MC Decker
MaryClaire Decker (MC Decker) is a Registered Psychologist specializing in cycle-informed therapy and the intersection of menstrual cycle neurobiology and mental health.
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Jun 30, 2026
Kayla DasHOST
What are the most important things therapists should know about the neurobiology of the cycle?
MC DeckerGUEST
But what I typically talk about is that there are three primary ways that mental health affects the neurobiology.
MC DeckerGUEST
And so the first sort of pathway or the first route that the two of those things intersect on is with neurotransmitters.
MC DeckerGUEST
So what we see is that estrogen and progesterone act on and they affect neurobiology.
Kayla DasHOST
Like, why are we not talking about this more? How come this isn't something that we're learning about? Especially when we think of half of the population had a menstrual cycle.