Pause and Power Women’s Therapy is the Geelong practice of Stephanie Thwaites, a psychotherapist and Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with fifteen years of experience. She offers women’s counselling in Highton and across Geelong, with perimenopause and menopause a central focus.
Menopause and perimenopause counselling in Geelong
The menopausal years can reshape far more than the body. Stephanie offers a compassionate, steady space to make sense of this stage and to feel understood, heard and supported.
Support through the emotional side of menopause
Stephanie helps women with the anxiety, low mood, disrupted sleep, grief and loss of confidence that can accompany perimenopause and menopause, and the distress of hormonal, physical and mood changes. Together you can move from feeling overwhelmed towards greater balance and self-compassion.
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A trauma-informed, evidence-based approach
Her work is person-centred and trauma-informed, grounded in Emotion-Focused Therapy, a respected evidence-based modality, viewed through a feminist and relational lens. She brings professional expertise and lived experience, helping women process difficult feelings safely.
What to expect from your first session
Your first session is an unhurried conversation, with no pressure to share more than you are ready to. Stephanie takes time to understand what brings you to therapy and what you hope for, and together you shape a way forward that feels right for you.
Other areas of support
Alongside menopause, Stephanie supports women with anxiety and depression, birth trauma and complex trauma, grief and loss, perinatal mental health and early parenting, and body image and the relationship with food.
Sessions and locations across Geelong and Australia
Pause and Power Women’s Therapy is in Highton where Stephenaie sees clients in person. Telehealth is also available across Australia. Medicare rebates can be applied with a mental health care plan.
