"The Menopause Lady"
RN, MSN, CNS, NCMP
Nurse Practitioner Women's Health & Psych/Mental Health
Nationally Certified Menopause Practitioner (NAMS)
Spiritual Director
Tel: 1.310.872.4640
Office Hours:
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Discover More at:
www.TheMenopauseLady.com
Biography
Credentials & Education
Psych/Mental Health and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Nationally Certified Menopause Practitioner (NAMS)
Spiritual Director
Undergraduate Degree at Mount Saint Mary's University
Masters of Science Nursing at California State University Long Beach
Experience
PSYCHIATRIC / MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER -
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST - BOARD CERTIFIED
Private counseling practice since 1991
Expertise in relationship issues, depression and anxiety
Mid life transition - perimenopause / menopause hormone consults
WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
Private practice menopause consult 2005 to present
Private practice gynecology, gyn exams - 1993 to 2005
Specialty - mid-life and menopause
Authority to write prescriptions
NATIONALLY CERTIFIED MENOPAUSE PRACTITIONER
NAMS - North American Menopause Society (Member since 1992)
International Menopause Society
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
Certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction, Loyola Marymount University, 2006
Mentor to those discerning God's voice and movement in their lives
Fosters present moment awareness, mindfulness and gratitude
MIND / BODY EDUCATOR
Deepak Chopra Center for Well Being certification as mind / body health educator
Principle educator "Women's Week", Chopra Center, 6/14-18, 99 & 11/99
Instructor ~ five-week "Creating Health" - mind / body health course
LECTURER ~ MID-LIFE TRANSITION
Locally and nationally to community groups and medical professionals
Little Company of Mary's Women's Day of Wellness speaker two times
Publications
"Hot Flash! Hormonal Alchemy during the Menopause Transition: Implications for Spiritual Directors."
Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction Vol. 14 No. 4 Dec. 2008
Co-author of two guides for women with NAMS (North American Menopause Society, www.menopause.org): :
• How to Develop a Menopause Discussion Group for professionals
• Menopause - A New Beginning, for women with low literacy skills
Media Highlights
'Good Morning America' - November 1996 menopause special
'Newsweek' magazine - issue on women's health published March 1st, 1999
Lifetime Cable Channel 'New Attitudes' special on perimenopause, April 1999