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)

European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine Conference • June 16-19, 2026

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”.

See the blog post to learn more.

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Annual Conference • October 19-20, 2026

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.
Past Events

Demystifying Psychologically Informed Care in Practice • May 22, 2026

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.

Advanced Spine Course for Pediatric Physiotherapists • May 8, 2026

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.

German Postdoc Network Annual Conference • March 12-13, 2026


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.

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