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PAIN SPECIALIST & EDUCATOR
Laura Rathbone
Transforming pain care through compassionate clinical practice and evidence-based education
Educator and clinical coach training healthcare professionals worldwide to integrate ACT into their practice, whilst maintaining specialist clinical work in chronic and complex pain.
Professional Memberships and Accreditations
Services
ACT Training
A transformative 4-week online course for healthcare professionals ready to integrate ACT into their practice. Master the framework, develop your unique therapeutic style, and join a supportive global community that continues long after the course ends.
Clinical Coaching
Personalised support for healthcare professionals navigating complex pain presentations. One-on-one and small group coaching sessions provide space to refine your ACT skills, work through challenging cases, and develop your unique therapeutic style with expert guidance.
Clinical Work
Specialised pain consultations at OLVG PijnPoli in Amsterdam (referral only). ACT-informed treatment for complex chronic pain through individual sessions and group therapy programmes. A safe, trauma-informed space grounded in compassion, inclusion, and social justice.
ACT in the Clinic
NEXT COHORT · MAY 2026
Transform your clinical practice with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
A 4-week online journey designed for healthcare professionals who want to integrate ACT into their practice with confidence and authenticity.
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Build sustainable practice when working with complex pain presentations
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Master the ACT framework with deep understanding of relational frame theory
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Develop your unique therapeutic style within the ACT model
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Join a supportive community that continues beyond the course
Sarah Young, Physio, UK
Laura's ACT course was transformative not just for my practice, but for me personally. The way she creates space for vulnerability and learning is unlike anything I've experienced in professional development.
Eric D, OT, Canada
I've been to many ACT trainings, but Laura's approach helped me finally understand how to actually integrate this into real clinical practice. The community we built during the course continues to support my growth.
Lisa Driver, Physio, Australia
This course fundamentally changed how I show up in the therapy room. Laura doesn't just teach ACT - she embodies it. The way she held space for our own struggles whilst learning made the material come alive in a way I've never experienced in professional training.
Clinical Coaching
Personalised support for healthcare professionals navigating complex pain presentations. One-to-one and small group coaching sessions provide space to refine your ACT skills, work through challenging cases, and develop your unique therapeutic style with expert guidance and compassionate challenge.
About
About Laura Rathbone
Pain fascinates me as an experience and motivates me as a therapist.
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.
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.
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.
