Webinar: Breast cancer, sexuality, menopause and women's health series by Breast Cancer Care WA

About this webinar series

Breast Cancer Care WA presents a free webinar series on breast cancer, sexuality, menopause and women’s health. This webinar will aim to empower you, educate you and provide you with the support, resources and knowledge to optimise your quality of life in relation to sexuality and menopause into the future.

This free series consists of 4 separate sessions - two on Wednesday 11 August and two on Wednesday 18 August. Each session will go for approximately an hour and will include a Q&A session with the presenter.

By registering through the purple button at the top of this page you will automatically be registered for all 4 sessions. Alternatively, you can click into each individual session and register only for the sessions that are of interest to you. Once you register you will be sent a confirmation email containing your special link to access the webinar.

Four presentations in series

Wednesday 11 August - 1pm

Menopause, cancer related treatment and the effect on sexuality.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 · 1:00 PM AWST

Clinical Sexologist Helena Green will discuss how menopause and cancer related treatment can affect sexuality and how to reduce the impact of this on relationships.

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Wednesday 11 August - 2pm

Medical management of menopausal symptoms

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 · 2:00 PM AWST

Menopause is a very natural part of life and it’s something all women go through. But each woman’s experience of menopause and menopause symptoms is different. For women going through breast cancer the onset can be sudden, and the symptoms more severe.

In this seminar, Dr Lesley Ramage will discuss the options for medical management of menopause symptoms and support that is available.

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Wednesday 18 August - 1pm

Psychological support and self-care for menopausal symptoms.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 · 1:00 PM AWST

Associate Professor Lesley Stafford, Clinical Psychologist specialising in breast and gynaecological cancer will discuss the psychological support and self-care options for dealing with menopausal symptoms.

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Wednesday 18 August - 2pm

Role of women’s health physiotherapist in sexual and menopausal health.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 · 2:00 PM AWST

Dr Judith Thompson, world leading expert in continence and women's health physiotherapy will discuss how physiotherapists who specialise in women's health can assist with women's sexual and menopausal health.

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