Cogitive Functional Therapy
Tier 1 - KNOWLEDGE
Switzerland
A hybrid 3-day online and in-person workshop
Cognitive Functional Therapy for Low Back Pain
BSc | Masters of Research
Clinical educator
Guest lecturer University of Coventry and University of Leicester
Gurpreet is an Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer , musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinician, researcher and educator. He has a special interest in improving the management of people with persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders. He is passionate about helping clinicians develop person-centred communication skills and patient focused resources.
He has a particular interest in the integration of a multi-dimensional clinical reasoning process and person-centred communication to enhance self-management in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders.
This Special Event is part of the Evထlve Tiered Cognitive Functional Therapy certification pathway
- Commences 18 September
- Self-paced online lectures
- 3-4 October 2026
Online content – English
18 September 2026
The course content is identical to Tier 1 - KNOWLEDGE online with additional interactive activities related to the online patient cases.
Purchase includes 12-months full access to KNOWLEDGE and lifetime access to the course slides
Learn more
'Day 1'
Online
- 'Day 1' starts from 19 September 2026 on the Evoolve Pain Care Academy platform
- Prior to the first in-person session - Day 2, watch 5 hours of lectures by Prof. Peter O'Sullivan and Dr JP Caneiro (Evထlve Certified CFT Trainers) about the multidimensional nature of low back pain and Cognitive Functional Therapy
- Complete 4 online quizzes
Day 2
In-person
- Watch Cognitive Functional Therapy consultations including the patient story (interview), physical examination and management plan from the first consultation to post-discharge
- Discuss clinical reasoning with your colleagues and Gurpreet Singh (Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer)
- Learn about the Cognitive Functional Therapy multidimensional Clinical Reasoning Framework form
Day 3
In-person
- Watch a more complex case application of Cognitive Functional Therapy consultation from the first consultation to post-discharge
- Apply the Cognitive Functional Therapy multidimensional Clinical Reasoning Framework form
- Discuss clinical reasoning with your colleagues and Gurpreet Singh (Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer)
- Learn about the research supporting the effectiveness of CFT
- Develop an understanding of the training pathway to become an Evထlve Certified CFT Practitioner
Post course
Online
- Receive access to the remainder of the course and CFT consultation videos
- Complete the remainder of the online course (1-3 hours)
- Rewatch and revise the content as needed
- Sucessfully complete the final quiz and be awarded with the Evထlve Certificate of Foundational KNOWLEDGE of CFT
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Multidimensional nature of chronic back pain
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Person-centred communication
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Behavioural examination
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Clinical reasoning framework
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Cognitive Functional Therapy
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Two patient demonstrations of their journey through CFT
Watch. Learn. Reflect.
Watch our
lectures
Over 8 hours of lecture content with interactive reflections
Listen to patient stories
Over 9 hours of consultation videos, post consultation discussion, and Q+A
Test and
reflect
Structured reflections after each lecture
Evထlve Certificate of Foundational KNOWLEDGE of CFT
Tier 1 - Modules
The Evထlve Tiered
Cognitive Functional Therapy
Credentialling Pathway
Evolve your
KNOWLEDGE
Languages currently available: English (Audio/Subtitles/Slides)
Watch. Learn. Reflect.
Tier 1 - KNOWLEDGE is a comprehensive 3-day online course designed to help you develop an understanding about the multidimensional nature of low back pain, person-centred care, advanced clinical reasoning and Cognitive Functional Therapy. You will learn this through the lived experience and journey of two people with disabling back pain.
Through engaging lectures, reflections, and case studies, you will develop a solid understanding of the foundational concepts of Cognitive Functional Therapy.
After successfully completing the final assessment of this course, you will achieve an Evထlve Certificate of Foundational KNOWLEDGE of CFT.
This will allow you to undertake Tier 2 - SKILLS.
Course coming soon...
Evolve your
SKILLS
Observe. Practice. Reflect.
Tier 2 - SKILLS will be a hybrid online and face-to-face course.
The course uses case-based learning using real patient consultations to develop your practical skills and clinical reasoning in Cognitive Functional Therapy. You will be guided by Evထlve Certified CFT trainers alongside your clinician peers.
Upon successfully completing the final case-based assessment, you will achieve an Evထlve Foundational Knowledge of CFT SKILLS Certificate.
This will allow you to undertake Tier 3 - MENTORING.
Course coming soon...
Evolve
MENTORING
Practice. Discuss. Reflect.
MENTORING is a face-to-face or online programme designed to train you towards competence to become an Evထlve Certified Cognitive Functional Therapy Clinician.
A small group of clinicians embark on a clinical journey together under the direct mentoring by an Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer. This process involves live clinical interactions with people who have disabling back pain and peer-peer reflection. Additional resources including ebooks are provided to help you on your journey.
At the end of the training programme, you will undertake a final competency assessment. Upon successful completion you will achieve the title of Evထlve Certified CFT Clinician.
