Consultations
Consultations are available in person, via telephone or video link
One to one
A comprehensive discussion, in confidence, so you can understand exactly what is going on within your body and the options available to manage symptoms.
Looking at your current health care and medical history including family history.
Obtain information so you can prepare to talk with your GP or health care professional and make shared informed choices on treatment.
Consider diet and positive lifesytyle options.
Please note that I'm not able to prescribe any medication for you, only your GP can do this for you.
Menopause can be a particularly challenging and unsettling time in your life, this session can help you emerge feeling hopeful and positive about this time of change within your body.
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Initial consultation approximately one and a half hours £65
Follow up consultation £50
Funded One to One Consultations 2025
Due to some recent funding from the Locality Community Benefit Fund with Magna Housing, we can offer a small number of fully funded one to one consultations to women who are experiencing financial hardship.
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If this would benefit you or someone you may know in the community please get in touch via email at:
Couples Guidance
​When a woman is going through perimenopause or is menopausal it affects not just the woman herself, but everyone who has a close relationship with her.
This is an opportunity for your husband or partner to gain an understanding of menopause, helping communication and possibly another level of closeness within the relationship.
You will travel the journey together and it's so important to have the support and understanding of your loved ones.
Menopause does not have to push you apart, it can bring you closer together.
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Consultation approximately one and half hours £65
Follow up £50
Learn Together (with a friend or family member)
Some women find it easier to attend a private consultation with someone to give them support and confidence. If this is not a husband, wife or partner, then it can be the ideal opportunity to bring another loved one, such as a close friend or daughter. This has many benefits and in some cases it gives the chance to begin giving the next generation of young ladies the wonderful gift of knowledge.
We can discuss hormones in general, the effects they can have throughout adulthood, explore conditions such as PMS, PMDD, PCOS, and PND, as well as the changes involved during perimenopause and menopause.
It is so important that all women have a greater understanding and more evidence based information about the female body.
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Consultation approximately one and a half hours £70
Follow up £50
Local Information and Support Meetings
During my role of a Health Champion within the NHS I helped to establish 2 group meetings a month, with other Health Champions in collaboration with the Social Prescribing team and Blackmore Vale Partnership local surgeries. From April 2025 these meetings have now moved into the wider community to welcome more women from any area of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.
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Group support meetings are free and friendly, open to all women and are currently held at 2 venues a month.
RiversMeet Leisure Centre in Gillingham on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5.30pm to 7pm (Fully funded by Locality Community Benefit Fund with Magna Housing)
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The Vale Family Hub in Sturminster Newton on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5.30pm to 7pm (supported by Awards for All Community Fund)
There is no need to book, just pop in!
The sessions are approximately one and a half hours long.
Free and open to all women
Strength and Conditioning Programme in connection with Information and Support Meetings beginning 3rd February 2025
A wonderful opportunity for women to participate in a fully funded 12 week programme to improve muscle strength and tone, enhancing bone health, which is so important as we age from midlife and into older age. Helping to maintain independent living, reducing risk of Osteoporosis and frailty in the longer term.
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This programme will also improve mobility, stamina, fitness, metabolism, cardiovascular health and mental wellbeing. It is run by senior employees of RiversMeet Active Centre in Gillingham, and as well as being experienced instructors, they have undertaken specialist training in Menopause Movement.
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Fully funded for three 12 week programmes throughout 2025 by Locality Community Benefit Fund with Magna Housing.
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To be eligible for this opportunity, women need to attend at least 2 information and support evenings to gain knowledge and understanding around holistic menopause care and nutrition. Email dorsetmenopause@gmail.com to register.
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More details including photo's on our Events page.
Menopause Support after Breast Cancer
This support group is run in conjunction with BooBs Breast Cancer Awareness Charity in Shaftesbury, who are a fabulous organisation who offer support to women and their families whilst having treatment, and after treatment for breast cancer. They can help financially with added costs of going for treatment and appointments and also costs for wigs, mastectomy bras etc.
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Above all else BooBs can help with emotional support and mental wellbeing by providing care from therapists and counselling if anyone should need it. They also have a deep will to empower their breast cancer warriors by helping them feel beautiful again and can help financially for beauty treatments such as semi-permanent eyebrows and tattoos over scars from surgery.
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For many women, after breast cancer treatment or surgery, they are placed into a medical menopause due to continual hormone treatment to prevent cancer reoccurring. This area of menopause within women's health is hugely neglected as many women have fewer options to managing menopausal symptoms.
By attending BooBs monthly social coffee morning meet up we can talk through concerns, answer questions and discuss many options for ladies to consider to help them to manage menopausal symptoms, improve their quality of life and learn how to increase their health and wellbeing for the future, while being in a relaxed supportive environment.
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These free, friendly and informal meetings are held at The Royal Chase Hotel in Shaftesbury on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 11am to 1pm
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There is no need to book, just pop in or email BooBs at info@bbca.org.uk to find out more about the support available from BooBs charity. Refreshments provided.
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Fully funded by Awards for All National Lottery Community Fund.
Group Talks
Group educational talks can be arranged privately in your own home or venue of choice, with a group of work colleagues, friends, or a social club who want to include it in their events calendar. Many women gain strength, support and comfort by meeting with others who are experiencing a similar change in their lives.
The group meetings are not just a chance to talk to others and support each other and share experiences, but also to gain knowledge on the stages of menopause. Learn about the hormones involved, the variety of possible symptoms and how to manage them in many different ways.
Available are up to date fact sheets and information on all things menopause related.
Starting at £150 plus travel expenses.
Content can be tailored to the individual requirements of the group.
Community/Organisation Talks
It's important to remember that every woman will experience symptoms of menopause at some stage in their life and support should be widely available. Raising awareness in the community and workplace is not only important for the woman's quality of life, but will also help to maintain a positive working environment. Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the workforce so it's more important than ever to speak openly about menopause in the work place. Many women reduce their working hours, turn down a promotion or actually leave their job because of overwhelming menopause symptoms.
Raising awareness in the community can in many cases help early self-diagnosis and prevent symptoms becoming worse. Women in the modern world are usually leading busy lives, juggling work and family commitments, bringing up children and many caring for elderly relatives. Menopause puts an unwanted burden of stress at this time, so if women can recognise some of the more unusual symptoms of menopause, then they can ask for help more quickly from their GP.
Starting at £200 plus travel expenses
Content can be tailored to the individual requirements of the organisation.
I believe that every woman should have access to factual, evidence based information and support. I offer consultations at rates that I hope will make them affordable to as many women as possible. Concessions may be available upon request to anyone experiencing extreme financial hardship.