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Leila Heelas

Clinical Lead Physiotherapist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust

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Biography

Leila is the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in the multidisciplinary Optimise Pain Rehabilitation Unit (Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT). The service offers an ACT based PMP, a physiotherapist-led pain rehabilitation programme using psychologically-informed physiotherapy and has just started a Compassion-Focused group for persistent pain. She has a personal interest in working with CRPS, hypermobility and offering treatment to people who may have psychological barriers to group work.

Leila has an MSc in Pain Management and holds a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. She is interested in how to influence managers and how to promote the benefits of pain management as a specialism and to this end has a PG Certificate in management (MBA – Stage 1). She has undertaken a clinical innovations module.

Leila has presented and submitted posters to conferences and is an honorary lecturer at Brookes University. She regularly attends conferences related to pain, has received training in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy as part of an Oxford University trial and has undertaken training delivered by psychologists in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational interviewing and CBT for pain.

For links to posters and publications please see ResearchGate.


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