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What are the four phases of the menstrual cycle, and how might we support a client to become more in tune with these inner seasons? In the second of two blog posts, embodied psychotherapist Kate Merrick outlines the hormonal fluctuations that can shape phenomenological experience for many clients, from states of clarity and creativity to irritability and heightened intuition – and invites us to work with, rather than against, these natural rhythms.

The wisdom of the body is now widely accepted in mainstream therapies. Yet this is often to the exclusion of the menstrual cycle, despite its powerful connection for many of us with changes in energy, mood, emotion and somatic sensitivity. In the first of two blog posts, embodied psychotherapist Kate Merrick encourages therapists to speak into this cultural silence – and suggests how we might help clients to learn about and connect with a vital self-care system.