Welcome
MPowered Peri~Menopause community + MPowered Melanated Clinicians.
For diverse clinicians + professionals + universities who value MPowerment in private practice, business, and/or life that is based on passion + power + purpose while honoring life balance.
For those experiencing Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) + Peri~Menopause + early menopause + related reproductive experiences who embrace being MPowered in their experiences.
Are you tired of not feeling like yourself?
Maybe you feel like your emotions are not behaving the way they used to.
-Fluctuating hormones and other factors add to this.
Maybe your body randomly turns up the heat and didn’t ask for your permission.
-No thanks to hot flashes/flushes or night sweats.
Maybe you’re tired of your brain freezing and concerned about it happening at a terrible time.
-Enter brain fog or cognitive fatigue.
You don’t have to manage this alone. Compassionate + personalized MPowered Peri~Menopause care is here…
The experience of perimenopause and menopause represent a rite of passage. Your pathway is unique AND you deserve education and care that is tailored to your specific needs.
Understanding that symptoms can be silent, subtle, and/or disruptive is a way to increase awareness of what is going on with your body, mind, and mental health. My training experience and background as a clinical psychologist has given me an understanding of the symptoms, presentation, and experiences of mental health. This is not therapy but I have the background to understand your needs.
MPowering yourself with holistic education so you know what to anticipate can help you identify symptoms early and will help you make informed health-related decisions to enhance your quality of life and wellbeing as you navigate this transition.
It can be a steep learning curve but you do not have to do this alone. I am glad you are here!
I am passionate about helping women with their journey and a few ways I offer support is by:
Meeting you where you are and attempting to see things through your lens to address your current and ongoing challenges.
Fostering a safe space for you to show up authentically and be heard accurately.
Helping you identify the types of questions to ask and prepare for various doctors appointments and teach you how to advocate for your needs/wants
Helping you curate a toolkit regarding lifestyle changes and self care to support a holistic approach to managing this sacred journey
Helping you honor your intersecting identities as you navigate this road. For example: mom; wife; high achieving career and/or homemaker; caregiver; volunteer; musician etc.
Helping you to achieve some semblance of life balance as you continue to “do it all,” as so many of us do.
I’m embracing my
intersecting identities over here…
I invite you to do the same!
Hi, I’m Dr. Starlyn Hawes…
Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mom (my kids have paws, fingers, and toes). Friend. Networker. Community builder. Bridge builder. Change agent. Clinical Psychologist (Health and Rehabilitation specialties). Coach. Consultant. Board member.
I could go on but let me get to the point:
I am on a mission to MPower those who have experienced primary ovarian insufficiency, primary ovarian failure, perimenopause, early menopause, and menopause in their journeys by helping them to create a path that allows them to honor their intersecting identities, life balance, and gain more of the quality of life and wellbeing that they deserve.
I seek to MPower Melanated Clinicians + High Achieving Diverse Professionals to create a legacy that is grounded in their passion + power + purpose while honoring life balance. I also seek to facilitate Universities ability to MPower their students to gain the ability to do so as well.
Note: If you do not consider yourself to be Melanated or Diverse you are also welcome. Please see my FAQs for more on this.
MPowered Coaching + Consultation Disclaimer:
Note: Although Dr. Hawes is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist this coaching + consulting business is separate from her clinical practice and does not represent health care or a clinical service. As such, she can EITHER work with you as a therapy patient OR as a coaching or consultation client. If we find that your needs are clinically significant, we will talk about it and appropriate referrals will be made.
Sometimes it is possible to remain in coaching or consultation with me while pursuing therapy with another provider. If it is not appropriate to remain in coaching or consultation with me, I will be sure to let you know, and will make appropriate recommendations.
More information about my therapy practice: Mindfully Balancing Wellness
“I WOULD REFER CLIENTS TO DR. HAWES' CARE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL BE IN SKILLED AND COMPASSIONATE HANDS.”
“Dr. Hawes is the rare clinician who combines expert and evidence-based care with a keen appreciation for the humanistic and patient-centered facets of care. In addition to being well-versed in treatment of depression and anxiety, she has advanced skills in treating patients coping with injury/illness, adjustment to life transitions, health care provider work efficiency/stress/burnout, managing uncertainty, and grief/existential issues. As a female provider of color, she is especially attuned to the needs of clients from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds whose mental health concerns are often compounded by a multitude of complex psychosocial and relational stressors. I would refer clients to Dr. Hawes' care with great confidence that they will be in skilled and compassionate hands."
-Yasmin A., PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Supportive Oncology Program
“DR. HAWES IS A WOMAN OF GREAT CHARACTER AND MORAL FIBER. SHE HAS A DEEP REGARD FOR THE WHOLENESS AND HAPPINESS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS SHE TREATS.”
“I had the privilege of supervising Dr. Starlyn Hawes during her doctoral training at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Dr. Hawes has always been one of my best students. I am proud to see her continue to make positive strides in her community by bringing more options for overall health and wellness. Dr. Hawes is a woman of great character and moral fiber. She has a deep regard for the wholeness and happiness of all individuals she treats. She is someone who can definitely add to the psychological and behavioral health of anyone seeking to improve in these areas."
-Ravidran S., PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Medical Staff Well-Being Director, Bariatric and Chronic Pain Specialist
“DR. HAWES IS ONE OF THE MOST THOUGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH.”
“In addition to being highly technically skilled in evidence-based clinical practice, Dr. Hawes is very sensitive to her clients’ needs and tailors her approach to meet people wherever they are at. Dr. Hawes is one of the colleagues I turn to first to learn about the latest developments in clinical practice in Washington State and how to best advocate for our clients and the communities we serve."
- Susan C., PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Harm Reduction and Community Based Participatory Research Specialist
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