The story behind ProMind Wellbeing
The inspiration behind ProMind Wellbeing comes from the founder, Sian's personal and professional experiences. Having been adopted, she developed an early appreciation for the complex relationship between nature, nurture, identity, and wellbeing. This sparked a lifelong interest in understanding people, their experiences, and the factors that influence how people grow, cope, and thrive throughout life.
Sian has witnessed first-hand the devastating impact that life experiences, tragedy and significant change can have on children, young people, families and adults. She has also seen the incredible strength that can emerge through connection, compassion and the right support, particularly when life no longer looks as we expected.
These experiences led Sian to explore the psychology behind resilience, wellbeing, relationships and human growth. Her approach is informed by strengths-based practice and Positive Psychology, drawing on the work of Martin Seligman, Carol Dweck and Barbara Fredrickson, alongside attachment theory and the person-centred principles of John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth and Carl Rogers.
Professionally, Sian has worked as a Family Worker, Senior Practitioner within a Self-Harm Unit, advocate for young people, and supporting young people with learning disabilities. She later became a lecturer in Psychology and Health & Social Care, where she developed learning materials, supported professional development and helped future practitioners build not only their knowledge and skills, but also the empathy, integrity and compassion needed to make a difference.
Through these experiences, Sian discovered how powerful connection can be. When people feel heard, understood, valued and believed in, they can begin to recognise their own strengths, develop confidence and move towards positive change.
This became the foundation for ProMind Wellbeing. Sian recognised that while therapy and professional interventions are invaluable, they are not always the right fit for everyone or every stage of life. Sometimes people need something alongside or between formal services, practical guidance, encouragement, connection and someone to walk alongside them. ProMind Wellbeing was created to provide that space. The approach is not about telling people what to do. It is about helping people understand themselves, discover their strengths, build meaningful connections and develop the confidence and resilience to move forward.
Healing does not always mean returning to who we were before; sometimes it means discovering new possibilities for who we can become. This is at the heart of ProMind Wellbeing, bridging the gap between therapy and everyday life, helping people thrive, not simply cope. 💙
Professional Experience
Throughout her career, she has worked alongside children, young people, families and adults across supportive, educational and therapeutic settings. Her experience includes:
-
Family support and intervention
-
Mental health and wellbeing
-
Advocacy and person-centred support
-
Health and Social Care education, teaching and mentoring
-
Supporting people through change, adversity and life transitions
-
Strengths-based and trauma-informed practice
Qualifications and Memberships
-
MSc Psychology, Mental Health and Wellbeing
-
Graduate Member, British Psychological Society
-
BA (Hons) Applied Social Studies
-
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
-
Mental Health First Aider
-
Level 3 Advocacy & Level 2 Safeguarding
-
Fully Enhanced DBS Checked (Update Service)
ProMind Wellbeing and into the future.
ProMind Wellbeing has been created with the vision of growing beyond one practitioner. Sian is building a collaborative network of appropriately qualified and experienced practitioners who share the values at the heart of ProMind. This allows ProMind to offer a broader range of knowledge, skills and perspectives while maintaining a consistent commitment to ethical, compassionate and person-centred practice.
Any practitioners working with or through ProMind are carefully selected and expected to uphold the same values of respect, integrity, professional responsibility and evidence-informed practice.