Massage for Mental Health

Description

This course is intended for anyone who has already undertaken a basic body massage course training and would like to further their understanding of clients suffering from stress and mental health issues.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• 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