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About
About Laura Rathbone
Pain fascinates me as an experience and motivates me as a therapist.
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Pain is personal.
It's personal for people who choose to work with me, but it's also personal to me. My parents lived with long-term conditions and I grew watching my mum struggle with chronic back pain.
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I have grown and nurtured my practice around compassion and the drive to be at the forefront of the best quality evidence, science and philosophy.
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The therapeutic space I hold is inclusive and intersectional.
As a queer person, I am committed to the safety of the people that come to work with me.
I maintain my clinical skill and ethical standards through a team of supervisors who support my psychologically-informed practice.
Education
​Formal Education
Currently preparing to begin my PhD project exploring pain and altered states of conscious (alongside clinic)
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Herregistratie Fysiotherapie Leiden (nodig voor BIG)
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MSc Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy
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BSc Physiotherapy
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BA International Journalism
Professional Development
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Gestalt Psychotherapy
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Pain Science and Pelvic Health
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Graded Motor Imagery
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Explain Pain
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Movement System Impairment Syndromes
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Mulligan Concept
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Clinical Yoga for Therapists
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Tai Chi for Arthritis
Current Clinic Locations:
Fysio Zuidereng - At Kuria Hospice, Amsterdam (Tues/Fri)
CRPS specialised clinic supporting people self-referring, through local referral by the VU pijnpoli and nationally.
End-of-life pain management and physiotherapy for Hospice residents.
OLVG PijnPoli Locatie Oost, Amsterdam (Thursday)
Supporting the PijnPoli and patients referred by the OLVG.
Leading the group-based therapy and consultation service.
Virtual Clinic (Monday)
Supporting international and home-based people living with complex and chronic pain through online pain coaching, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, second-opinions and advice.
Providing professional clinical coaching and supervision to multi-disciplinary clinicans specialised in pain services/therapy.
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Department / Team trainings
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Trainings for Allied and non-allied health professionals
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Basic introduction (3 hours online/in-person + 1hour follow up online)
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Intro to ACT for MSK therapists (8 hours in-person + 1 hour follow up)
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Three Day course + two 1hour online group coaching sessions