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The Holmes Knowledge Center is the editorial publication of Holmes Training Academy™ — original, evidence-based scholarship written for professionals who carry responsibility for other people's lives.

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The publication we are asking the campus to read first

The Court of Public OpinionVolume 1 · Issue 1

Menopause Has Been Falsely Accused

What if menopause did not create every change in sexual desire, but revealed or amplified patterns that were already present?

Menopause is frequently described as the event that causes women to lose interest in sex. This inaugural publication of The Court of Public Opinion examines the possibility that menopause may sometimes reveal or amplify sexual desire patterns that were already present — and argues that its meaning can only be determined within the complete story of the woman experiencing it.

August 5, 202618 min read

Professor Cheryll Holmes

Professor Cheryll Holmes, PhD, PsyD, MDR

Founder and Professor of Relationship Science and Human Functioning™

Academic level
Graduate Professional
Discipline
Clinical Psychology
Topics
Women's Psychology · Women's Sexual Health · Human Functioning™
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Authored by Professor Cheryll Holmes, PhD, PsyD, MDR

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Selected by the Knowledge Center editors

One work each season, chosen for the quality of its argument rather than its subject.

Volume 1 · Issue 1

Menopause Has Been Falsely Accused

What if menopause did not create every change in sexual desire, but revealed or amplified patterns that were already present?

Professor Cheryll Holmes

Professor Cheryll Holmes, PhD, PsyD, MDR

Founder and Professor of Relationship Science and Human Functioning™

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The Court of Public OpinionVolume 1 · Issue 1

Menopause Has Been Falsely Accused

Menopause is frequently described as the event that causes women to lose interest in sex. This inaugural publication of The Court of Public Opinion examines the possibility that menopause may sometimes reveal or amplify sexual desire patterns that were already present — and argues that its meaning can only be determined within the complete story of the woman experiencing it.

Professor Cheryll Holmes

August 5, 202618 min read

Editorial collections

The publication is organized by editorial series

Not categories — collections. Each one carries an argument and a reading order.

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The Court of Public Opinion

An editorial series that places commonly accepted psychological, relational, theological, and cultural beliefs on trial.

“What if the commonly accepted belief isn't the whole story?”

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Human Functioning™

The Holmes framework for reading a whole person.

Collection

Leadership

Authority, formation, and the psychology of institutions.

Collection

Theology and Human Flourishing

Where science and theology converge to transform lives.

Collection

Relationship Research

Primary research summaries and critical reviews.

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Faculty Publications

Work published by the faculty of Holmes Training Academy™.

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Clinical Practice

The working discipline of the practitioner.

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Women's PsychologyMarriage ScienceClinical PsychologyNeuroscienceCase Studies

Faculty picks

What our faculty are assigning

Publications faculty are placing in front of candidates this term.

The Court of Public OpinionVolume 1 · Issue 1

Menopause Has Been Falsely Accused

Menopause is frequently described as the event that causes women to lose interest in sex. This inaugural publication of The Court of Public Opinion examines the possibility that menopause may sometimes reveal or amplify sexual desire patterns that were already present — and argues that its meaning can only be determined within the complete story of the woman experiencing it.

Professor Cheryll Holmes

August 5, 202618 min read

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From the Knowledge & Research Library

Readers discover ideas here. Permanent academic resources — books, papers, instruments, and course materials — are held in the Library.

  • Assessment worksheet

    Structured Relational Assessment Worksheet

    A single-session instrument for describing a couple's presenting difficulty, repair latency, and maintaining mechanism before any intervention is chosen.

    PDF · 6 pages

  • Reflection guide

    Practitioner Reflection Guide

    Twelve structured prompts for weekly professional reflection, developed for residency use and suitable for independent practitioners under supervision.

    PDF · 8 pages

  • Practice tool

    Case Formulation Template

    A four-part template — observation, mechanism, plan, disconfirming indicator — for building a formulation that can be defended in case conference.

    PDF · 4 pages

  • Research summary

    Research Summary: Durability of Behavioral Change

    A plain-language synthesis of the maintenance literature, with the practice implications the Academy teaches in Level II instruction.

    PDF · 10 pages

  • Professional development

    Congregational Care Referral Standard

    A working standard for ministry settings: scope of competence, referral thresholds, documentation appropriate to the setting, and supervision expectations.

    PDF · 7 pages

Topics

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Behavioral ChangeCertified Individual Counseling Specialist™Certified Relationship Strategist™ Level ICertified Relationship Strategist™ Level IIClinical PracticeClinical PsychologyClinical ResidencyFaith & ScholarshipHolmes Organizational Leadership™Human FunctioningHuman Functioning™LeadershipPersonal DevelopmentRelationshipsSelf-AwarenessWomen's PsychologyWomen's Sexual Health

Academic events

Lectures, sessions, and continuing education

Occasions on which the Academy's scholarship is presented live.

  • Information sessionAugust 12, 2026

    Information Session — Certified Relationship Strategist™ Level I

    7:00 PM Eastern · 60 minutes

    An unhurried walk through the Level I curriculum, cohort schedule, admissions expectations, and the professional standard graduates are held to.

    Holmes Training Academy™ Admissions · Open registration

  • Faculty lectureAugust 27, 2026

    Faculty Lecture — Repair Latency as an Outcome Measure

    12:00 PM Eastern · 75 minutes

    Why the time a couple takes to repair is a more honest indicator of progress than satisfaction reported in the room, and how to measure it in ordinary practice.

    Dr. Renée Caldwell, Ed.D. · Open to the public

  • Live webinarSeptember 10, 2026

    Live Webinar — Evidence-Based Care in Ministry Settings

    6:30 PM Eastern · 90 minutes

    A working standard for congregational care: scope of competence, referral thresholds, and supervision as ordinary professional maintenance.

    Dr. Naomi Monroe, Th.D. · Pastors and ministry leaders

  • Continuing educationSeptember 24, 2026

    Continuing Education — Case Formulation Intensive

    9:00 AM Eastern · Half day

    A half-day intensive in defensible formulation, with live case conference and written review. Certificate of participation issued by the Academy.

    Dr. Marcus Ellison, Ph.D. and Dr. Patrice Sinclair, Ph.D. · Limited enrollment