Perimenopause & Menopause Support

When Your Body Changes Everything

Perimenopause is more than hot flushes. Mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, disrupted sleep, and a shifting sense of identity are all part of a transition that deserves real clinical support—not just to be endured.

You Are Not Losing Your Mind

The Psychology of Hormonal Transition

The psychological symptoms of perimenopause are real, measurable, and treatable. Irritability, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, and depression during this phase are not character flaws—they are clinical presentations that respond well to therapy.

In-Person & Online Therapy

Support on Your Terms

Whether you're juggling work, family, and a body that feels unfamiliar—we offer flexible in-person and online sessions so that getting support doesn't become another thing on an already overwhelming list.

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Perimenopause & Menopause Therapy

Perimenopause—the years of hormonal fluctuation leading up to menopause—can begin as early as the late thirties and extend for a decade or more. While much of the public conversation focuses on physical symptoms, the psychological impact is often more disruptive: anxiety that appears from nowhere, mood instability, emotional reactivity, cognitive difficulties, and a profound shift in identity and sense of self.

At RnR Psychology, we offer specialised psychological support for women navigating this transition. We work alongside your GP or specialist to address the mental health dimension of perimenopause—providing evidence-based therapy that helps you understand what is happening, regulate your emotional experience, and emerge from this transition with your sense of self intact and strengthened.

Practice Number: 1170910 | HPCSA Registration: PS 0113824
RnR Psychology

Our Specialisations

Areas of Practice

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Mood Instability & Emotional Reactivity

The irritability, tearfulness, and emotional overwhelm of perimenopause are hormonally driven—and psychologically treatable. We help you understand and regulate these shifts without shame.

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Anxiety & Panic

New or worsening anxiety during perimenopause is extremely common and often misattributed. We provide clinical tools to manage anxiety that is rooted in hormonal change.

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Depression & Low Mood

Perimenopausal depression is a distinct clinical presentation. We offer evidence-based therapy tailored to the hormonal context, often working alongside medical treatment.

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Brain Fog & Cognitive Concerns

Memory difficulties, concentration lapses, and mental sluggishness during perimenopause can be alarming. We provide psychoeducation, coping strategies, and anxiety management around cognitive changes.

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Sleep Disruption

Night sweats, insomnia, and non-restorative sleep compound every psychological symptom of perimenopause. We address the anxiety and psychological factors that worsen sleep disruption.

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Identity & Self-Worth

Perimenopause often triggers a profound reckoning with identity, purpose, and self-worth—particularly in a culture that undervalues older women. We provide a space to navigate this with depth and support.

Our Philosophy

Integrated Approach

Collaborative care that addresses the whole person across the hormonal transition

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Medical Collaboration

We work alongside your GP, gynaecologist, or menopause specialist to ensure your psychological and medical care are aligned and mutually reinforcing.

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CBT & Mindfulness

Evidence-based cognitive and mindfulness techniques to manage anxiety, emotional reactivity, and the psychological distress that accompanies hormonal change.

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Psychoeducation

Understanding what is happening hormonally and why it produces psychological symptoms is itself therapeutic—and a core part of our approach.

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Online Therapy Available

Flexible online sessions across South Africa—because when fatigue and overwhelm are symptoms, making therapy easy to access matters.

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Building Resilience

We help you move through this transition with tools, insight, and self-compassion—emerging with a stronger, more grounded sense of self on the other side.

Testimonials

Client Experiences

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"I'm so much better because of Rovaine. She has done so much for me and I'm so happy she's willing to help. She is the best of the best ❤️"

NT

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"Felt comfortable opening up and talking to her about my problems and saw improvements in the areas we needed to address. Would highly recommend."

GG

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"Rovaine is exceptional. Her understanding of ADHD, her medical knowledge, and then her clinical psychology skills are unmatched."

CL

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Address

230 Rondebult Road
Libradene, Boksburg
1459

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Medical Aid

We accept all major medical aids and most smaller schemes.

We have currently worked with:
• Bankmed • Bestmed • Bonitas • Camaf • Discovery • Fedhealth • LA Health Discovery • GEMS • Imperial Motus medical aid • Key Health • Momentum Health • Medshield • Medihelp • Polmed • Platinum Health • SAB Medical Scheme • Samwumed • Sasolmed

RnR Psychology Premises — 230 Rondebult Road, Libradene, Boksburg