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SUMMARY:Clinical Focus Webinar: Functional Neurological Disorder
DESCRIPTION:Functional Neurological Disorder: Practical Assessment\, Formulation and Treatment for Psychologists and MDT Clinicians \nPresenters: Dr Daniella Siciliano & Elizabeth Pearson\, Let’s Talk FND\nFunctional Neurological Disorder (FND) is increasingly recognised across psychological\,\nmedical and alliedhealth settings\, yet many clinicians continue to feel unsure about how to\nassess it\, explain it\, and integrate psychological and rehabilitation approaches without\nreinforcing fear or inadvertently invalidating lived experience.\nFor psychologists who work extensively with anxiety\, FND presents a unique clinical\nintersection:\n• Anxiety can cooccur with FND\,\n• Anxiety can amplify or maintain FND symptoms\,\n• And FND can exist independently\, even in the absence of diagnosable anxiety\ndisorders.• Recognise common presentations and the factors that maintain symptoms\n• Differentiate FND from primary anxiety disorders while understanding how the two\nconditions interact and overlap\n• Apply practical psychological assessment and formulation principles to guide\nevidenceinformed treatment planning\n• Identify core psychological and rehabilitation treatment approaches for FND\n• Communicate effectively across the multidisciplinary team to support consistent\nmessaging and unified recovery pathways \nUnderstanding these distinctions is essential for accurate formulation\, effective\ncommunication\, and coordinated multidisciplinary care.\nCommon questions clinicians raise include:\n• How do I explain FND in a way that is clear\, compassionate and nonthreatening?\n• How do I validate symptoms without reinforcing avoidance or fear responses?\n• What is psychology’s role\, and how does it complement physiotherapy and medical\nrehabilitation?\n• How do we align across the MDT to deliver consistent\, recovery-focused messaging?\nThis practical threehour webinar is designed for psychologists and multidisciplinary clinicians\nworking with individuals experiencing FND\, anxiety disorders\, persistent physical symptoms\,\ntrauma histories\, chronic pain\, fatigue\, dissociation\, and other complex mind–body\npresentations. \nDr Daniella Siciliano and Elizabeth Pearson will bring together clinical psychology and\nphysiotherapy perspectives to explore how FND can be understood and treated using a\ncompassionate\, evidence-informed and recovery-focused framework. \nAbout the presenters \nDr Daniella Siciliano is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with\nanxiety\, Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)\, chronic pain and complex mind–body\npresentations. She is the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Founder of The Stanhope\nPsychology Clinic in Sydney\, and the Cofounder and Director of Let’s Talk FND\, an\neducation platform for individuals\, families and clinicians.\nDaniella has a strong clinical interest in FND\, somatic symptoms and mind–body\npresentations in children\, adolescents and young adults. Her therapeutic approach draws on\nCBT\, ACT\, Family Therapy and mind–body rehabilitation models. She is also a Psychology\nBoard of Australia–approved supervisor.\nShe serves as an Administrator of the FND Clinician Network Facebook Group\, supporting\nnational collaboration and bestpractice care. Daniella is dedicated to improving FND\nawareness\, advancing evidencebased treatment and fostering meaningful\, sustainable\nrecovery. \nElizabeth Pearson is a Physiotherapist\, Health Coach and Yoga Therapist with more than 30\nyears of experience across healthcare\, rehabilitation\, leadership and mind-body practice.\nShe integrates physiotherapy\, rehabilitation Pilates\, yoga therapy\, health coaching and\ntrauma-informed care to support people living with neurological\, functional and complex\nhealth conditions.\nElizabeth is the Co-founder and Director of Let’s Talk FND and one of the Administrative\nManagers of the FND Clinician Network Facebook Group. She is passionate about helping\nclinicians build shared language\, confidence and collaborative approaches to FND care.
URL:https://apnetwork.org.au/event/clinical-focus-webinar-functional-neurological-disorder/
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