Massage for Mental Health

To develop your understanding of the role, skills and qualities of a successful massage therapist in relation to the client who has mental health issues.

To understand the precautions you should take as a therapist when treating a client who is suffering with their mental health

To extend your knowledge of the physiological aspects of mental health and be able to recognise both physical and psychological symptoms

To recognise where certain emotions will manifest as physical symptoms in the body

To better understand the mental health benefits of massage therapy for the client

To understand how to treat a client going through the grieving process

To increase your understanding of depression

To learn about the physiology behind addictive behavioural patterns in those with ADHD and how massage can help

To improve your understanding of eating disorders and how to use massage as a way of improving body image

To increase your knowledge of psychosomatic illness so that you may be able to identify when a client’s physical issue may be due to unmanaged stress levels

To inform yourself of some self help measures to suggest to your client to deal with stress