About Dr Marylyn Poynter
The clinical depth and the lived experience, in one person
Dr Marylyn Poynter is a retired Dental Surgeon (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and UCL-Certified Clinical Hypnotist, who founded Thriving 50Plus to offer post-menopausal women a different kind of support.
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Why Thriving 50Plus exists
Dr Marylyn spent her career on the clinical side of the consultation. Then she went through her own post-menopausal journey, and experienced first-hand what it is to feel unheard by the healthcare system she had served: colleagues who didn't truly listen, and didn't grasp the intensity of what she was feeling.
She couldn't find what she needed anywhere else, so she built it. Thriving 50Plus brings together clinical rigour and a rare capacity for whole-person understanding: she listens, she hears, and she sees the woman behind the symptom.
Her approach is empowering and neutral about conventional medicine. She respects every woman's healthcare choices, and her role is to give women the tools and understanding to make fully informed decisions for themselves.
What this training makes possible
Understanding ageing and the body
A Gerodontics MSc and a Diploma in Behavioural Sciences bring a deep understanding of ageing, physiology, and how psychology and the body interact over time.
Clinical hypnosis at depth
Clinical hypnosis training at UCL, alongside RTT and NLP, supports work with anxiety, pain, and resistance to change, so the focus is on a woman’s relationship with her symptoms, not just managing them.
Academic rigour
Seven years on the University of London Examination Board for clinical hypnosis, and decades of lecturing, mean complex ideas are explained clearly and honestly.
The Evidence
Clinical hypnosis, grounded in research
Clinical hypnosis is rated a Level 1 evidence-endorsed intervention for vasomotor symptoms such as hot flushes by The Menopause Society, and is also recognised in the British Menopause Society's November 2025 Consensus Statement on Non-Hormonal Treatments.
Results vary from person to person, and clinical hypnosis is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment. On a Discovery Call, Dr Marylyn explains how it works and what the evidence does and doesn't say, so each woman can decide whether it is right for her.
Qualifications and training
- BDS
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (retired Dental Surgeon)
- MSc in Gerodontics
- University of London, Faculty of Medicine
- Diploma in Dental Implantology
- University of Sheffield
- Certified Clinical Hypnotist
- UCL (University College London)
- Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT)
- Marisa Peer & RTT® Training School
- NLP Master Practitioner & Coach
- ITS, UK
- Diploma in Behavioural Sciences
- University of Washington, Seattle
- University of London Examination Board Member
- Diploma & MSc in Clinical Hypnosis (7 years)
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate Lecturer
- Dental and clinical hypnosis disciplines
A conversation, not a consultation
If this resonates, Dr Marylyn offers a complimentary Discovery Call to explore whether Thriving 50Plus is the right fit for you.
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