THEME: "Frontiers in Mental Health and Psychiatry Research"
22-23 Mar 2027
Paris, France
The Jing Institute of Advanced Clinical Massage & Complementary Medicine, United Kingdom
Title: TBA
Sian has worked as a professional aromatherapist, scar tissue, clinical and holistic massage therapist for 15 years, as a specialist in acute and chronic pain, mental health and well-being. Working alongside physiotherapists and osteopaths, she completed her degree level 6 BTEC in Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy and Sports Massage, graduating from the Jing Institute of Advanced Clinical Massage and Complementary Therapy in June 2024. She presented her degree research on “Jing MethodTM Massage and Mental Health – Depression, Anxiety and Stress” as a keynote speaker at last year’s SC Mental Health Congress in Amsterdam.
During the Covid pandemic Sian took referrals for NHS Community Living Well mental health service and ran online sessions for Kensington and Chelsea Social Care. Through this and the Kensington and Chelsea Council Healthier Futures Initiative she worked for the NHS at the Integrated Care Centre for Health and Well-Being at St. Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove in London working with Grenfell Tower Fire survivors and clients with severe physical and mental health issues. She works privately supporting a wide range of clients with issues varying from physical conditions, such as cancer, polio, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, to mental health and emotional issues such as CPTSD and substance withdrawal.
Since graduating she has also become a mentor and trainee-teacher at the Jing Institute, She has chosen this area, so vital to the future of teaching and delivering healthcare, to speak about at this year’s conference.