorą się zmiany nastroju, jak przebiega proces adaptacji do nowych wyzwań życiowych i dlaczego doświadczenia kobiet są tak różnorodne. Bazując na rzetelnych badaniach oraz współczesnej wiedzy psychologicznej, pomaga zrozumieć czynniki ryzyka, ale też wskazuje skuteczne, udokumentowane metody wspierania dobrostanu – od interwencji psychologicznych po mądre decyzje dotyczące stylu życia i leczenia.

To przystępna, potrzebna i normalizująca perspektywa, która traktuje menopauzę jako naturalny etap życia oraz okazję do refleksji nad własnymi potrzebami. Autorka pokazuje, w jaki sposób wiedza, świadome podejście, odpowiednie wsparcie mogą zmienić sposób przeżywania tego okresu – zarówno przez kobiety, jak i ich bliskich.

Marie Percival

Marie Percival jest akademiczką, autorką, klinicystką i badaczką. Ma ponad osiemnastoletnie doświadczenie dydaktyczne zdobyte w szkolnictwie wyższym w Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii, gdzie prowadziła zajęcia z zakresu psychologii i terapii psychologicznych. Posiada także doświadczenie praktyczne wynikające z prowadzenia licznych sesji terapeutycznych.

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