Kieran O'Sullivan is one of the international researchers who worked intensively together with Prof. Peter O’Sullivan to develop the ‘Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) intervention. CFT is an approach to the management of pain disorders that considers factors across the biopsychosocial spectrum that contribute to the development and maintenance of a pain disorder. It provides a logical framework allowing skilled clinicians to both diagnose, triage, and target management where appropriate. 

CFT integrates cognitive strategies and functional movement rehabilitation to reduce pain and disability. There is emerging evidence that the CFT approach provides better clinical outcomes than the current best clinical practice in the management of non-specific chronic spinal pain. 

This unique 2-day workshop is dynamic, interactive, and practical. It includes patient videos, clinical reasoning and equips physiotherapists to develop skills in diagnostics as well as the design of CFT interventions for specific disorders. in advance of the workshop, participants will have access to 4 hours of online learning- including videos, podcasts, and interviews. 

Both days will consist of 4 hours of learning, including a live patient assessment, with critical reflection of the assessment using the CFT framework.
The day starts at 13:00 CET PM and ends at 17:15 CET PM

You will have a chance to propose your own patient to be interviewed by Kieran.
Yearly members of Trust me-Ed get a 25% discount on this event.
Participants of this course will be able to watch two recordings of previously held CFT course by 
Kieran for Trust me-Ed after the webinar is finished (18th of June)
The recordings will be available for one month.


Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;

- Apply contemporary pain mechanisms evidence to individual people with LBP

- Appreciate how diversity within the population of people with LBP can be managed flexibly, yet consistently

- Clinically reason using the CFT framework

- Observe and interrogate communication skills used with complex pain problems

- Critique cognitive, movement and lifestyle components to rehabilitation with a view to applying in their own practice