The Knowledge Exchange

Tara MacGregor is a Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Dietitian, and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

We discussed:

• What is Motivational Interviewing?

• The differences between praise and affirmations.

• What if someone is ready for change?

• How to navigate short consultation times.

• Benefits of MI and advice for beginners.

Find Tara at taramacgregor.com.au.

Our third podcast with Anthony Berrick where we dived into:

• How do fear and anxiety play into pain?

• Essential components of exposure therapy.

• How to enhance the learning effect.

• Mindfulness misconceptions and how to use it in practice.

• Validation - what does it involve?

You can reach Anthony at anthonyberrick.com.au and facebook.com/anthonyberrickpsychologist.

We hosted Dave Moen - physiotherapist, clinic owner, founder of Permission to Move and creator of Tame the Beast to discuss:

• Experiential learning and minimal effective dose of education.

• How to facilitate vicarious learning for patients and clinicians.

• Mastery experiences - what are they and how do we create them?

• Should we treat acute pain different to chronic pain?

• The biggest misconceptions about BPS practice.

Find out more at permissiontomove.com.

We talked to Exercise Physiologist Andrew Schwartz about:

• His clinical journey since graduating from Sports Science in 1996

• Rabbit holes and epiphanies

• His biggest takeaways from TKEX courses

• Challenges to applying evidence-based practice

• Client examples of person-centred BPS practice

Find Andrew at Sydney Exercise Physiology www.exercise-physiologist.com.au

We talked to the passionate Frank Benedetto, PT, S&C specialist and business coach, to discuss:

• Mission-driven and value-driven business

• Moving beyond a list of services to selling outcomes

• Finding your niche - what and how

• Basics of marketing

• Resources and first steps for starting a business

Check out Frank’s content at instagram.com/frank_benedetto.

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We hosted strength and conditioning coach Joe Pemberton for a discussion on:

• His experience with persisting lower back pain.

• How to manage expectations and nudge clients towards enjoying the process vs chasing outcomes.

• Core principles of exercise programming for strength and hypertrophy.

• Balancing the principles of specificity and variety.

• The impact of individuality on progressive overload.

Reach out to Joe at sydneystrengthtraining.com.au