Incorporating menstruality in psychotherapy
with Letticia Banton
Key Info
DATE
Sat 14 JUN 2025
15.00 – 17.00 GMT
FORMAT
Live Webinar
Recorded
LOCATION
On-Line
Zoom
FEE
Standard £45
Trainee £35
Overview
Discover the Transformative Power of Menstrual Cycle Awareness in Therapeutic Practice
This experiential session offers psychotherapists, counsellors, and mental health practitioners a unique opportunity to explore the menstrual cycle as a profound and holistic aspect of human experience. Moving beyond the biological or medical lens, the session will focus on the emotional, relational, and transpersonal dimensions of the menstrual cycle—revealing its potential as a powerful tool for self-awareness and integration in therapy.
Drawing on clinical theory, research, and lived practice, you’ll learn how to incorporate menstrual cycle awareness into your therapeutic approach. The session aims to inspire and equip participants with practical insights to engage more deeply with this essential element of embodied psychotherapy.
Inclusivity
While this session centres on the menstrual cycle, we recognise that not all women menstruate and not everyone who menstruates identifies as a woman. Our approach is grounded in respect for diverse identities and lived experiences. We warmly welcome therapists of all genders—including women, men, and gender-diverse individuals—to engage in this exploration of how menstruality can shape the therapeutic relationship in meaningful and inclusive ways.
Seminar Content
- A brief history of the place of the menstrual cycle in psychotherapy
- Exploration of the concept of menstruality
- Case vignettes illuminating menstruality
- Experiential engagement with menstrual cycle awareness
- Implications for practice
Who is this training for?
This webinar is for qualified and trainee psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health professionals interested in exploring how to work with the menstrual cycle in psychotherapy.
Learning Objectives
- To contextualise the place of the menstrual cycle in psychotherapy theory and research
- To explore the concept of ‘menstruality’, as the holistic lived experience of having a menstrual cycle
- To begin to think about how to work with ‘menstrual cycle awareness’ in therapeutic practice
Speaker
Letticia Banton
Letticia Banton is a UKCP-registered integrative psychotherapist. She is also Counselling Psychology and Integrative Psychotherapy Doctoral Candidate at the Metanoia Institute, London. Her doctoral research is an interpretative phenomenological analysis on female clients’ experience of their menstrual cycle in therapy with a male therapist.
She is an advocate for integrating overlooked issues, such as the menstrual cycle, into contemporary psychotherapeutic theory, research and practice. Her broader clinical and research interests include a focus on gender, and she has considerable therapeutic experience working with transgender and non-binary people.