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Evoolve Pain Care Academy Pty Ltd (ABN 13672998168)
215 Nicholson Rd, Shenton Park,
Western Australia 6008
Assoc Prof Wim Dankaerts
Belgium
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
Wim is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinician, researcher and educator with a particular interest in the integration of a multi-dimensional clinical reasoning process and person-centred communication to enhance self-management in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders.
- Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy - University of Leuven, Belgium
- PhD – PT – MT
- Clinical Director and Clinician - @PVMT, Tienen, Belgium
- Clinical educator
Dr Jay-Shian Tan
Australia
Evထlve creative works, web design, social media
Jay is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy educator and clinician. He is passionate helping clinicians translate evidence into practice through personalised face-to-face and online mentoring. He has extensive experience as an undergraduate and postgraduate educator in the university sector and provides professional development and mentoring for graduate clinicians in their practice.
- PhD | MSc Musc. Physio | BSc Physiotherapy
- Titled Member of the Australian College of Physiotherapy
- Clinical Consultant at Flex.Physio
- Clinical educator
Dr Riika Holopainen
Finland
Evထlve creative works
Riikka is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy researcher and educator. She is pasionate about identifying best practice rehabilitation and enabling ways for clinicians to deliver that care.
- Physiotherapist
- PhD | PT
- Consultant at MoveDoc
- Clinical educator
Dr Ian Cowell
United Kingdom
Evထlve creative works and Certified CFT trainer
Ian is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy educator and clinician with a particular interest in the management of persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders. His research focus is how person-centred communication is enacted in physiotherapist-patient interactions.
- PhD | MSc Musc. Physio
- Director and clinician - Brook Physio
- Clinicial educator
Prof Peter O'Sullivan
Australia
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer,
creative works co-lead
Pete is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. Over the past 20 years, Pete and his team have developed a novel management approach for people with disabling low back pain – called 'Cognitive Functional Therapy'. Pete's passion is to bridge the gap between research and practice – in order to empower researchers, educators and clinicians in the provision of person-centred care for people in pain.
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist*
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005)
Dr JP Caneiro
Australia
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer,
creative works co-lead
JP is an emerging leader in the field of chronic pain, particularly the management of back pain and osteoarthritis. He is passionate about mentoring clinicians to ensure the highest level of care is provided in clinical practice. Born and raised in Brazil, JP also speaks Portuguese fluently and is committed to affordable translatable knowledge that is accessible to clinicians regardless of country.
- Specialist Sport Physiotherapist*
- Titled Pain Physiotherapist
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- PhD | MSc Musc. & Sports Physio
- Adjunct Clinical Senior Researcher - Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2013)
Dr Peter Kent
Peter is a musculoskeletal pain researcher and was the lead researcher on the RESTORE trial for people with low back pain. For more than 20 years he practiced as a Physiotherapist & Chiropractor.
- Clinical Epidemiologist
- PhD | Grad.Dip.Manip.Physio | B.App.Sc.(Physio) | B.App.Sc (Chiro)
- Mindfullness teacher
Assoc Prof Kjartan Vibe Fersum
Norway
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- PhD | MSc Musculoskeletal Physio | BSc Physio
- Director and Clinician at Health In the Center (Bergen, Norway)
- Associate Professor at University of Bergen (UIB)
- Lecturer for Musculoskeletal Masters programme (UIB)
- Clinical educator
Kasper Ussing
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Master of Manipulative Therapy (Curtin University)
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
- Coordinator of Unit for Cross Sectional Cooperation (spinal care) - Spine Centre of Southern Denmark
Gurpreet Singh
United Kingdom
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- BSc | Masters of Research
- Clinical educator
- Guest lecturer University of Coventry and University of Leicester
Dr Chris Newton
United Kingdom
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and clinical academic at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire
- PhD | MSc Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice
Irene Stegemejer
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Odense University Hospital
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
Jannick Johansen
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Master in Fitness and Exercise (University of Southern Denmark)
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
- Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy School in Odense
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Professor Peter O'Sullivan
AUSTRALIA
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer, creative works co-lead
Pete is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. Over the past 20 years, Pete and his team have developed a novel management approach for people with disabling low back pain – called 'Cognitive Functional Therapy'. Pete's passion is to bridge the gap between research and practice – in order to empower researchers, educators and clinicians in the provision of person-centred care for people in pain.
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist*
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005)
Dr JP Caneiro
AUSTRALIA
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer, creative works co-lead
JP is an emerging leader in the field of chronic pain, particularly the management of back pain and osteoarthritis. He is passionate about mentoring clinicians to ensure the highest level of care is provided in clinical practice. Born and raised in Brazil, JP also speaks Portuguese fluently and is committed to affordable translatable knowledge that is accessible to clinicians regardless of country.
- Specialist Sport Physiotherapist*
- Titled Pain Physiotherapist
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- PhD | MSc Musc. & Sports Physio
- Adjunct Clinical Senior Researcher - Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2013)