Dr Helena Tucker · Clinical Psychologist

Specialist psychological support for PMDD, menopause, and hormone-related mental health

From turmoil to steadiness and self-trust.

If you feel at the mercy of your hormones, despite everything you've tried, the problem is not that you are failing. Most psychological support was not built with PMDD or menopause in mind.

And if you are responsible for supporting women at work, you may already know that generic wellbeing initiatives are not enough. There is a practical and sustainable way to build a hormone-healthy workplace.

This is specialist, hormone-informed psychological care for individuals and organisations, designed to build steadiness and self-trust in a way that holds.

When everything feels unstable

PMDD can leave you feeling like a different person. Perimenopause and menopause can turn things upside down. The ground can feel like it keeps shifting.

You are not failing

This is not a lack of willpower.

And it is not your fault.

There is specialist psychological care designed for PMDD and menopause.

It can help you build steadiness again.

The same specialist expertise also supports organisations to respond with clarity and confidence, creating workplaces where people can flourish whatever is happening with their hormones.

Specialist support delivered through three focused pathways.

Choose your pathway

CYCLES® for PMDD

CYCLES® for PMDD

Structured, hormone-informed psychological support for people living with PMDD and cyclical mental health difficulties.

Clear, practical, evidence-based. Designed specifically for PMDD.

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Hormone-Healthy Workplaces™

Organisations

Hormone-Healthy Workplaces™ training and consultancy for HR professionals and leaders responding to menopause, PMDD and hormonally influenced mental health at work.

Clear guidance. Sustainable support. Culture change that lasts.

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CYCLES® Training for Professionals

CYCLES® Training for Professionals

Training and teaching for clinicians and professionals who want a deeper, hormone-informed understanding of mental health.

Practical frameworks. Clinical depth. Real-world application.

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Dr Helena Tucker — reading and research

Why one-size-fits-all advice often falls short. Discover what actually helps

When support does not match your lived reality, it can feel as though you are failing.

You are not failing.

Most psychological models were never designed for cyclical or hormonally influenced mental health.

Specialist, hormone-informed
psychological care

What helps is not trying harder.

It is support that understands how PMDD, perimenopause and menopause shape mood, thinking and capacity across the cycle and over time.

This means:

  • understanding what is happening in your body and mind
  • reducing self-blame
  • responding differently at different points in your cycle
  • building steadier ground over time

This is not about fixing you.

It is about creating the right conditions for things to feel more manageable, more stable, and more like you again.

Dr Helena Tucker — specialist support

What clients say

Jackie
"I was in a deep dark place. I was hit by these sudden bouts of deep, dark depression once a month. I felt like I had lost control of my life.

I've got to this place of calm, acceptance and compassion for myself."

— Jackie, 28

Josy
"I had a limiting view of my future. Like, I don't have a future… I was so frustrated and helpless.

I am not feeling that emptiness about my future anymore."

— Josy, 35

Laura
"I was totally fed up with my menstrual cycle. I felt like it was really hopeless and draining my life. I was dreading every month and wondered, can I have a normal life?!

It's given me this really new perspective, it's kind of revolutionary really."

— Laura, 43

About
Dr Helena Tucker

I am a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist specialising in PMDD, menopause and hormone-related mental health.

My work brings together evidence-based psychology, specialist training and lived experience. I prioritise clinical judgement, flexibility and depth, rather than forcing people into models that do not fit their reality.

This work is grounded, practical and clinically rigorous.

It is about helping people move beyond survival towards steadier, more sustainable ways of living and working.

DClinPsy
HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist

Specialist in hormone-related mental health

Dr Helena Tucker,

Clinical Psychologist

167-169 Great Portland Street,

5th Floor, London

W1W 5PF, United Kingdom

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