Below, you will find featured events at which I am either presenting research, speaking, or leading a workshop. If you are an event organizer or you would like to book a training, please use the Request a Training form to make your request.
Upcoming Events (in chronological order)
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Annual Conference • October 19-20, 2026
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Along with three esteemed physiotherapy collaborators, I'll be presenting my person-centered communication approach to the parent-child-clinician relationship in our workshop entitled, "Navigating Clinician-Parent-Child Communication in Paediatric Physiotherapy."
More information coming soon... |
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Past Events
International Conference on Communication in Healthcare • September 14-18, 2026
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The international Conference on Communication in Healthcare, a collaboration between the Academy of Communication in Healthcare and the European Association for Communication in Healthcare, will take place in mid-September in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I'll be presenting two sessions: A creative heathcare communication session entitled "There is no biomedical cause for this person’s chronic pain: What do I say? What do I do?" and a workshop co-presented with my colleague Dr. Miriam Dillon entitled, "Addressing distress: Supporting clinicians to safely navigate emotions in chronic pain care".
More information posted here. |
Qualitätszirkel Schmerzpsychosomatik @ Universitätsklinikum Ulm • July 15, 2026
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After attending my presentation at the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Stephan Frisch invited me to discuss my healing journey (in a German version of Grand Rounds) with the doctors and therapists who treat psychosomatic pain in and near the University of Ulm, Germany. This was my first presentation in German.
Read the report (in English) here. |
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Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms • June 29, 2026
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Dr. David Clarke, president of the ATNS, interviewed me about my experience and complete recovery from neuroplastic (psychosomatic) chronic pain and other symptoms for the Story Behind the Symptoms podcast.
The episode aired on July 14th, and the podcast is available as a YouTube video, which you can watch here. |
European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine Conference • June 16-19, 2026
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At the 13th Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine, I'll be delivering my oral presentation, “When chronic pain researcher becomes chronic pain patient: An autoethnographic case study of disabling widespread pain and its resolution” for the first time.
My presentation is part of the conference dedicated to “the experience of pain”. |
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Demystifying Psychologically Informed Care in Practice • May 22, 2026
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Psychologically Informed Collaborative Conversations (PIC-C), a concept developed by Dr. Frank Keefe at Duke University, has been implemented by the Physiotherapy Pain Association in the UK for 6 years. At this event, I'll be emphasizing the important social aspects of communication related to pediatric pain physiotherapy.
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Advanced Spine Course for Pediatric Physiotherapists • May 8, 2026
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I’ll be joining physiotherapists in the UK at the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists’ (APCP) Paediatric and Adolescent Spine Course to present my research on adolescent nonspecific persistent back pain and provide practical ways to better use the biopsychosocial model in practice.
See the blog post to learn more. |
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German Postdoc Network Annual Conference • March 12-13, 2026
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I'm presenting a poster of some of my qualitative research on treatments for adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain. See the blog post to learn more. |
