Self-compassion and connection with other women are both strong protective factors in coping with menopause symptoms.
Alie Kriofske Mainella
Menopause, mental health, coping
Alie Kriofske Mainella Assistant Professor, Director of Training Marquette University
Dr. Alie Kriofske Mainella is a licensed and certified counselor, a sexual health specialist, and educator, and a PhD-prepared counselor educator with a
research body including sexual health, disability, and menopause. She is currently working on multiple studies on the menopause transition, its impact on mental health and what people experiencing menopause and those who support them can do improve wellbeing and quality of life. Alie has spoken on Menopause for Baird and TEMPO in Milwaukee as well as on other topics such as disability, youth leadership, and sexual health for the World Down Syndrome Association in the United Kingdom, The National Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in Denver Colorado, and the National Council on Independent Living in Washington D.C..
Book: Sex and Sexuality Handbook for the Helping Professional
by Dr. Alie Kriofske Mainella
Interview: WTMJ Conversations: Dr. Allie Kriofske Mainella Discusses Menopause Research
by Jaslyn Snell, August 2, 2026, 12:00 pm, in WTMJ Conversations
Interviewer: Libby Collins
It’s estimated that 75 million women in the U.S. are in perimenopause, menopause or postmenopause. With funding from the Institute of Women’s Leadership faculty fellowship award and an Explorer Challenge grant, Dr. Allie Kriofske Mainella, Assistant Professor at Marquette University and Director of Counselor Education, started gathering research with the hopes of developing a menopause transition tracking app to provide a tool for women in those life stages. The ongoing study now has data from over 300 women. Kriofske Mainella is this week’s featured guest on WTMJ Conversations.
Standout comments:
- My research is about things people don’t like to talk about.[…]These are things we experience as human beings.
- The most training general practitioners receive is ten minutes of study [on menopause].
- [Menopause is] understudied, undertaught, underdiscussed.
- We need self-compassion and social support in our coping plans.
Article: Decoding menopause: “What in the world is happening to my body?”
by Melissa Barclay, March 18, 2026, Marquette Today
Marquette professor aims to help women by creating menopause transition tracking app.
What Fresh Hell is This by Heather Corinna is a candid, funny, and smart book on the experience of menopause.
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