Closing date for registration: 5pm 18th September 2026
This Masterclass is a special event that is not part of the Tiered certification pathway
towards becoming an Evထlve Certified CFT Practitioner.
(click here for information about our Tiered courses)
| Day 1 – Sat 26th September 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Time | Activity |
| 09.15 - 10.00 | Registration |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Brief introduction to CFT |
| 11.00 - 13.00 | PATIENT 1 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (back pain + video) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | PATIENT 1 follow up + clinical reasoning / Q & A (video) |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Refreshment break |
| 16.00 - 18.00 | PATIENT 2 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (LIVE) |
| Day 2 – Sun 27th September 2026 | |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | PATIENT 3 + clinical reasoning follow ups + clinical reasoning / Q & A (video) |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Refreshment break |
| 10.50 - 13.00 | PATIENT 3 + clinical reasoning (video) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | PATIENT 4 + clinical reasoning (LIVE) |
| 16.00 - 16.15 | Refreshment break |
| 16.15 - 17.00 | Panel discussion Q and A |
| Day 3 – Mon 28th September 2026 | |
| 08.30 - 10.30 | PATIENT 5 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (LIVE) |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Refreshment break |
| 10.50 - 13.00 | PATIENT 6 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (LIVE) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | FOLLOW-UP’s |
| 15.00 - 16.30 | Panel discussion / CFT training |
| 1 | Individualisation of Cognitive Functional Therapy to people with chronic muscoskeletal pain | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Key elements for person centred communication | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clinical interview exploring screening, the persons story, their beliefs, emotions and behavioural responses to pain | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Physical examination including the application of guided behavioural experiments | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Clinical reasoning framework | ||||||||||||||
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Cognitive Functional Therapy
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Dr Ian Cowell is a UK-based musculoskeletal physiotherapist with over 35 years of clinical experience and a specialist interest in persistent musculoskeletal and spinal pain disorders. As Director and Principal Physiotherapist at Brook Physio, he combines clinical practice with research, postgraduate education, and clinicial mentoring.
Ian completed his PhD at Imperial College London in 2019, where his research explored the training journey of physiotherapists in Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT). He is an educator and mentor with the Evoolve Pain Care Academy, supporting physiotherapists internationally in the delivery of person-centred, evidence-based care for people living with persistent pain.
His research interests focus on how communication is enacted within physiotherapist-patient interactions. He is particularly interested in how research can be translated into everyday clinical practice and patient care, helping clinicians develop communication skills that support meaningful behaviour change and improved patient outcomes. He is also an Adjunct Researcher at Curtin University.
James works in private practice jamesdavisphysio.co.uk in Chelmsford, Essex and has done so since 1993 treating movement-related MSK issues linked to persistent spinal pain disorders, the shoulder, knee & ankle. He first met Peter in 1991 whilst undertaking the full-time Postgrad Diploma in Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University, and has remained in contact since. In 2004 he organised with Peter the first 3-day CFT course in Chelmsford and another three years later. With growing demand for the CFT approach a larger venue was required and the third CFT course was held here in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital in 2010. This year is the 14th occasion Peter has presented a CFT 3-day workshop in this venue.