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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.
Our Specialisations
The irritability, tearfulness, and emotional overwhelm of perimenopause are hormonally driven—and psychologically treatable. We help you understand and regulate these shifts without shame.
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.
Perimenopausal depression is a distinct clinical presentation. We offer evidence-based therapy tailored to the hormonal context, often working alongside medical treatment.
Memory difficulties, concentration lapses, and mental sluggishness during perimenopause can be alarming. We provide psychoeducation, coping strategies, and anxiety management around cognitive changes.
Night sweats, insomnia, and non-restorative sleep compound every psychological symptom of perimenopause. We address the anxiety and psychological factors that worsen sleep disruption.
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
Collaborative care that addresses the whole person across the hormonal transition
We work alongside your GP, gynaecologist, or menopause specialist to ensure your psychological and medical care are aligned and mutually reinforcing.
Evidence-based cognitive and mindfulness techniques to manage anxiety, emotional reactivity, and the psychological distress that accompanies hormonal change.
Understanding what is happening hormonally and why it produces psychological symptoms is itself therapeutic—and a core part of our approach.
Flexible online sessions across South Africa—because when fatigue and overwhelm are symptoms, making therapy easy to access matters.
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
"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
"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
"Rovaine is exceptional. Her understanding of ADHD, her medical knowledge, and then her clinical psychology skills are unmatched."
CL
Contact
230 Rondebult Road
Libradene, Boksburg
1459
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