Our clinicians focus on supporting women whose gastrointestinal, physical, and emotional health concerns often overlap with hormonal changes, reproductive health, and major life transitions.
Women’s symptoms are frequently layered, variable, and at times overlooked, which is why our approach prioritizes careful listening, validation, and individualized care. Treatment helps women make sense of the brain–body connection in ways that rebuild trust in their body. Care emphasizes developing adaptive skills that promote symptom relief, emotional resilience, and confidence in everyday life, with a collaborative, personalized approach centered on realistic goals, steady progress, and long-term support.
How a GI Psychologist Can Help
A GI psychologist can play a vital role in supporting women as they navigate the physical, emotional, and social challenges that often accompany gastrointestinal disorders, chronic pain, hormonal changes, and other medically complex conditions.
Women living with GI conditions such as IBS, IBD, functional abdominal pain, or feeding disorders frequently experience stress, anxiety, and frustration—especially as they balance work, caregiving, relationships, reproductive health, and daily responsibilities. Hormonal shifts related to menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum changes, perimenopause, and menopause can further influence symptoms and emotional well-being. These overlapping pressures can intensify physical discomfort and affect overall quality of life.
A GI psychologist uses evidence-based, personalized approaches to help women better manage pain, reduce symptom flare-ups, and strengthen emotional resilience. By collaborating closely with medical providers and addressing both physical and emotional health, GI psychologists support women in building confidence, improving daily functioning, and developing lasting skills to manage their health with clarity, self-compassion, and long-term empowerment.
Conditions We Treat
GI Psychology services support women facing a wide range of gastrointestinal, chronic pain, hormonal, and medically complex conditions that affect both their physical health and emotional well-being—especially as they navigate work, caregiving, relationships, reproductive health, and the many demands of daily life.
| Endometriosis | Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) |
| HypnoBirthing® | Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) |
| Menstruation | Unexplained Infertility/Medically-Assisted Fertility |
| Perimenopause/Menopause |
A Compassionate, Integrated Path Forward
At GI Psychology, we understand how challenging it can be for women to live with ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms, chronic pain, hormonal changes, and other medically complex conditions. These challenges are often multifaceted and deeply personal—affecting women’s comfort, confidence, relationships, work, family life, and sense of well-being. Our goal is to help women better manage symptoms, reduce distress, and reconnect with the parts of life that matter most through evidence-based treatments that honor the powerful connection between the mind and the gut.
If you are struggling with persistent, uncomfortable physical or emotional symptoms, specialized psychological care can be a meaningful next step toward relief and resilience. Contact us or request a free 15-minute initial phone consultation to learn how health psychology can support you as you move forward with greater confidence, clarity, and long-term self-care skills.