Thriving Under Pressure: Women’s Mental Health, Neurobiology & Sustainable Success in Dentistry
This evidence-informed course explores the mental health pressures experienced by women in dentistry across the professional lifecycle—from early-career imposter syndrome and working motherhood to leadership and menopause.
Drawing on neurobiology, cognitive behavioural principles and clinical hypnotherapy insights, it explains how chronic stress and cortisol dysregulation (HPA-axis disruption) can affect mood, sleep, decision-making, performance and long-term health, including the impact of hormonal shifts on resilience.
Attendees will take away chairside-applicable tools to regulate stress, support neurotransmitter balance and build sustainable wellbeing. The session also looks at how leaders can foster psychologically safe, menopause-aware and supportive workplace cultures.
Designed for dental professionals who want long-term performance sustainability—not short-term coping.
Learning Objectives
• Understand how chronic stress and cortisol dysregulation affect mood, cognition, sleep, decision-making and long-term health in dentistry.
• Use evidence-based self-regulation tools (breathing, grounding, nutrition and energy management) to reduce stress during clinical practice.
• Support a psychologically safe, menopause-aware workplace culture through open conversations and mentorship.
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording the next business day.
Details:
One (1) hour of CE lecture credit
AGD subject code 770
This course is free, but you are required to register in advance
No required prerequisites
Your Instructor:
Jackie Cooper, Dip CHyp, HPD, Master NLP Practitioner, has nearly 30 years’ dental experience, progressing from clinical dental nurse to private therapy clinic owner and lecturer in wellbeing and leadership. A certified Cognitive Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner, she supports clients to reduce anxiety and improve whole-person health, and collaborates with organizations such as ADEE to advance mental health, coaching and leadership in dentistry.